How Buttler injury could negatively impact Pope’s career (1:56) Mark Butcher and the Switch Hit team discuss the changes that England could make in Jos Buttler’s absence (1:56) 6:00 PM GMT Paul Collingwood has backed Zak Crawley to succeed if he wins his chance in the second Test in Hamilton. Kent batsman Crawley was taken on tour largely to gain experience and so the England management could take a closer…
5:10 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Fabian Allen has recovered from a knee injury to make the trip back to India to play a T20I series with West Indies. The left-arm spinning allrounder was part of the squad that took on Afghanistan in Lucknow earlier this month but had to pull out after playing the first game. Denesh Ramdin, who missed part of that series with hamstring trouble, is also fit…
12:36 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jeetan Patel has stepped down as Warwickshire’s captain ahead of his retirement at the end of next season, with allrounder Will Rhodes replacing him in the role. Patel, who has captained the club for the last two seasons, will retire from all forms of cricket after the 2020 season, and looks set for a career as a coach, having worked as a spin-bowling consultant for…
Rahul Dravid has been cleared by the BCCI to take charge at the National Cricket Academy © Getty Images Rahul Dravid believes IPL franchises are “missing a trick” with regard to their support staff appointments by not involving more Indian coaches. Dravid felt Indian coaches were as good as any in the world, and even if not appointed at the top of the tree, they would add value as assistant…
George Bailey is ready for the switch from playing to selecting © Getty Images Australia’s newest selector George Bailey won’t shy away from difficult selection conversations with players he shares close relationships with, including Tasmania team-mates Tim Paine and Matthew Wade. Bailey won’t begin his role alongside Justin Langer and Trevor Hohns until early February and will instead be an unofficial national teams advisor in the interim while he finishes…
6:45 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Umesh Yadav says he knew he would get another shot at the highest level if he kept himself fit and trained hard when he was picked only occasionally across formats over the last two years. As such, Yadav appears to be out of the race in the white-ball formats for now, and in Tests, he was behind Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami until…
Australia bowlers enjoy bowling with the pink ball – Paine (0:34) Ahead of the day-night Test against Pakistan in Adelaide, Australia Test captain Tim Paine also said Adelaide has the best drop-in pitch in the world (0:34) 6:19 AM GMT Australia’s captain Tim Paine insists that it will take an awful lot for him ever to send an opposition side into bat after twice seeing his men struggle against England…
Shamarh Brooks raises his bat after getting to fifty © AFP Lunch West Indies 195 for 5 (Brooks 75*, Campbell 55, Hamza 2-59, Rashid 2-74) lead Afghanistan 187 by eight runs Half-centuries from Shamarh Brooks and John Campbell took West Indies past Afghanistan’s first-innings total of 187 in an action-packed first session on the second day of the one-off Test in Lucknow on Thursday. At lunch, West Indies had moved…
Ross Taylor heaped praise on New Zealand rookies who have come in and succeeded straight away 5:34 AM GMT Ross Taylor believes the depth in New Zealand cricket is “definitely the best” it has been at any point of his career. Despite losing Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme to injury ahead of the second Test in Hamilton, Taylor is confident New Zealand can continue to flourish as a result…
Play 01:18 Yasir Shah dismissing Smith solace for Pakistan Big Picture Day-night Test matches have been the centre of much discussion in recent days with India hosting their first contest with the pink ball. The second game of this series brings us back to the original home of the day-night Tests as the Adelaide Oval hosts its fourth match under lights. Whether India are playing under lights here next year…