Month: May 2020

5:12 PM IST Faf du Plessis stepped down as South Africa’s captain after “one of the toughest seasons” of his career to concentrate on developing future leaders, an area he believes his country needs to work on. In his first media engagement since the end of the 2019-20 home summer, du Plessis explained that while he remains committed to playing in all formats, after the 1-3 Test series defeat to…

5:30 PM IST Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” The World Series begins with only one promise: It will produce a winner. It won’t assure us a compelling story, though it does often deliver. It won’t guarantee seven nights of entertainment, though we’re frequently so blessed. There’s no pledge that we’ll remember more than one or…

The Australia v New Zealand ODI on March 13 was played to empty stands at the SCG  3:33 PM IST The fate of the men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, slated for later this year, could yet come down to the likely absence of crowds rather than the challenge of getting teams into the country. The shape of the 2020-21 season in Australia remains in significant doubt, but there have…

11:10 AM IST Marnus Labuschagne has rigged up nets in his backyard so that his fence doesn’t get damaged, has got the dog-thrower working and taped up tennis balls to keep his hand in during isolation, but the enforced downtime of the last couple of months has also given him a chance to reflect on his rise to become one of Australia’s leading players. That evolution was rubberstamped last week…

Katie Levick bowls during the inaugural Kia Super League match between Yorkshire Diamonds and Loughborough Lightning  10:13 PM IST Valkerie Baynes For Katie Levick, the Women’s Hundred represents a chance to prove what might have been. Having turned her back on a potential international career for financial reasons when she was 21, Yorkshire leg-spinner Levick was among the first domestic players chosen for a Northern Superchargers squad captained by England’s…

4:04 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Delhi Police has challenged the bail granted to alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla. Chawla had been granted bail by a trial court in Delhi on Friday, before the police took the matter before the Delhi High Court. The High Court has reserved its order, asking both parties to put together their responses. Chawla had been extradited to India from the UK in February. He is one…

12:45 PM IST India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has said that he had thought of committing suicide thrice while battling personal issues a few years ago, forcing his family to keep a close watch over him at the time. He said family members feared he “might jump” from their 24th floor apartment. Shami opened up on this aspect of his personal life during an Instagram chat with his India team-mate…

Joe Root and Jason Holder have been involved in discussions about West Indies’ tour  10:29 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Representatives from England and West Indies, including Test captains Joe Root and Jason Holder, have been involved in “positive ongoing discussions” about rescheduling their forthcoming series, the ECB has said. West Indies were due to arrive in the UK this month ahead of a three-Test tour, but that has now been…

‘Still want to prove myself in Tests’ – Roy (1:20) Jason Roy is hungry to regain his spot in the England side, having been dropped during last year’s Ashes (1:20) 10:28 PM IST England batsman Jason Roy has conceded that it might “make sense” to postpone this year’s men’s T20 World Cup, with the possibility of travel restrictions and biosecurity issues around the spread of the coronavirus set to have…