5:54 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Tremain has followed Adam Zampa by returning to where his cricket career began after switching from Victoria to Sheffield Shield holders New South Wales. Tremain, who played four ODIs in 2016, took 209 Shield wickets at 23,79 in six seasons with Victoria and will add further depth to the New South Wales attack. “I hope that if I can continue providing that service then…
11:50 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Brathwaite XI 275 and 99 for 3 lead Holder XI 193 by 181 runs Raymon Reifer appeals succesfully for the wicket of Jason Holder Gareth Copley/Getty Images Left-armer Raymon Reifer seized his chance to impress with five wickets in the space of 11 balls on day two of the West Indies’ intra-squad match at Emirates Old Trafford. The all-rounder produced an inspired spell in the…
Clare Connor will become MCC’s first woman President in the 233-year history of the club 10:44 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Clare Connor, the former England captain, will become the first woman president of Marylebone Cricket Club next year. Following its AGM on Wednesday, MCC announced that Connor, the ECB’s Managing Director of Women’s Cricket, would take up the post on October 1, 2021, replacing current president Kumar Sangakkara and becoming…
Mark Wood walks off with the match ball after his five-wicket haul © Associated Press Mark Wood believes that he turned a corner in his career when he last faced West Indies in a Test match, at St Lucia in February 2019, and says that the memories of his command performance in that contest could have a bearing when the two teams meet again at the Ageas Bowl next month….
10:27 PM IST Mark Wood fears that English cricket risks missing out on its next generation of heroes in the wake of last summer’s World Cup triumph, after the sport’s hopes of a prompt resumption at grassroots level were dealt a blow by comments from the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Addressing the House of Commons on Tuesday to announce the easing of the UK’s lockdown measures, Johnson caught the ECB…
Betting is illegal in India, but experts say the law governing it is ‘laughable’ in its current form 10:04 PM IST Making match-fixing a criminal offence will be a “game-changer” and the “single-most-effective thing” for sport in India. That is the strong belief of Steve Richardson, the coordinator of investigations at the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU). Ajit Singh, the head of the BCCI’s ACU, concurs with that viewpoint, adding that…
5:32 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Surrey and Middlesex are set to take the field for the first time this season at the Kia Oval in July, as county cricket inches towards a return in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The match is scheduled to be a two-day red-ball encounter, on July 26-27, and is intended as a warm-up fixture for the proposed return of the County Championship in August…
4:35 PM IST Twenty-four hours after the postponement of their home series against New Zealand, Bangladesh have deferred their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. The teams were scheduled to play three Tests in the July-August period. The BCB informed SLC of its unpreparedness on Wednesday, which means both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will remain out of action due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The BCB hasn’t yet commenced any form of…
Mohammad Hafeez was one among seven Pakistan players who tested positive for Covid-19 on June 23 1:13 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Mohammad Hafeez has tested negative in a private test for Covid-19, a day after a PCB test result showed up as positive. On Tuesday, Hafeez was announced as one of 10 Pakistani players in total who tested positive for the virus after testing carried out on the entire 28-man…
11:42 AM IST Queensland could be able to field a formidable batting line-up in the early stages of next season with current and recent internationals jostling with up-coming state talent. Joe Burns and Marnus Labuschagne should be available until the Test summer starts and will join captain Usman Khawaja, Matt Renshaw, Bryce Street and Sam Heazlett among the top-order options as well as 20-year-old Max Bryant who made his first-class…