8:14 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) organisers have submitted a proposal to Keith Rowley, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, to stage the entirety of this year’s tournament in the country, starting in mid-August. Last week, Rowley told the local press that he was waiting for a formal approach from the CPL,…
Pakistan’s players face spending up to three months in strict bio-secure conditions 7:29 PM IST Pakistan’s plans to bring its cricketers out of lockdown and back to training next week has hit a snag with more time needed to prepare a bio-secure environment to ensure player safety. Players and team management had already been briefed by the PCB’s medical panel about training under a controlled environment. The plan was to…
6:45 PM IST Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy and senior batsman Chris Gayle have become the first active cricketers to join a growing number of sports personalities worldwide in publicly raising their voice against the scourge of racism following the killing of George Floyd. Sammy, in a series of tweets on Monday, urged both the ICC and cricket boards to stand up against the “injustice” of racism against “people…
6:41 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB have announced proposed dates and venues for England’s three-Test series against West Indies. England vs West Indies fixtures: 1st Test: July 8-12, Ageas Bowl2nd Test: July 16-20, Emirates Old Trafford3rd Test: July 24-28, Emirates Old Trafford More to follow Source: ESPN Crickinfo
9:01 AM IST A restructure of Cricket Victoria’s (CV) Big Bash League teams for next season will see the Melbourne Renegades’ general manager reporting to the equivalent figure for the Melbourne Stars. This is a consequence of the clubs having to deal with major downsizing at the state association that has cost 60 jobs. Both the Stars and Renegades have seen enormous upheaval since featuring in the BBL final in…
10:14 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Rachel Priest has been omitted from New Zealand’s central contract list, while keeper-batter Natalie Dodd and seamer Jess Kerr have been awarded their first deals. Priest, 34, won back her national contract last year after impressing for Western Storm in the Kia Super League and Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash, having been dropped by former head coach Haidee Tiffin after the 2017 World Cup…
South Africa has allowed non-contact professional sports training and matches © Associated Press Subject to government approval, South Africa’s national and franchise cricketers could be back in training from next week, and may be involved in an exhibition event at the end of the month. The country moved to Level 3 of the five-stage lockdown today, which allows for non-contact professional sports training and matches to take place, after consultation…
3:40 PM IST Kagiso Rabada believes that his enthusiastic wicket-taking celebrations, which have led him to fall foul of the ICC’s code of conduct several times, stem from “passion”, but he has suggested he is looking for ways to express himself differently. Speaking from lockdown, Rabada indicated he has been using some of his time to consult with mentors after what he called a “disappointing” past summer. “It’s passion, but…
Smith would be willing to miss the early part of the Australian domestic season to take part in the IPL 11:03 AM IST Steven Smith suggested that he would be willing to miss the early part of the Australian domestic season to take part in the IPL should this year’s T20 World Cup be postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic and leave room for a delayed edition of the world’s…