5:48 PM IST Tom Harrison has reiterated the ECB’s commitment to The Hundred despite facing accusations of gambling cricket’s future on the tournament’s success, but concedes that English cricket’s losses this summer could reach £380 million if the entire season is wiped out. Appearing in front of a panel of MPs as part of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on sport in…
4:13 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Eoin Morgan has reiterated his belief that the T10 format could be the vehicle for getting cricket into the Olympics, given that its brevity could allow multiple matches to be contested in a shortened timeframe. Cricket has not featured at the Olympics since 1900, when Great Britain beat France in a one-off gold medal match at the Velodrome de Vincennes in Paris. It has since…
4:05 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Coaches in the Hundred have raised questions about how squads in the competition will look next year, suggesting that a partial re-draft of squads will be necessary ahead of the tournament’s delayed launch in 2021. Players’ contracts were terminated on Monday through a ‘force majeure’ clause, and the ECB has opened discussions…
1:44 PM IST Brendon McCullum has suggested greater New Zealand involvement in the Big Bash League later this year if international cricket or the availability of overseas players remains restricted by the Covid-19 pandemic. There are positive signs that the Australian season could be able to take shape somewhat as scheduled – there even remains hope that the T20 World Cup could be played in October – with every effort…
1:40 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The major job losses at Cricket Victoria caused by the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic have claimed the Melbourne Renegades’ WBBL head coach Tim Coyle who had been in the role three years. Last week Cricket Victoria confirmed a significant restructuring of its organisation in the wake of cost-cutting measures with community cricket especially hard hit. During Coyle’s time the Renegades reached the finals in…
Marnus Labuschagne discusses his batting with Justin Langer © Getty Images Australian cricketers will need to be prepared to do more for themselves when the game returns in a world reshaped by the Covid-19 pandemic. One fallout from the crisis could be a reduction in the support staff around the national teams as Cricket Australia continues to look to cut costs, following the recent dramatic measures that have seen 200…
12:02 PM IST Mashrafe Mortaza has asked Tamim Iqbal to trust his “gut feeling” when he leads Bangladesh out to the field as their new ODI captain, but also told his junior colleague to be patient when it comes to dealing with the noise around the team. “You will hear a lot of advice as a captain – ‘do this, do that’; but as long as you listen to your…
Zimbabwe might struggle more than other countries with the disruption in cricket due to covid-19 9:12 PM IST Zimbabwe Cricket have voided the 2019-20 domestic season and will not declare winners in either the first-class competition or the 50-over tournament. Cricket in Zimbabwe has been suspended since March 18 and the country has been on lockdown since March 30. The stay-at-home order was due to end on May 3, but…
8:44 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Gloucestershire have become the latest county to cancel the contracts of all their overseas signings, with Qais Ahmad and Andrew Tye‘s deals terminated. Ahmad and Tye were due to play for the club during the T20 Blast, with the Afghanistan legspinner also set to appear in the County Championship. The club had previously confirmed that Cheteshwar Pujara’s contract to play the opening rounds of the…
8:35 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Australian manufacturers Kookaburra are developing a wax applicator that could be used to shine cricket balls without using sweat or saliva. ESPNcricinfo revealed last month that, in the wake of Covid-19, the ICC’s medical committee had discussed the dangers of using saliva to polish the ball. The ICC’s cricket committee and the MCC’s world cricket committee are due to follow suit. Decision-makers are open to…