Month: July 2020

12:49 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Steve Bucknor, in speaking about his career, has said that he made “two mistakes” during the controversial Australia-India Sydney Test in 2008, which made headlines for the “monkeygate” spat between Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh and the contentious umpiring decisions. In an interview with Mid-Day, Bucknor said: “I made two mistakes in the Sydney Test in 2008. Mistake one, which happened when India were doing…

11:21 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Team Green 162 for 5 (Shafiq 50, Khan 3-42) trail Team White 249 (Rizwan 54*, Shah 5-55) Pakistan’s bowlers again dominated on the second day of the intra-squad match at the Incora County Ground, Derby. The ball seamed and swung under leaden skies and 17-year-old Naseem Shah took advantage to finish with 5 for 55 as Babar Azam’s Team White were bowled out for…

Ben Stokes walks across the outfield on a washed out third day at Emirates Old Trafford  9:19 PM IST West Indies 32 for 1 (Joseph 14*, Brathwaite 6*) trail England 469 for 9 by 437 runs England need to take 19 wickets in two days if they are to keep their series alive against West Indies after the third day of the second Test at Emirates Old Trafford was a…

Lungi Ngidi takes a knee along with the others before the start of the 3TC match  8:45 PM IST All 24 players participating in the 3TC, the full support staff, CSA officials including Graeme Smith, the director of cricket, and members of the SuperSport commentary team took a knee as South Africa staged its first live cricket match in four months. The gesture, in support of the Black Lives Matter…

6:46 PM IST Ben Stokes says that he took pride in his display of patience on the opening two days of the second Test, as he came through a battle of wills with West Indies’ bowlers to make 176 from 356 balls, his highest Test score on home soil and the first time he has ever batted for more than 300 balls in an innings. Speaking to Sky Sports on…

5:36 PM IST Jofra Archer has been cleared to play in the final Test of the series against West Indies despite breaching bio-security protocols after the first Test. Archer was dropped from the squad for the second Test in Manchester after it emerged he had made an unauthorised visit to his home in Brighton after leaving Southampton. Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket said the breach “could…

A part of the 2014 IPL was played in the UAE because of the general elections in India  4:34 PM IST The chances of the IPL being played entirely in the UAE is now a distinct possibility. ESPNcricinfo understands that the BCCI has earmarked an unofficial window between September 26 and November 7 for the same. A final decision will be taken by the BCCI once the ICC announces its…

3:17 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Ireland have added seamer Stuart Thompson to their expanded squad that will travel to England on Saturday ahead of their three-match ODI series. The ECB had arranged for four Hampshire academy players – Scott Currie, Ajeet Dale, Harry Petrie and James Trodd – to join the camp to make up the numbers…