Month: June 2020

Cheteshwar Pujara: 'If you are mentally tough, you can take a long break comfortably'

June 24, 2020
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© BCCI Cheteshwar Pujara has resumed training thrice a week at his academy in Rajkot, along with a few Saurashtra team-mates. In an ideal world, he would’ve been in England, playing for Gloucestershire in the county championship. However, Covid-19 threatens to leave Pujara without competitive cricket for 10 months, with India’s next Test assignment scheduled for December in Australia. “You have to start at some point and it is important,”…

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Chris Green can resume bowling after action cleared

9:24 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The Sydney Thunder offspinner Chris Green has been cleared to resume bowling after his action was found to be legal following biomechanical testing in Brisbane. Green was suspended from bowling in all Cricket Australia competitions for three months in January, with his offspinner and faster ball the deliveries under scrutiny, but last week all his deliveries were found to come “significantly below” the permitted 15…

June 24, 2020
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Kim Garth leaves Irish cricket for future in Australia

June 24, 2020
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Kim Garth in her follow-through © ICC via Getty Ireland allrounder Kim Garth could represent Australia in the future after leaving Irish cricket to accept a two-year with Victoria. Garth, 24, has played 34 ODIs and 51 T20Is for Ireland but has considerable experience in Australia following WBBL stints with the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers alongside club cricket in Melbourne where she was named Dandenong’s most valuable player last…

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Legspinner Wil Parker opts for cricket over AFL with Victoria contract

Wil Parker (left) could have gone with football, but has chosen a cricket career  7:15 AM IST Wil Parker, the 18-year-old legspinner, has opted for a professional cricket career over AFL by signing a full contract with Victoria for the 2020-21 season. Parker made his first-class debut late last summer and impressed in his first outing at the SCG where he claimed four wickets to help Victoria to victory. He…

June 24, 2020
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West Indies provide double boost as Test preparations step up

June 23, 2020
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Kraigg Brathwaite sets off for a run en route to a half-century in the intra-squad warm-up © Gareth Copley/Getty Images 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 season – you would have…

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Jofra Archer's arrival in England camp delayed after a member of his household feels unwell

12:10 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Jofra Archer‘s arrival with the England squad has been delayed after a member of his household felt unwell over the weekend. Although Archer and members of his household have tested negative for COVID-19, he will have a second test on Wednesday. Only if that test is also negative will he join up with the rest of the training group on Thursday. The rest of the…

June 23, 2020
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Ashley Giles: No contingencies if Pakistan tour called off but ECB will adapt

Spending time in the bio-secure bubble at the Ageas Bowl will be a “culture shock” for England’s players, Ashley Giles has said  10:28 PM IST The ECB does not currently have contingency plans in place should Pakistan’s tour of England be cancelled, but will “adapt” as required, according to Ashley Giles. 10 members of Pakistan’s touring party have so far tested positive for Covid-19. While officials from both Pakistan and…

June 23, 2020
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Zimbabwe Cricket nearly debt-free after 'horrible' year, says chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani

June 23, 2020
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© Getty Images Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani has said that despite enduring among the worst years in the country’s cricket history, the board has emerged stronger over the past 12 months, with the body able to almost pay off its legacy debts amounting to USD 27 million. Zimbabwe had been suspended from the ICC in July 2019 before they were reinstated in October later that year. During that time,…

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Darren Gough: England's pace attack is their best since 2005

9:30 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Darren Gough thinks England’s pace-bowling stocks are as strong as they have been since 2005, and has backed Chris Woakes to replace James Anderson as their “figurehead” in the next 18 months. England’s 30-man training group arrived at the Ageas Bowl on Tuesday afternoon ahead of next month’s Test series against West…

June 23, 2020
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