Month: December 2019

11:46 AM GMT CSA’s board has been hit by its first resignation in the aftermath of criticism from several high-profile voices including former president Norman Arendse for the recent crises. Professor Shirley Zinn has stepped down as an independent member of the board citing problems with CSA’s “principles of corporate governance”. CSA has also met with major sponsor Standard Bank on Monday and provided them an undertaking to “urgently implement…

11:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Green, the globetrotting Australian offspinner, has signed a deal to return to Birmingham Bears for the 2020 Vitality Blast, and will captain the side in the format. Green, who has made his name as one of the best Powerplay spinners on the T20 circuit in recent years, played six games for the club this year, having flown in from the Global T20 Canada at…

9:54 AM GMT Naseem Shah, the 16-year-old Pakistan fast bowler who made heads turn during the recent senior-team tour of Australia, is expected to return to the national Under-19 ranks and link up with the rest of the squad as they prepare for the Under-19 World Cup early next year in South Africa. “He is my main weapon and I need him there at the World Cup,” Ijaz Ahmed, the…

9:25 AM GMT The Cricket South Africa board has come under severe criticism from its widely respected former president, Norman Arendse, and major sponsors Standard Bank, who in separate statements over the past 24 hours have called on the administrators to “clean up their act” and “account for the current crisis in South African cricket”. Arendse, who also served as the organisation’s lead independent director until just over a year…

7:59 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand have been awarded the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket award for their “sporting conduct” in the aftermath of the World Cup final at Lord’s. Kane Williamson‘s side were beaten to the trophy after a tied super over in the final by virtue of having scored fewer boundaries, and were praised by the judging panel for their “sportsmanship, humility and selflessness in defeat” following…

7:27 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Follow all the news updates in the lead-up to the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy here December 3 Suryakumar Yadav is the new Mumbai captain Mumbai, Ranji Trophy champions on 41 occasions, will begin the 2019-20 season with a new captain. The Mumbai Cricket Association announced in-form top-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav as the leader of the 15-man squad. He takes over from fast bowler Dhawal Kulkarni, who…

7:20 AM GMT New Zealand are “quietly optimistic” that Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme will be fit to play in Australia. Boult and de Grandhomme missed the second Test against England after sustaining injuries during the victory in Mount Maunganui. And while New Zealand coach, Gary Stead, admits it is too early to know for sure if the pair will be available for the Perth Test on December 12,…

2:15 AM GMT New Zealand Cricket has lodged a complaint with Tauranga police over the racial abuse directed at Jofra Archer near the end of the first Test against England at Bay Oval. Information gathered from an inquiry which included studying CCTV footage, listening to audio, interviewing bystanders and obtaining material on social media has been incorporated into the complaint. As ESPNcricinfo reported at the time, the alleged culprit contacted…