Month: June 2020

3:27 PM IST A rapidly escalating stand-off between Cricket Australia and the states is a chance of settling down into constructive discussion of the game’s finances in the time of Covid-19 after the governing body indicated openness to a collective meeting to resolve the current raft of differences. CA’s chairman Earl Eddings is understood to have spoken with his New South Wales counterpart John Knox on Thursday afternoon, after the…

9:13 AM IST Kane Richardson believes on-field innovations for the Big Bash are worth discussing but ultimately the tournament will be judged on the quality of the cricket. Since the tournament expanded two seasons ago there has been a debate about whether it has diluted the league with a slip in average attendance and viewing figures. With the competition set to retain its expanded 61-game format, which is locked in…

12:35 AM IST Michael Carberry, the former England batsman, has claimed “cricket is rife with racism” and that “the people running the game don’t care about black people”. Talking in light of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Carberry told the Cricket Badger podcast that such an event came as no surprise to him and served as an “indicator of where life is right now”. Reflecting on his career…

ICC chief executive Manu Sawhney: ‘We want to give ourselves the best possible opportunity to make the right decision for the whole sport’  10:45 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ICC has bought further time before making a decision on the fate of the men’s T20 World Cup, as it keeps tabs on the encouraging progress Australia and New Zealand are making against the Covid-19 pandemic. The tournament is scheduled to…

Foolish to suggest racism isn’t prevalent – Holder (1:29) Windies captain Jason Holder says racism is ‘all around us’ as he shares his hope for a more equal society (1:29) 10:43 PM IST Jason Holder, West Indies’ captain, says that his team must prepare to embrace the “new normal” after touching down in England to embark on a historic Test series, but admits that the shift in global narrative, from…

9:59 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Sophie Devine, the New Zealand captain, has advocated the use of a smaller, lighter ball in the women’s game to encourage attacking cricket. Under current regulations, the ball used in women’s cricket is fractionally smaller and lighter than that used in the men’s game. According to both the laws of the game…

5:34 PM IST The ICC could loosen its interpretation of a playing code and take a “common sense” approach to players who may “take a knee” or wear and display slogans as a mark of solidarity to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement – a move that will bring it in line with organisations such as FIFA. In the past, the ICC has acted when players have made statements that could…

4:16 PM IST Tony Irish, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), is expected back at work on Monday. Irish, who is also executive chair of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), started his role at the PCA at the beginning of the year, but was soon obliged to take time off for personal reasons. In his absence, Daryl Mitchell, the organisation’s unpaid chairman, has been left…