Harmanpreet on her way to a match-winning 37-ball 51 in the Women’s T20 Challenge final 1:18 AM GMT Australia are primed for the threat posed by India at the start of their T20 World Cup campaign next month with head coach Matthew Mott going as far as saying they are the most feared T20 batting line-up in the world. The Australia-India match at the Sydney Showgrounds Stadium on February 21…
6:53 PM GMT The fastest ball Anrich Nortje has bowled clocked in at “something 150,” but who’s actually counting? Not him. At least not, all of the time. “It [checking the speed gun] is not something I aim to do but once the blood gets flowing it is nice to see it on the big screen, to see where you’re at. It is nice to keep your eye out for…
6:44 PM GMT Lewis Gregory, the Somerset allrounder, retains hope of being selected for England’s T20 World Cup squad despite an underwhelming start to his international career in New Zealand. Gregory, who will captain England Lions on their upcoming tour of Australia in both four-day and 50-over cricket, played every game of the five-match T20I series in New Zealand in November, having impressed the selectors in the 2018 Vitality Blast…
5:58 PM GMT It remains just about possible – if Jofra Archer makes a late bid for selection on Wednesday – that England could go into the third Test in Port Elizabeth with six players under the age of 25. They have only done that once before*. It is a statistic that underlines the period of transition in which this England side find itself. Whether by design or not –…
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and other new BCCI office bearers – joint-secretary Jayesh George (L), secretary Jay Shah (2R), and treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal – at the board’s headquarters 5:46 PM GMT The BCCI has been asked to convene a meeting of its Apex Council at the earliest by Alka Rehani Bharadwaj, the nominee of the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG), to look into the conflict of interest complaints filed…
5:02 PM GMT South Africa’s assistant coach, Enoch Nkwe, who carried the title of team director until a month ago, has acknowledged that being moved sideways was difficult but provided reassurance that he is not the victim of a whitewash and has been able to hold his own. Nkwe took South Africa to India in September-October last year and was set to take the reins for the England series this…
3:20 PM GMT Temba Bavuma is not among the 12 South Africa players who have assembled in Port Elizabeth to prepare for the third Test against England, but he remains close to the conversation. So close, that assistant coach Enoch Nkwe has indicated that if Bavuma finds form, he could be candidate for the national captaincy in future. That may seem like a long way away for a player with…
1:25 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Bangladesh will play two Tests, one ODI and three T20Is in Pakistan – though the matches will be split across three legs. There will be three T20Is played from January 24 to 27, all in Lahore. The first Test will take place in Rawalpindi from February 7 to 11 in the second leg, and Bangladesh will return in April to play a solitary ODI and…
12:38 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Rishabh Pant has been diagnosed with concussion, resulting in his not being able to take the field for the second half of the first ODI against Australia in Mumbai. The 22-year old wicketkeeper was struck on the head by a bouncer from Mitchell Starc in the 44th over, a ricochet off the top edge which also resulted in his wicket. “Rishabh Pant has got a…
11:59 AM GMT Jack Leach is to fly home from England’s tour of South Africa after failing to recover from illness. Leach, who arrived in the country as England’s first-choice spinner, has not been able to bowl a competitive delivery on the tour after being taken ill ahead of the first warm-up match in Benoni in mid-December. Leach was also taken ill in New Zealand in November. Originally described as…