8:04 AM IST On Tuesday, Nick Hockley was named as Cricket Australia’s interim chief executive in the wake of the deposed Kevin Roberts. On Wednesday he was jointly presiding over the awful task of making 40 employees redundant from the governing body. And on Thursday he was speaking for CA on radio, stressing the importance of unity in the game. As the T20 World Cup local organising body’s chief executive,…
10:54 PM IST England supporters might have been given a little glimpse into the future with the naming of this “training group” ahead of the West Indies series. While few of the new faces may make the Test team this July, they could well become more familiar in the months and years ahead. For as Ed Smith, the national selector, made clear, these players have been picked not just with…
Kraigg Brathwaite works one on the leg side © AFP Kraigg Brathwaite has engaged the help of West Indies great Desmond Haynes as he seeks to rediscover the form that saw him narrowly miss scoring twin centuries against England at Headingley in 2017. Both opening batsmen from Barbados, Brathwaite and Haynes have worked together previously on technical components of Brathwaite’s game but, more recently, the focus has shifted to the…
9:26 PM IST Pakistan will keep a close eye on England’s three-match Test series against West Indies next month. This, according to their opener Abid Ali, will help Pakistan prepare for their own tour of England, which kicks off soon after West Indies’ visit. This will be Abid’s first tour of England, and he is already preparing to cut out some of his shots in conditions that are expected to…
8:39 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB has committed a further £35.7million to support professional and recreational cricket during the Covid-19 pandemic. The support package, agreed by the ECB board in a bid to mitigate the financial issues caused by the suspension of the 2020 season, follows on from the initial sum of £61 million that was announced back in March. The bulk of the figure, £30.22million, will be released…
8:30 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Tim Bresnan, the Yorkshire allrounder who helped England to victory on their Ashes tour of Australia in 2010-11, has agreed to leave the club with immediate effect, in a bid to secure first-team opportunities in the final years of his career. Bresnan, 35, made his Yorkshire debut against Northamptonshire in 2003, and went on to play an integral role in the club’s back-to-back County Championship…
8:06 PM IST PCB chairman Ehsan Mani has said that it is not “feasible” to host the men’s T20 World Cup in Australia in 2020, and the tournament is likely to be “deferred” by a year. Mani said a final decision on the matter would be taken by the ICC in the next “three-four” weeks. Mani becomes the second senior member sitting on the ICC Board in as many days…
5:58 PM IST Moeen Ali is in line for his first Test appearance in almost a year, while Essex’s Dan Lawrence could be given a chance to challenge for a place in England’s middle order, after both men were named in a 30-man training squad that will prepare behind closed doors ahead of next month’s Test series against West Indies. Moeen, who was dropped after the first Test of last…
Alan Jones with England Cap No. 696 5:16 PM IST The ECB have moved to right one of the great injustices of the game by presenting Alan Jones with a Test cap. Jones, the former Glamorgan opening batsman, appeared for England against the Rest of the World side in 1970. At the time the games were considered by all involved as authentic Tests and the Rest of the World side…
5:03 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Owing to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Scotland have cancelled their one-off T20 fixture against Australia scheduled for June 29 at The Grange. The possibility of scheduling it later in the summer has also been ruled out, given the costs and logistics involved for staging just one match. While announcing the news, Gus Mackay, CEO of Cricket Scotland, said, “Whilst this is disappointing news…