Zimbabwe Cricket directors to be reinstated following court order

8:46 AM ET Liam Brickhill Following a court order, Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has reversed its suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket’s original directors and dissolved the interim committee that had been put in place to temporarily run cricket in the country. The ruling also comes in the wake of ICC’s letter to ZC on 24 July directing them to “unconditionally” reinstate the ousted board or risk termination of their…

August 8, 2019
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The questions PCB's central-contracts list throws up

August 8, 2019

© Getty Images Much of what the PCB does, and what it took to get to that stage, is full of mystery, and guaranteed to remain that way until someone writes a tell-all book, or Younis Khan finds out and hastily summons a press conference to explain what happened and why it was a personal affront to him. The same mystery applies to the way the PCB determines who is…

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Gary Kirsten to coach Durban Heat in MSL

6:56 AM ET Liam Brickhill Gary Kirsten will coach the Durban Heat in the second edition of the Mzansi Super League in South Africa. Kirsten will be back in a coaching capacity in South Africa – a country he both played for and coached – with a wealth of experience in having handled international and domestic sides, looking to reverse the fortunes of the franchise that finished at the very…

August 8, 2019
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Jayawardene, Moody criticise frequent rule changes in BPL

4:42 AM ET Mahela Jayawardene and Tom Moody, head coaches of Khulna Titans and Rangpur Riders, have slammed the constant changes to the Bangladesh Premier League’s rules and regulations. Their criticisms follow the BPL governing council’s announcement of August 4, which said that existing teams require a fresh franchise agreement to be part of the next four-year cycle as BPL franchise owners. One of the key issues affected by this…

August 8, 2019
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Malik, Hafeez dropped from PCB's pruned annual contracts

August 8, 2019

Shoaib Malik leans into a cover drive © Getty Images Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez have been dropped from the PCB’s annual central-contracts list for the 2019-2020 season. The board has trimmed the pool from 33 to 19, reducing the number of categories from five to three. The board has, however, increased the value of the retainers in each category, with only three players – Babar Azam, Sarfaraz Ahmed and…

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Hesson, Hathurusingha, Farbrace on shortlist for Bangladesh coach

2:44 AM ET Mohammad Isam in Dhaka The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has cranked up its search for the senior team coach, with the side’s next assignment – a one-off Test against Afghanistan – less than a month away. The board’s shortlist includes Mike Hesson, Grant Flower, Paul Farbrace, Russell Domingo and Chandika Hathurusingha, after Andy Flower declined the board’s offer a second time. The BCB may be in a…

August 8, 2019
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Agar out of T20 Blast with fractured ankle

2:23 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20 Blast with Birmingham Bears after fracturing his ankle during warm-ups on Sunday and faces a tight schedule to be fit for the start of the Australia season. Agar, who plays for Western Australia and Perth Scorchers, picked up the injury ahead of the match against Yorkshire and it was subsequently found…

August 8, 2019
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Mike Hesson steps down as Kings XI Punjab coach

Under Mike Hesson, Kings XI won six out of their 14 league games in 2019 IPL, with R Ashwin as captain  1:19 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mike Hesson has parted ways with Kings XI Punjab after a ten-month tenure as coach of the IPL franchise. Hesson announced his decision to step down through a post on Twitter on Thursday. “I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the Kings XI franchise,” his…

August 8, 2019
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Cricket Australia announces first transgender policy

Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts, transgender cricketer Erica James and Dr David Hughes  10:55 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket Australia has announced its first transgender policy for top-level cricket and guidelines for the community game to support players electing to participate in line with their gender identity, whether or not this aligns with the sex they were born with. CA’s elite cricket policy, which was launched at the MCG on…

August 8, 2019
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Part-timer Colin Ackermann takes first-ever T20 seven-for on astounding night

August 7, 2019

Colin Ackermann appeals for a leg-before shout © Getty Images Colin Ackermann went into this match with 31 wickets in 90 T20 matches, a few gathered now and then in England and South Africa. Now he can add the best bowling figures in the worldwide history of Twenty20 cricket to his record. On an astounding night at Grace Road, he returned 7 for 18 in four overs against Birmingham Bears,…

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