Month: June 2020

Michael Clarke has been named an Officer (AO) and Lyn Larsen a Member (AM) in the general division of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s latest birthday honours list. Clarke was recognised for “distinguished service to cricket as a player at the national and international level, through leadership roles, and to the community”. He played 115 Tests, 245 ODIs and 34 T20Is and retired in 2015 as the fourth-highest…

9:21 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Oshane Thomas, who has been named among the reserve players for West Indies’ upcoming tour of England, is eyeing a Test debut with international cricket set to resume after a hiatus forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Thomas, 23, has played 20 ODIs and 12 T20Is since his debut in late 2018, and picked up five-wicket hauls in both limited-overs formats. He’s set on cracking the…

1:11 PM IST Mashrafe Mortaza wasn’t “prepared for such a hasty arrangement” to give him a farewell game and push him into retirement from international cricket, especially because, as he said, he was willing to quit after Bangladesh’s exit from the 50-over World Cup last year anyway. Mortaza, the former Bangladesh captain, said that while there was talk of him retiring after a disappointing performance at the World Cup, discussions…

11:56 PM IST The CPL has received a shot in the arm after the Trinidad & Tobago government indicated that it is “very, very much open” to hosting the 2020 edition of the tournament in the country. However, Shamfa Cudjoe, the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, stressed that a final decision would be subject to permission form the health ministry and the CPL providing a “commitment” to stick to…

11:16 PM IST Annesha Ghosh Former India captain Anju Jain and allrounder Devika Palshikar have been appointed on the Baroda women’s coaching staff for the next two seasons after their contracts as the head coach and the assistant coach of the Bangladesh women’s team expired in early March following the Women’s T20 World Cup. While Jain will be in charge of batting and wicketkeeping at Baroda, Palshikar will be looking…

9:00 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Geoffrey Boycott has hit out at the BBC following his omission from Test Match Special’s commentary list for 2020. Boycott, 79, was the notable absentee on a list of names for a summer of coverage that will feature the first Test cricket to be broadcast on BBC TV for more than 20 years. And while the BBC implied in a statement to the Guardian that…

Holding: 2017 shows West Indies can compete in England (2:05) Michael Holding says West Indies can take heart from the summer of 2017 heading into the coming series with England (2:05) 8:43 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Michael Holding, the broadcaster and former West Indies fast bowler, has said the decisions of Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer and Keemo Paul to opt out of touring England were “unfortunate”, if understandable because of…

7:11 PM IST Danyal Rasool The number of women with central contracts in Pakistan cricket dropped further to nine, with the PCB announcing salary increases across the board, as well as more lucrative financial incentives for domestic cricket. Bismah Maroof retains the captaincy, while Anam Amin and Umaima Sohail get full contracts. Maroof finds herself promoted to the highest category A, as does Javeria Khan, while Nida Dar, who became…