Month: August 2019

Hong Kong opener Irfan Ahmed was found guilty of trying to corrupt games along with his spin-bowling brother, Nadeem Ahmed  10:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Hong Kong’s Irfan Ahmed and Nadeem Ahmed have been banned from cricket for life after the ICC found them guilty of trying to corrupt several matches, including those played during the 2016 World T20. The Ahmeds are brothers. Their team-mate Haseeb Amjad was penalised for…

10:24 AM ET Daniel Brettig in Leeds After the grief, comes the post-mortem. Australia’s contrivance to lose the Headingley Test and an Ashes-sealing series lead was the source of enormous pain for the tourists, not least the coach Justin Langer. He had watched, as impassively as he could, from the sidelines as months if not years of carefully laid plans were torn up by a combination of Ben Stokes and…

10:10 AM ET Liam Brickhill Cricket South Africa has extended its commercial deal with Global Sports Commerce for the Mzansi Super League for another four years. GSC, which is headquartered in Singapore but has an affiliate office in Johannesburg, was the official commercial and broadcast partner for the inaugural MSL in 2018. The new agreement which runs from 2019 to 2023 grants GSC all commercial rights to the MSL, excluding…

Will Misbah-ul-Haq the coach be as solid as Misbah-ul-Haq the batsman, if given the chance?  8:45 AM ET Misbah-ul-Haq‘s interest in taking over as head coach of the Pakistan national side was made official today after he resigned from the PCB cricket committee, following it up by formally applying for the role of head coach. Misbah, who is already working as camp commander and leading a 20-man training camp ahead…

8:47 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South African cricket is in “a transition phase”, according to former batsman Ashwell Prince. Prince, who coaches Cape Cobras in South African franchise cricket, and had been in India as a batting consultant supervising a spin camp that included both South Africa A and senior team regulars ahead of tours to India by the ‘A’ side as well as the senior men’s and women’s teams….

3:00 AM ET Shashank Kishore in Alur India Red 285 (Kalsi 106, Nair 99, Pathania 4-55) and 297 for 6 decl (Nair 166*, Kalsi 64, Jalaj 4-105) drew with India Blue 255 (Bawne 121, Anmolpreet 56, Avesh 4-58) Points: Red 3, Blue 1 Karun Nair put Karnataka in pole position PTI A nearly two-year wait ended on Monday as Karun Nair scored a cathartic first-class century to lead India Red into…

6:58 AM ET Former Pakistan batsman Ijaz Ahmed will take over as head coach of the Pakistan Under-19 side after emerging on top in a six-man shortlist. Ijaz, who has previously served as the coach of the U-19 and Pakistan A sides – and once briefly took over as head coach of the senior team in 2010 – was handed a three-year contract in a role that will see him…

6:07 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Kent have announced the signing of Faf du Plessis for the run-in of the Vitality Blast. Du Plessis had been expecting to play in the Euro T20 Slam, but after the tournament’s inaugural season was cancelled, has signed for Kent instead. He replaces Mohammad Nabi in Kent’s squad, who is on international duty for Afghanistan’s tri-series against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. “I really look forward to…

5:09 AM ET George Dobell in Leeds Joe Root has accepted England’s second innings batting in Leeds provided a “better template” of the way they should go about things in the future. England were bowled out for just 67 in the first innings in Leeds, their lowest Ashes total since 1948. But they showed far greater application in the second innings with Root, Joe Denly and Ben Stokes all building…