‘ACA must do better to help players like Cummins’ – Siddle (1:14) Peter Siddle believes Cricket Australia should look to develop better contracts to suit the players (1:14) 4:01 AM GMT Australian cricket’s leadership is open to returning to the option of multi-year contracts for their top players in the wake of the agreement of a groundbreaking coaching deal with Andrew McDonald that will allow him the flexibility to maintain…
Fast bowler Kaleemullah and Oman Cricket director Pankaj Khimji celebrate Oman gaining ODI status 3:15 AM GMT The men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, a fixture of the Associate calendar since 2008, could be scrapped as part of the pathway to the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup in India. Instead, under consideration currently is a plan that could see as many as 12 teams from the 2020 T20 World Cup gaining…
Phil Simmons and Jason Holder won the CPL together with Barbados Tridents © Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty Returning West Indies coach Phil Simmons has backed his two captains’ ability to get the most of their players, and suggested that Jason Holder will benefit from the decision to hand the white-ball reins to Kieron Pollard. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Simmons said that Pollard – who was appointed captain of…
7:00 AM GMT Oman 134 for 7 (Jatinder 67*) beat Hong Kong 122 for 9 (McKechnie 44, Bilal 4-23) by 12 runs It looked like déjà vu. Just as they had 24 hours earlier against Namibia, the Oman batting order was in the midst of imploding spectacularly with a series of self-inflicted wounds. But after being involved in a pair of run-outs, Jatinder Singh held his nerve to carry his…
6:40 PM GMT The SG pink ball is set to debut when India and Bangladesh play their maiden day-night Test at Eden Gardens in November. Immediately after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had accepted the BCCI’s request on Tuesday to play the second Test of the Bangladesh series under lights, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said that the SG pink ball would be used for the match, as the first Test…
3:43 PM GMT Darren Gough looks set to be appointed to a short-term role as bowling consultant during England’s tour of New Zealand. Gough, the former England fast bowler, is ECB Level 3 qualified but does not hold much of a track record as coach – he has pursued a career as a radio presenter since his playing career ended – but has vast experience as a player and is…
3:27 PM GMT The premise of scoring runs in cricket is simple: hit the ball where the fielders aren’t. When there’s nobody behind square on the offside boundary to a spin bowler, it means that the reverse sweep is not just a high-octane, highly unorthodox shot but also a very high-percentage one. It can hardly even be called a gamble anymore for George Munsey. It is the foundation of the…
3:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has suspended UAE wicketkeeper Ghulam Shabber for “absconding” from the team camp during the ongoing T20 World Cup Qualifier in the UAE. The ECB also confirmed Shabber is part of an ongoing ICC anti-corruption investigation. Shabber had gone missing ahead of UAE’s match against Hong Kong on October 21 in Abu Dhabi, after leaving the squad and country without explanation,…
2:32 PM GMT Hamilton Masakadza, former Zimbabwe captain and opening batsman, has been appointed Zimbabwe Cricket’s (ZC) director of cricket. Masakadza, who is Zimbabwe’s fourth-highest run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs, retired from international cricket last month and will begin in the new position on Friday. The director of cricket is a new role created by the ZC board in August when a decision was taken to restructure its management….
George Munsey raises his bat to the Scotland dugout after reaching a half-century 7:00 AM GMT Scotland 198 for 6 (Munsey 65, Berrington 48, Mustafa 2-38) beat UAE 108 all out (Shahzad 34, Sharif 3-21) by 90 runs After a lacklustre group stage, defending co-champions Scotland showed they still had enough left in the tank after two off days to see off the tournament hosts as George Munsey‘s second half-century…