7:05 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Nicholas Pooran has agreed a return to Headingley for next summer’s Vitality Blast, after impressing during his brief spell at the club in 2019. Pooran, one of the rising stars of West Indies cricket, will be available for the majority of Yorkshire’s North-Group matches in 2020, subject to international commitments. “I’m very happy to be returning to Headingley for next season’s T20 Blast,” he said….
5:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Karnataka Police’s Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested 29-year-old batsman Nishant Shekhawat for his alleged involvement in fixing matches in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). The Indian Express reported that Shekhawat played an intermediary role between bookie Manoj Kumar alias Monty, and Bengaluru Blasters bowling coach Vinu Prasad, who was arrested alongside Blasters batsman M Viswanathan in late October. Shekhawat allegedly lured Viswanathan into a…
1:07 AM GMT Australia’s spearhead Pat Cummins will be spared the long haul trip to Perth and back to rest his body ahead of the Test series against Pakistan, which has been confirmed as the starting point for Andrew McDonald as the national coach Justin Langer’s senior assistant. The decision to rest Cummins may well open the way for Sean Abbott to play his first international in more than five…
12:51 AM GMT Mel Jones has been commissioned to walk the tightrope that ultimately proved too much for Mark Taylor, marrying broadcast commentary with a place on the Cricket Australia board as Cricket Victoria’s nominee for a director, the first instance of a woman being appointed via one of the state associations. Joining Jacqui Hey and Michelle Tredenick as female CA directors, Jones will add a wealth of playing experience…
Nathan Lyon celebrates a wicket © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Hampshire have pulled off a coup for the 2020 County Championship season after signing Nathan Lyon on a red-ball contract that, international commitments pending, ought to keep him at the club for the entirety of the campaign. Lyon, who toured with Australia this summer as part of their World Cup and Ashes squads, is arguably the finest offspinner to…
5:26 PM GMT Paul Muchmore Sir Vivian Richards has given his backing to Kieron Pollard as the Trinidadian allrounder prepares for his first assignment as West Indies white-ball captain, with their three-match ODI series against Afghanistan beginning in Lucknow on Wednesday. Pollard hasn’t turned out for West Indies in one-day international cricket since their tour of the UAE to play Pakistan in October 2016, and his last List A appearance…
3:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Aaron Finch and Lauren Winfield will captain Northern Superchargers in The Hundred next year. Australia white-ball captain Finch, who has has played for seven different teams in the IPL plus Melbourne Renegades in the BBL and had stints at Surrey and Yorkshire, will lead the likes of Ben Stokes, Ben Foakes, Adil Rashid, David Willey and Chris Lynn in the new competition after he was…
Nigel Llong and Virat Kohli have an argument over the ‘no-ball’ © BCCI The IPL is planning to have an exclusive TV umpire to monitor no-balls from the 2020 edition. It is understood this extra match official will be separate from the third and fourth umpires and will use technology to help on-field officials monitor no-balls. The decision to use technology more in order to reduce the errors made by…
12:27 PM GMT Mahedi Hasan put on a superb all-round show in Khulna Division’s nail-biting one-wicket win over Rangpur Division at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. No 11 Abdul Halim hit the winning runs after he and Moinul Islam kept their cool in a last-wicket stand that lasted 7.5 overs. But it was Mahedi who kept Khulna in the game with his fifth first-class century followed by a fifty and…
12:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Heinrich Klaasen, appointed captain of Tshwane Spartans by head coach Mark Boucher, expects the contingent of home-grown players to give his squad an advantage at the upcoming Mzansi Super League. Klaasen, who turned out for Titans in the CSA’s 4-Day Franchise Series in late October after returning from India, where he made his Test debut, joked, “I had a conversation with Boucher, he said I…