Month: June 2020

Experimental three-team format to kick off South Africa's return to cricket

June 17, 2020
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AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada and Hashim Amla celebrate a wicket © AFP Cricket South Africa (CSA) have combined their return to training and play plans with an exhibition event in collaboration with a new company, 3T, which aims to introduce an experimental format that can be played post-lockdown. The showpiece will feature three teams – Kingfishers, Hawks, and Eagles – who will all play…

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Cricket Australia announce 40 job losses in restructuring to save millions

June 17, 2020
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Nick Hockley will step into Cricket Australia © Getty Images Cricket Australia has announced 40 redundancies as part of a A$40 million package of savings to deal with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Among a raft of announcements, the day after Kevin Roberts was removed as CEO to be replaced by interim Nick Hockley, it was confirmed that the major domestic competitions – Sheffield Shield, Marsh Cup, Women’s National…

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Malcolm Speed: States should hold off Cricket Australia board change for now

June 17, 2020
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© Getty Images Malcolm Speed, the former Cricket Australia (CA) chief, wants rumblings from state associations for change to the CA on board to be put on hold until after the game has negotiated the financial shocks of the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin Roberts’ dramatic departure from the chief executive’s chair on Tuesday, after the CA board installed Nick Hockley as the interim CEO, has not entirely worked as the governing…

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Timeline: how the Covid crisis brought down CA chief Kevin Roberts

The situation escalated dramatically from when Kevin Roberts first addressed the Covid-19 shutdown in March  8:43 AM IST March 15 Two days after the Australia-New Zealand ODI is played behind closed doors at the SCG the remainder of the Australian season is cancelled. “We’re in uncertain times, and it’s difficult to project precisely what will transpire over the next number of months,” Roberts said. “We really empathise with the situation…

June 17, 2020
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First part of CSA's forensic audit expected by Friday

CSA has confirmed that Thabang Moroe’s suspension was directly linked to the audit into the board’s affairs  11:42 PM IST Cricket South Africa is expecting the first part of the forensic audit into its affairs by Friday, which may determine whether suspended CEO Thabang Moroe will face disciplinary charges over allegations of misconduct. CSA President Chris Nenzani confirmed that Moroe’s suspension in December 2019 was directly linked to the audit…

June 16, 2020
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Glove is the key as Jonny Bairstow targets Test return

Jonny Bairstow walks back to the pavilion after losing his wicket on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test  10:31 PM IST Jonny Bairstow remains determined to reclaim the gloves in England’s Test side and hopes his enforced break from the game will have refreshed him. Bairstow was dropped from the England Test squad which toured New Zealand at the end of last year with Jos Buttler taking over…

June 16, 2020
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Shai Hope: 'Need to back my ability because I know I can get it done'

Shai Hope made centuries in each innings at Headingley in 2017 – the first man to do so in a first-class match  9:30 PM IST Shai Hope‘s twin hundreds at Headingley in 2017 can rightfully take a place among the finest batting achievements in the history of the game. No man had ever scored a century in each innings of a first-class match – never mind a Test – in…

June 16, 2020
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T20 World Cup 'unrealistic' and 'unlikely' this year – Cricket Australia chairman

‘Will be difficult to get 16 teams into Australia’ (0:23) Cricket Australia chairman on the dimming prospects of the T20 World Cup being staged this year (0:23) 4:20 PM IST Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings believes it is “unlikely” and “unrealistic” that the Men’s T20 World Cup will take place in Australia as scheduled this year. The fate of the tournament, scheduled between October 18 and November 15, is being…

June 16, 2020
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Copyright claims against Rob Moody, aka Robelinda2, 'made in error', says Cricket Australia

June 16, 2020
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Cricket Australia said it had no plans to shut down Rob Moody’s channel © Rob Moody Already deprived of live action, cricket fans were spared further agony as the hugely popular Twitter account of Rob Moody (robelinda2) came back to life after being temporarily shut down for copyright infringement. Moody’s Twitter and YouTube streams have long been the biggest video library in cricket – his YouTube channel has over 700,000…

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Kevin Roberts exit as Cricket Australia CEO won't heal all wounds

1:05 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff If the list of key figures in Australian cricket who couldn’t deal with Kevin Roberts had grown so long as to make his position as Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive untenable, it’s unlikely that their discontent will be sated purely by his exit. After Roberts departed on Tuesday, leaving behind many fractured relationships due to Cricket Australia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, chairman Earl Eddings…

June 16, 2020
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