3:27 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Amid the turbulence of the player strike and Shakib Al Hasan‘s ban, BCB announced their revised squad for the T20I series against India and also for the two-match Test series against India that begins from November 14. The big changes are at the top – Mominul Haque is Bangladesh’s captain for the Tests and experienced allrounder Mahmudullah takes over as captain in T20Is. Left-arm spinner…
Brandon Glover lets out a roar to celebrate his first wicket © Peter Della Penna Netherlands captain Pieter Seelaar has hailed his pace bowling unit as the foundation behind their third straight qualification to the T20 World Cup following their rampant performance in an eight-wicket win over UAE. In particular, Seelaar singled out Man of the Match Brandon Glover and Paul van Meekeren as two players who “are there to…
Shakib Al Hasan’s world has come crumbling down. © Getty Images “Do we work in this or I wait til the IPL” – Bookie to Shakib. Failure to report several approaches from an alleged corruptor Deepak Aggarwal, who was seeking inside information, is why Bangladesh’s Test and T20I captain Shakib Al Hassan has been banned by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit on Tuesday. We don’t know yet why Shakib, cricket’s premier…
1:55 PM GMT Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka are likely to become the first team to resume Tests in Pakistan, in December. This time, they appear prepared to send what will be very close to a full-strength team. Two Sri Lanka Cricket officials described progress on the tour as “very positive”. Board CEO Ashley de Silva also said that players – even the seniors who had pulled out of the…
1:55 PM GMT Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka are likely to become the first team to resume Tests in Pakistan, in December. This time, they appear prepared to send what will be very close to a full-strength team. Two Sri Lanka Cricket officials described progress on the tour as “very positive”. Board CEO Ashley de Silva also said that players – even the seniors who had pulled out of the…
Hashim Amla drives through the covers © Getty Images Surrey have completed the signing of Hashim Amla on a Kolpak registration. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, Amla joins the club on a two-year deal, though the second year could be jeopardised by the UK’s impending departure from the European Union. Amla, 36, retired from international cricket in August after a 15-year career playing for South Africa, and joins his former team-mate…
Paul van Meekeren erupts after claiming another big wicket © Peter Della Penna Netherlands 81 for 2 (Cooper 41*, Zahoor 1-12) beat UAE 80 for 9 (Raza 22, Glover 4-12, van der Gugten 2-10, ven Meekeren 2-13) by eight wickets A relentless assault from the pace quartet of Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren, Brandon Glover and Timm van der Gugten smothered the tournament hosts as the Netherlands restricted UAE to…
12:31 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The BCB has agreed to the BCCI’s request for the second Test between India and Bangladesh to be played with pink ball under lights at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India and Bangladesh are the only Full Members apart from Afghanistan and Ireland to have not played a day-night Test yet. The Eden Gardens Test is scheduled to begin on November 22, with the series of…
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10:12 AM GMT Shakib Al Hasan is being investigated by the ICC for not reporting approaches by bookies. It is believed, though, that the ICC has so far not pressed any charges against Shakib, Bangladesh’s Test and T20I captain. As reported yesterday, Shakib has missed most of the training sessions in the past few days and the Bangladesh Cricket Board has not officially explained his absence. Neither the ICC nor…