Month: October 2019

9:34 AM ET The Bangladesh Cricket Board will not send its women team’s Indian support staff members – head coach Anju Jain, assistant coach Devika Palshikar and trainer Kavita Pandey – to Pakistan for a tour featuring ODIs and T20Is. The BCB wanted to avoid potential visa-related difficulties given the current political tensions between India and Pakistan. The three India nationals will instead be in charge of the Bangladesh women’s…

The victorious Pakistan women pose with the trophy after beating West Indies women for the first time in an ODI series  8:04 AM ET Umar Farooq in Lahore With five months left to the women’s T20 World Cup, Pakistan’s head coach Mark Coles has resigned citing family commitments. The PCB has handed temporary control of the team to Iqbal Imam, the team’s batting coach whose first assignment is the home…

Manchester Originals, Southern Brave and Northern Superchargers: Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes have been assigned their Hundred teams  7:59 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 After months of speculation, the first clear details of The Hundred, the ECB’s new 100-ball competition, have been revealed, with each team’s name, logo, and kit launched alongside the announcement of the…

7:20 AM ET Featuring in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) is going to be “a fantastic opportunity” for Nida Dar after she became the first Pakistan women’s player to be signed for the league, by Sydney Thunder. The opportunity, she says, will help her raise her game as the Women’s T20 World Cup is less than six months away. Dar, 32, has played 96 T20Is and 71 ODIs, her…

Newlands has hosted the New Year’s Test 21 times since South Africa’s readmission  6:52 AM ET Cape Town’s Newlands Stadium will host South Africa’s 2020 New Year’s Test against England. The stadium had run the risk of losing the iconic fixture due to potential disruptions stemming from an ongoing construction project, and concerns over the administrative and financial affairs of the Western Province Cricket Association (WPCA). Late last month, CSA…

5:18 AM ET Another arrest has been made in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) betting controversy with the police taking into custody Bhavesh Bafna, who played the drums at the grounds during matches in the tournament. Bafna was arrested in Bengaluru this week by the crime branch of Karnataka Police after his name was revealed by Asfak Ali Thara, the Belagavi Panthers owner whom the police arrested last month on…

2:36 AM ET CSA has sold the broadcast rights for the second edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) to the SABC, South Africa’s insolvent free-to-air broadcaster. This is a change from last season when the SABC were gifted the rights without having to pay anything, after CSA failed to strike a deal with their regular broadcast partner, pay television operator SuperSport, despite repeated efforts. While SuperSport continue to hold…

2:11 AM ET Danyal Rasool Less than 15 months ago, Danushka Gunathilaka found himself banned from all forms of cricket, further action pending following the results of a Sri Lankan police inquiry. He had been suspended for breaching curfew during the middle of a Test, but far more gravely, the offence was linked to an incident of alleged sexual assault by an individual known to the batsman. While he was…

3:00 AM ET Barbados Tridents 135 for 3 (Charles 55, Hales 33, Deyal 1-17) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 134 for 8 (Simmons 60, Gurney 2-14, Shakib 2-25, Walsh Jr. 2-34) by seven wickets After finding themselves in a do-or-die match against St. Lucia Zouks on Sunday, Barbados Tridents might wind up with a crack at advancing straight to the CPL Final for the first time since 2015 after completing a…