Month: September 2019

1:17 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jasprit Bumrah will travel to the UK in October to receive treatment for the stress fracture on his lower back that forced him out of the Test series against South Africa. A BCCI official confirmed the development to ESPNcricinfo but they didn’t put a timeframe on his recovery. However, last week, former India physiotherapist Andrew Leipus explained that such injuries usually take around a month…

12:30 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ireland will tour the Caribbean for a six-match limited-overs series over two weeks in January 2020, Cricket West Indies confirmed on Monday. The series begins with the ODIs on January 7 – the first two to be played in Barbados – while the third ODI – the only day game – will be played in Grenada. Grenada will also host the first T20I before the…

11:23 AM ET Australia’s Test captain, Tim Paine, has given a strong indication that David Warner is inked in to open the batting against Pakistan at the Gabba in November despite his horror Ashes series where he reached double figures just twice and bagged three consecutive ducks. Warner made 95 runs in 10 innings, with 61 of those coming in the first innings at Headingley, as he was dominated by…

11:11 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ajinkya Rahane is a relieved man, having broken a sequence of 17 Tests without a Test hundred. On the tour of the Caribbean, Rahane made 81 and 102 in the first Test in Antigua to mark his return to form. India v South Africa is available in the US on Hotstar and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ and tune in to the three Tests. This shut…

7:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan allrounder Faheem Ashraf will return to Northamptonshire in 2020 after signing a deal for the first half of the season. He will be available to play in all formats ahead of Pakistan’s tour of England later in the summer. Faheem, 25, played for Northants during this year’s Vitality Blast, taking 11 wickets in 11 matches with an economy of 8.11. The club hope he…

N Srinivasan has challenged CoA chairman Vinod Rai on the TNCA constitution issue  6:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former BCCI president N Srinivasan has challenged Committee of Administrators’ chairman Vinod Rai’s assertion that the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) stands to be disqualified from attending the BCCI elections, scheduled for October 23, if its constitution is not amended in line with that of the board. Srinivasan, also a former ICC…