9:33 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan Women allrounder Sana Mir has announced her retirement from international cricket, bringing an end to a 15-year career. Mir, who made her international debut in 2005, took 151 wickets in 120 ODIs and 89 wickets in 106 T20Is. Last November, Mir had taken a break from international cricket and had missed Pakistan’s tour of England. Subsequently, she was left out of Pakistan’s squad for…
5:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Graeme Watson, the former Australia allrounder who was battling cancer, has died at the age of 75. Primarily a middle-order batsman and a medium-pace bowler, he played five Tests from 1967 to 1972 and two ODIs in 1972. After starting his domestic career at Victoria, Watson earned an Australia call-up on the 1966-67 tour of Rhodesia and South Africa as Doug Walter’s replacement. On his…
5:08 PM GMT The ECB has been asked by the UK government to lead the way into investigating the viability of playing sport in a bio-secure environment. With an increasing acceptance that the best chance of fulfilling the broadcast deals that keep nearly all sport afloat is by playing fixtures behind closed doors, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has asked the ECB to facilitate research and…
Sachin Tendulkar and his team-mates celebrate beating Australia and winning the Coca Cola Cup 3:49 PM GMT India 275 for 4 (Tendulkar 134, Azharuddin 58, Fleming 2-47, Kasprowicz 2-48) beat Australia 272 for 9 (S Waugh 70, Lehmann 70, Prasad 2-32, Kanitkar 2-58, Agarkar 2-61) by six wickets Is sport at its best when it throws up the unpredictable? Or does it reach its heights when a genius shows up…
3:27 PM GMT A movement appears to have begun urging the PCB to reintegrate Saleem Malik, the former batsman and captain who was banned for life in 2000 after being found guilty of attempting to fix a Test in Justice Qayyum’s report. It has gained prominence with support from Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saqlain Mushtaq and has now ignited a discussion about Malik’s suitability for a return to the fold. ESPNcricinfo understands,…
2:30 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff As far as Harbhajan Singh is concerned, MS Dhoni will never play for India again. Harbhajan, who trained with Dhoni in March at the Chennai Super Kings’ preparatory camp for the IPL, said the former India captain had “played enough” for India. Recently, as soon as the BCCI postponed the IPL indefinitely, the first question that popped up in Indian cricket was: what does this…
12:27 PM GMT Tom Harrison has insisted the “case for The Hundred” is “much greater than it was” in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. While Harrison, the ECB chief executive, admitted the ECB were “starting to get comfortable with the idea there won’t be crowds this summer” and, as a result, accepted “it’s going to be very, very difficult” to launch the competition this year, he feels the long-term need…
12:14 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Surrey chairman Richard Thompson says that the possibility of finishing the county season in the UAE “has to be considered”, after ESPNcricinfo revealed that Abu Dhabi Cricket will offer the ECB its facilities to use between October and January. Abu Dhabi has avoided the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic so far, with infection and death rates low following a strict lockdown, to the extent that…
9:00 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 The ECB has announced that no professional cricket will be played in England and Wales until July 1 at the earliest due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but is yet to confirm the postponement of the Hundred’s inaugural season. The ECB board met on Thursday to confirm the holding date for the start…
Mooney urges players to stand by CA in ‘unprecedented times’ (0:51) Wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney explains why players should support Cricket Australia through the good and bad. (0:51) 8:04 AM GMT International exemptions to allow an India touring party to arrive in Australia next summer would be seriously considered by the federal government in the event of wider travel bans, strongly suggesting that Cricket Australia will be able to avoid losing…