West Indies will follow Premier League clubs in wearing the Black Lives Matter emblem on their shirts 2:56 AM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 West Indies will wear a Black Lives Matter emblem on the collars of their shirts during July’s Test series against England. Captain Jason Holder hinted in his first press conference of the tour that West…
10:29 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 England seamer Stuart Broad has admitted to concerns that international cricket will offer “more of a mental test” than usual this summer due to the absence of fans from grounds. All six of England’s Test matches this summer will be played behind closed doors, with the ECB confirming on Friday that the…
England look set to rotate their fast bowlers at some point this summer © Getty Images England’s bowlers have been told by the selectors that the team picked for the first Test against West Indies will be the strongest possible side, despite the acceptance that rotation will be a feature of the summer. The 30-man training group named ahead of the West Indies series includes 18 seamers, with the ECB’s…
5:38 PM IST Pakistan have England’s “fragile top order” in their sights as captain Azhar Ali said that the hosts’ batsmen haven’t looked confident since Alastair Cook retired in 2018. He called England’s bowling line-up “brilliant” but played down any sense of pressure handling an experienced attack. England have struggled to nail down a regular top three in recent years, not least since Cook’s final Test in September 2018. In…
1:32 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff India pace-bowling allrounder Shikha Pandey has become the latest in a long line of cricketers to offer views on whether women’s cricket needs any tweaks – like smaller balls or shorter pitches – to help it further flourish and attract more fans. In a series of tweets, Pandey on Saturday said “most of the suggestions” to alter the women’s game were “superfluous”. “Please, don’t compare…
11:18 PM IST Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali has said he and his players made a pact during lockdown to keep their fitness intact so that the moment cricket could resume they would all be ready. The Pakistanis haven’t played any competitive cricket since the Pakistan Super League was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March earlier this year. However, with a tour of England on the horizon, some…
10:29 PM IST Given his health ordeals in New Zealand and South Africa this winter, the inclusion of Jack Leach in England’s plans for their return to Test cricket against West Indies next month might initially have come across as something of a risk. This is, after all, a player who admitted fearing for his life when he contracted sepsis in Hamilton in November, and then fell so ill during…
Phil Simmons is self-isolating after leaving the West Indies’ bubble at Old Trafford 9:50 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Alzarri Joseph has downplayed the significance of the news that West Indies head coach Phil Simmons is self-isolating in his Old Trafford hotel room as a health precaution. Simmons left the West Indies’ bubble to attend a funeral on…
Swann, Panesar inspirational for me – Amar Virdi (1:03) Test hopeful Amar Virdi reflects on growing up watching spinners Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar succeed for England. (1:03) 8:51 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Amar Virdi, the Surrey offspinner, has said that club cricket in the UK is full of untapped talent from ethnic minority backgrounds and encouraged…
Mohammad Hafeez was one among ten Pakistan players found to be positive for Covid-19 by the PCB 5:05 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Six of the ten Pakistani cricketers who had earlier tested positive for Covid-19 – Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Hasnain – have returned negative results when tested again, Wasim Khan, the PCB chief executive, announced today, adding that Kashif Bhatti, Haris…