12:37 AM IST Whatever Jos Buttler achieves in the remainder of his playing career, his place in the folklore of English cricket is secure. Already established as perhaps the best white-ball batsman his country has ever produced, he kept his nerve under considerable pressure to complete the run out that secured victory in the World Cup final. There may have been better moments in the English cricket, but it’s not…
12:09 AM IST England 92 for 4 (Pope 46*, Buttler 15*) trail Pakistan 326 (Masood 156, Azam 69) by 234 runs A career-best innings from Shan Masood answered every question England had asked of Pakistan on the first two days of this opening Test. Masood batted for nearly eight hours and faced 319 deliveries for his 156, which highlighted an ability to adapt throughout the course of an innings and…
The 2020 CPL will have a full season take place in Trinidad & Tobago from August 18 to September 10 11:53 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff All 162 people – players, officials, and administrators – who will be involved in the Caribbean Premier League have tested negative for Covid-19 upon landing in Trinidad & Tobago. An official release from the organisers said they would now be quarantined in the “official” hotel…
ICC CEO Manu Sawhney and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the launch of the Women’s ODI World Cup 10:18 PM IST The fate of the women’s ODI World Cup in 2021 and the choice of venues for the next two men’s T20 World Cups are the two key issues that the ICC’s Board is set to discuss on Friday. This is the second time the ICC Board is…
9:29 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Hampshire have confirmed that Kyle Abbott will not play for the club in 2020, but will return next year as an overseas player. Abbott, who played 11 Tests for South Africa between 2013 and 2017, has been at home in KwaZulu-Natal throughout lockdown, and with the Covid-19 pandemic restricting international travel and…
‘They’re all talking about Sachin being robbed on 91, they don’t talk about the not-out where he goes on to score a hundred’ 9:05 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Simon Taufel won the ICC Umpire of the Year award for five years straight – from 2004 to 2008 – but to India fans, he’ll always remain the umpire who denied Sachin Tendulkar a hundred during the 2007 Trent Bridge Test. Taufel…
8:31 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Mithali Raj, India women’s ODI captain, believes the BCCI has done whatever it could to organise the women’s T20 Challenge alongside the IPL in the UAE. The scheduling of the three-team tournament from November 1-10 has drawn criticism from a number of prominent internationals like Alyssa Healy and Suzie Bates, as it clashes with the WBBL. “I personally thought we may not even get to…
8:11 PM IST Olly Stone is expected to be out of action for up to a month after sustaining a side strain. Stone, who was part of England’s training party ahead of the Test series against West Indies, sustained the injury during Warwickshire’s Bob Willis Trophy match against Northamptonshire last week. He subsequently underwent a scan, which confirmed a low grade left side strain. Stone bowled with pace and control…
Craig Overton (left) could follow twin Jamie out the door at Taunton © Getty Images When counties first started to make live fixed-camera footage of their Championship matches available on their websites several years ago, few around the grounds expected much would come of it. But demand among fans has been huge over recent years, and when the ECB finalised the terms of its new broadcast deal for 2020-24, several…
3:42 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Vivo will not be the title sponsor of IPL 2020, the BCCI has confirmed. The board sent out a statement on Thursday afternoon saying: ” The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and vivo Mobile India Pvt Ltd have decided to suspend their partnership for Indian Premier League in 2020.” No other details were provided in the board’s statement. The development follows a…