Why the West Indies bowling attack will worry England (1:57) The Switch Hit team discuss West Indies’ highly regarded bowlers ahead of the Test series with England. (1:57) 11:46 PM IST Former West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts has said that Oshane Thomas will be the first name he will “pencil” in for West Indies’ final Test squad for the three-match series in England, which begins in Southampton from July…
11:15 PM IST Pakistan’s domestic cricketers can hope for better pay next season after the PCB announced a record investment of PKR 1.95 billion into domestic cricket. After the deep structural changes to the domestic game last season, which saw a steep fall in the earnings of most domestic cricketers a new grade-based system of monthly retainers and match fees has been introduced. There will now be five categories, starting…
Pakistan’s players and support staff will be tested for Covid-19 every five days on their England tour 10:58 PM IST Danyal Rasool Ten Pakistan players who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week will not be part of the squad that flies out to Manchester on Sunday. The 18 players who tested negative, alongside the support staff who have been tested, will be the only ones to board the charter…
Chairman Ehsan Mani outlined the PCB’s budget after a Board of Governors meeting 10:38 PM IST Danyal Rasool The PCB will reduce its budget by 10% for the next year in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The board announced a PKR 7.76 billion (approx USD 46.2 million) budget for the coming financial year after its 58th Board of Governors meeting – and the first held via video…
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) 10:30 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 He is the youngest and least-experienced of the five specialist spinners in England’s 30-man training group, but Amar Virdi has insisted he is not…
Shamarh Brooks: “The team who bats the best in this series will come up trumps” 5:51 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Shamarh Brooks thinks he is beginning to reap the rewards of his work with West Indies batting coach Floyd Reifer, and expects the time he has spent “thinking and visualising” because of the Covid-19-enforced break to help…
2:46 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Somerset have announced the cancellation of Corey Anderson‘s contract by mutual consent. Anderson, the New Zealand allrounder, had signed for all 14 group-stage games in the T20 Blast, and potentially the knockout stages, but his deal has been called off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “The last few months have not been an easy time for anyone and the challenges of dealing with the impact…
Belinda Clark remains confident the game can build on the success of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2:09 PM IST Knowing well in advance that several of Australian cricket’s states were going to cut a swathe through their community cricket programs did not make the blows any less galling for Cricket Australia’s head of community cricket Belinda Clark. Of more than 150 jobs lost across the states in the wake…
Jun 25, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff The states have confirmed their squads for the 2020-21 season over the last few weeks, rubberstamping some significant moves and new contracts for young players. The schedule for the state season – Sheffield Shield, Marsh Cup and WNCL – is due to be announced next month. Big Bash squads will also start to take shape as the contract embargo ends with those fixtures also expected…
Jimmy Neesham: ‘Would have preferred another Super Over’ (2:30) The New Zealand allrounder talks about how he would have liked the 2019 World Cup final to be concretely decided (2:30) 9:17 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ross Taylor does not believe there would be anything wrong in having joint winners in the one-day World Cup rather than using Super Overs to split the teams. It is almost a year since England…