ECB hopeful of England women’s return to action this summer (1:33) Clare Connor says the ECB are looking to go ahead with England women vs. India and South Africa (1:33) 7:41 PM IST Valkerie Baynes England’s women’s squad could return to training within weeks in hopes of playing their international series against India and South Africa behind closed doors this season. Clare Connor, the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket,…
Cricket South Africa is hopeful that the MSL can still be played in front of an audience 6:55 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket South Africa is preparing for four different scenarios ahead of the 2020-21 summer with the most likely being a reduced domestic season, with matches expected to be played behind closed doors. The Mzansi Super League (MSL) remains a priority but CSA is reluctant to play the tournament…
5:18 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Northamptonshire have cancelled the contracts of Faheem Ashraf and Kieron Pollard by mutual agreement. Ashraf was due to play for the club in the first half of the 2020 season, while Pollard was set to join for the T20 Blast. But with all professional cricket in England and Wales suspended until July…
© BCCI South Africa and India have agreed to play three T20Is in South Africa at the end of August, provided government regulations on both sides allow the fixtures to go ahead. The series, which is not part of the Future Tours Programme, was negotiated by Cricket South Africa’s director of cricket Graeme Smith and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly during a CSA executive trip to India in February, and finalised…
6:58 AM IST The BCCI will give freedom to the Indian players to decide for themselves whether to return to play as and when cricket restarts in the country. That is the assurance given by Rahul Johri, the BCCI chief executive, who said player safety would be given “paramount importance”. Johri also said the board remained “optimistic” about the IPL taking place after the Indian monsoons subject to clearance from…
11:01 PM IST Dave Cameron, the former president of Cricket West Indies (CWI), has threatened legal action against the board unless they hand over a copy of an audit critical of his period in office. The audit, requested by Cameron’s successor and conducted by PKF, suggests a lack of financial control posed a threat to “the board’s long-term sustainability” and left “a massive hole” in the board’s finances. Cameron, who…
Pakistan’s players face spending up to three months in strict bio-secure conditions © AFP/Getty Images A 25-man Pakistan squad (yet to be picked) to tour England will remain under bio-secure conditions for up to three months starting from early June in Lahore to the end of the England tour in August. Players will stay at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore from early June to resume training in pairs, and…
Head coach Mickey Arthur held a discussion with the top brass of Sri Lanka Cricket over resumption of training 5:00 PM IST Sri Lanka players are likely to start training from June 1 subject to clearance from the country’s government. The fast bowlers will be the first set of players to return to training once cricket resumes with plans also to train in a biosafe environment taking shape. Mickey Arthur,…
3:43 PM IST The ECB have confirmed that 18 bowlers will resume training this week as England ramp up plans for a return of international cricket. Although original plans to return to training on Wednesday had to be delayed due to a series of practical issues, the first group of players will attend nets on Thursday. Others will attend on Friday with the rest of the training group – the…
2:43 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Lachlan Stevens has been named head coach of the Melbourne Renegades WBBL team and the Victoria Women’s team amid the restructuring at Cricket Victoria. The Renegades role is a comeback for Stevens who was previously their head coach in the first two seasons of the WBBL. Most recently he had been interim head coach of the Victoria men’s team following Andrew McDonald’s appointment as Justin…