Giles ‘quietly confident’ about Australia white-ball series (1:40) Ashely Giles speaks about Australia’s visit and whether test players could feature in ODI and T20I squads. (1:40) 8:16 AM IST Despite the sport largely being shutdown since March, cricket has not been far from the mind of Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch as he thinks ahead to the 2023 one-day World Cup campaign in India as well as the two T20…
Kraigg Brathwaite sets off for a run en route to a half-century in the intra-squad warm-up Jun 23, 2020 Brathwaite XI 275 vs Holder XI West Indies provided a double boost to all those looking forward to a return to something approaching normality as their preparations for the Test series against England moved up a level. As well as offering a glimpse of the first organised cricket of the English…
Socially-distanced net sessions remain the only recreational cricket permitted in the UK 10:22 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 MPs on both sides of the House of Commons have called for the imminent return of recreational cricket after Boris Johnson dealt a blow to the hopes of amateur players across the country on Tuesday. The ECB reasserted on Thursday…
Crawley and Joe Denly look set to go head-to-head for the No. 3 spot © Gareth Copley/Getty Images Zak Crawley has admitted that it will be “slightly odd” going up against his Kent team-mate Joe Denly in a battle for the No. 3 spot in England’s Test team, but thinks that the squad will benefit from increased competition for places. Crawley opened the batting with Dom Sibley in the second,…
8:06 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB’s plans to professionalise the domestic level of women’s cricket have been stepped up with the announcement of 25 Regional Retainers, in spite of the complications caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. The recipients are split across the eight regions of the women’s game, and represent the first tranche of professional contracts at domestic level, with the ECB still intending to upgrade these players, and…
Play 00:59 PCB CEO insists Pakistan still plan to tour England The PCB may be willing to reconsider their recently stated policy that players who tested positive in Covid-19 testing must return two subsequent negative tests before departing for England to play three Tests and three T20Is. ESPNcricinfo understands the head of the PCB medical department Dr. Sohail Saleem is consulting with a variety of sporting and medical experts to…
Jofra Archer has tested negative for Covid-19 © Getty Images Jofra Archer has tested negative for Covid-19 and will join the rest of the England squad at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday afternoon. More to follow… Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
6:37 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Dynamos Cricket, the new initiative aimed at 8 to 11-year-olds, has been cancelled for the 2020 season, along with a range of national club and age-group competitions, in the latest range of ECB measures to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown. However, in a statement, the board insisted it was continuing to press for the resumption of recreational cricket on or around July 4,…
Kim Garth in action for the Perth Scorchers © Getty Images Australia’s coach Matthew Mott believes Kim Garth‘s switch from Ireland to a deal with Victoria should be the spur to help usher in women’s professional contracts for Irish cricket to stave off the risk of losing a generation of female talent to wealthier nations. As a former member of Ireland’s coaching staff during the 2015 men’s ODI World Cup,…
© Associated Press Mominul Haque plans as Bangladesh’s new Test captain have had to take a backseat due to covid-19, which has led to the postponement of eight matches across five series. The latest in the long list of series to be deferred is Bangladesh’s three-Test tour of Sri Lanka. Bangladesh has been badly affected by the pandemic, which means it could be among the last nations to resume cricketing…