‘I’ve still got that hunger to play for England’ – Anderson (1:44) James Anderson has hope to play a part of the winter tours pending the recovery of his calf injury. (1:44) 12:56 PM ET Alan Gardner at The Oval England’s failure to reclaim the Ashes in a home series for the first time in almost two decades can in part be put down to unhelpful pitches, according to the…
12:36 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa have hinted at the possibility of Quinton de Kock being a captaincy candidate keeping in mind next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. De Kock will lead a fairly young side in the three T20Is against India in regular captain Faf du Plessis‘ absence, as their new team director Enoch Nkwe wants to “start building for the future”. “I strongly believe that we…
Butcher: Captaincy and batting at 3 ‘just too much’ for Root (1:23) Mark Butcher explains why he would have no problem with a change of England captain, if an alternative to Joe Root could be found. (1:23) 10:51 AM ET Alan Gardner at The Oval Trevor Bayliss has suggested that Joe Root is “under no pressure at all” in his position as England captain. Root comes into the final Test…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa A 164 and 125 for 5 (Hamza 44, Klaasen 35*, Nadeem 2-13) trail India A 303 (Gill 90, Saxena 61*, Ngidi 3-50, Piedt 3-84) by 14 runs South Africa A have their backs to the wall in the first four-dayer in Thiruvananthampuram. From 199 for 7, they allowed India A to post 303, thereby conceding a 139-run lead, before a second successive top-order…
7:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The CWI interim selection panel has replaced the injured Kycia Knight with Britney Cooper for the third and final ODI of the series against Australia, on Wednesday in Antigua. Knight had injured her lower back during the opening overs of the first ODI of the series in Coolidge, where Australia thrashed West Indies by 178 runs. Knight did not bat in the West Indies chase…
Stephen Fleming oversees a fielding drill before play © Getty Images Stephen Fleming has become the latest high-profile overseas coach to be appointed for next year’s inaugural season of The Hundred, after it was confirmed that he will serve as the head coach for the Nottingham-based men’s team. Fleming, the former New Zealand captain, is the most successful coach in the history of the Indian Premier League, winning three titles…
6:13 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA will be making their home ODI debut on Friday without two of their most high profile stars with Ali Khan and Hayden Walsh Jr. absent…
6:13 AM ET Geoffrey Boycott says he “does not give a toss” about criticism from anti-domestic abuse campaigners, after he was conferred a knighthood by Theresa May in her resignation honours list, despite his conviction in a French court in 1998 for assaulting his then-girlfriend, Margaret Moore. In a testy exchange on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Boycott hit back at criticism from Adina Claire, the co-acting chief executive of…
© Getty Images Sri Lanka Cricket has denied Niroshan Dickwella a no-objection certificate (NOC) to play in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), and will also prevent Thisara Perera from playing in the majority of the CPL, after both players refused to tour Pakistan in September and October. According to SLC CEO Ashley de Silva, it is the board’s policy that if there is a national tour for which a player…
5:40 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Adelaide Strikers have signed Sussex opener Phil Salt for the upcoming BBL season. Salt, 23, joins Rashid Khan as the Strikers’ overseas players after South African Colin Ingram left the team at the end of last season. The right-handed opener has had an outstanding T20 Blast season for Sussex under the guidance of Jason Gillespie, the coach at Sussex and Strikers. He has scored 406…