Month: July 2020

4:01 PM IST James Anderson says that his team-mate Stuart Broad could go yet on to outstrip his own England-record wicket tally, as he stood on the verge of becoming the fourth seam bowler in history to reach 500 Test wickets on the final day against West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford. Broad went into the final morning of the match on 499 Test wickets, but was thwarted in his…

3:08 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff R Ashwin has revived the discussion around non-strikers backing up before the ball has been bowled, suggesting that technology be used to spot and penalise the errant batsmen, by either disallowing the runs scored off the ball in question, or giving the bowler a “free ball”. Ashwin went on to explain – on Twitter – how non-strikers, by backing up, could give their team an…

Play 01:51 Warner can’t believe England dropped Broad Stuart Broad‘s Ashes batting bunny David Warner is still trying to figure out how it was even possible that the paceman was dropped from England’s first Test match of the northern summer, and paid tribute to the 34-year-old as he stood on the brink of 500 wickets. In getting out seven times in 10 innings to Broad in England last year, Warner…

12:40 PM IST It would be difficult to find any individual who spent more time training, playing or celebrating at the SCG than Phil Emery. Across nearly 200 first-class and one day games for New South Wales between 1987 and 1999, many of them as captain, Emery became almost as synonymous with the grand old ground as the Members and Ladies stands that still give it among the most distinctive…

Players with families might not want long stints away from home, David Warner feels  10:43 AM IST David Warner believes that restrictive biosecurity bubbles of the kind Australia are expected to encounter while touring England in September may be a factor for players with families, who might choose to retire rather than face long stints away from their partners and children. Speaking about the realities in the time of Covid-19…

10:27 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The BCCI withdrawing the women’s national team from series in England is not a case of neglect, former India captain and Apex Council member Shanta Rangaswamy said on Monday, arguing that there hadn’t been enough time to make arrangements. Rangaswamy said the situation was not in BCCI’s control and suggested that “even nature” was conspiring against women’s cricket. “It is not a case of neglect….

The ICC last year alerted the ACB that it was concerned by the inconsistency in its leadership  9:28 AM IST The Afghanistan Cricket Board [ACB] has abruptly sacked its chief executive officer Lutfullah Stanikzai on Monday, two years before his contract expires. In a letter written to Stanikzai, which ESPNcricinfo has seen, ACB chairman Farhan Yusefzai said Stanikzai’s contract was being terminated for “mismanagement”, “unsatisfactory performance,” and “misbehavior with managers.”…

11:47 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan have announced a 20-man shortlisted squad for the three-Test series against England starting August 5. The experienced pair of Wahab Riaz and wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed have returned to the Test set up, while middle-order batsman Ifthikar Ahmed has been left out. Initially, the PCB had announced a combined squad of 29 players for both Tests as well as the three T20Is that follow. There…

11:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Andre Russell, man of the tournament in IPL 2019, had criticised the “decision making” of his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders midway through the tournament, when losses for the team were piling up. That criticism had come on the back of Russell having suggested a week earlier that he wouldn’t mind moving up the order given his devastating form, saying: “To go out there and chasing…