Rajinder Goel bowls © Rajinder Goel Rajinder Goel, the highest wicket-taker in the history of the Ranji Trophy with 637 strikes, has passed away at the age of 77. In all, the Haryana left-arm spinner bagged 750 wickets in 157 first-class matches from 1958-59 to 1984-85. Very sad to know that Rajinder Goel Saab is no more. One of the stalwarts of Indian cricket with 750 first class wickets. My…
9:36 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ashok Dinda‘s playing days for Bengal appear to be over, with the veteran paceman being linked with Puducherry, Chhatisgarh and Goa for the 2020-21 domestic season. The 36-year old was dropped from the Bengal side after playing just one game in the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy after a spat with Ranadeb Bose, the bowling coach. “I have been associated with Bengal cricket for many years, and…
9:22 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff David Warner has said that the Australian players who are part of the Indian Premier League would be open to travelling to India for the tournament, subject to getting clearance from Cricket Australia and the Australian government. The timing of this year’s IPL could hinge on whether the T20 World Cup takes place as scheduled or not, in Australia in October and November. While the…
8:32 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 When West Indies last toured England in 2017, Shane Dowrich averaged 4.80. He struggled to adapt to the conditions, both with the bat and behind the stumps, and many onlookers surmised that Denesh Ramdin‘s return to the Test set-up could not come soon enough. But since that tour, Dowrich has turned things…
3:38 PM IST Amar Virdi has “responded extremely well” to the challenge of improving his fitness, according to Surrey’s new head coach, Vikram Solanki. Although only 21 years old, Virdi has long been seen as one of the most exciting spin-bowling prospects in the English game. He was a key part of Surrey’s County Championship-winning side of 2018, and followed that up by topping the side’s bowling averages in the…
Roston Chase made a century on his previous Test appearance against England in 2018-19 10:12 PM IST Roston Chase has played as much of a part as any of his team-mates in West Indies’ recent improvements as a Test side. He has scored five hundreds since his debut in 2016, including a six-hour rearguard against India in his second Test, and another in his last encounter with England. Two Tests…
10:07 PM IST Cricket South Africa has come under severe criticism from the country’s minister of sport, art and culture Nathi Mthethwa who questioned the organisation’s commitment to transformation at a parliamentary briefing on Friday. Despite CSA exceeding their transformation targets on the field for the 2018-19 season, Mtethwa was concerned that several senior positions since an overhaul of the board last year were occupied by white men. In December…
Quinton de Kock throws during practice © BCCI South Africa’s return to cricket will be delayed with the 3TC competition unable to take place on June 27, as planned. Cricket South Africa is awaiting approval from the country’s department of sport and department of health. The latter also needs to green-light the event as it will be played in Centurion, one of the worst affected areas by the coronavirus pandemic….
“Missing a few months of cricket is nothing compared with ensuring we are safe” 6:02 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Rahul Dravid, the former India captain and current head of cricket at the National Cricket Academy, has called for a wait-and-watch approach before the resumption of cricket in the country, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dravid also suggested that the Indian domestic season could be trimmed if it doesn’t…
SLC has tried six T20 league tournaments, but managed to conduct one only in 2012 5:30 PM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka Cricket is looking at starting up a T20 league in August, even as uncertainty continues to cloud inbound tours from India and Bangladesh. Various SLC boards have tried repeatedly to get a major T20 tournament off the ground and failed. But with Sri Lanka having managed the…