5:08 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ross Taylor has taken the Sir Richard Hadlee medal as New Zealand’s overall cricketer of the year on the final day of the NZC awards. Tim Southee was named Test player of the year after taking 40 wickets in eight Tests and Kim Cotton, who stood in the T20 World Cup final at the MCG, was umpire of the year to round out the virtual…
Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell hits a skier during fielding practice © Peter Della Penna With cricket in a literal standstill, and uncertainty surrounding its return, the Netherlands team is fearing the worst. This year, they were supposed to be playing in the ODI Super League, the qualifying tournament for 2023 World Cup. But the Covid-19 pandemic has not only forced it to be deferred but also backed the ICC into…
8:33 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Former Bengal captain Subimal “Chuni” Goswami died in Kolkata on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 82 and had been suffering from underlying ailments, including sugar, prostate and nerve problems. He is survived by his wife Basanti and son Sudipto. Goswami was among the rare sportsmen who played more than one sport at the highest levels; not only did he captain Bengal to…
8:18 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Former Bengal captain Subimal “Chuni” Goswami died in Kolkata on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 82 and had been suffering from underlying ailments, including sugar, prostate and nerve problems. He is survived by his wife Basanti and son Sudipto. Goswami was among the rare sportsmen who played more than one sport at the highest levels; not only did he captain Bengal to…
Andre Russell was Southern Brave’s first-round pick in the Hundred draft © Getty Images for ECB The Hundred has officially been postponed following yesterday’s ECB board meeting. Ever since the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown became apparent, it had looked highly unlikely that a new competition could be launched this year, with prospects of fans attending games minimal, travel bans limiting the availability of overseas players…
6:30 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 The first season of the Hundred has been pushed back to 2021 following an ECB board meeting on Wednesday. The ECB had intended its new eight-team, 100-ball competition to be the showpiece event in the domestic cricketing calendar and to attract a “new audience” to the sport, with the tournament due to…
5:15 PM IST Cricket’s custodians in Australia should have the luxury of being able to wait on the outcomes of the winter football codes’ attempts to return to play before making any far-reaching decisions about cutbacks to the game’s costs, the Queensland board director Ian Healy has said. As Cricket Australia (CA), their state association owners, and players union partners remain at considerable odds over the central governing body’s prescribed…
Play 01:32 Playing behind closed doors felt like a warm-up, not an international – Taylor The last international game of cricket that took place before the game went into lockdown – Australia against New Zealand at the SCG – was a prelude to what is likely to be at least the short-term future when the sport resumes but Ross Taylor has admitted the behind-closed-doors encounter felt more like a warm-up…
Colonel Tom Moore is a fan of Yorkshire and England cricket © Getty Images Colonel Tom Moore, a World War 2 veteran whose fundraising efforts during the coronavirus crisis have been lauded throughout the UK, has been presented with an England cap and invited to address the Test side to mark his 100th birthday. Colonel Moore captured the imagination of much of the nation when, weeks ahead of his birthday,…
George Bailey has made an early impression on the selection process © Getty Images Players left off Cricket Australia’s men’s contract list for next season will not feel any better than the countless others to have a similar experience over the 35 years since the governing body unified marketing and playing contracts into one authoritative annual ledger. However, they will be the most informed about the circumstances around their omissions…