1:38 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kuldeep Yadav is at the “top of his game” this season, according to the Kolkata Knight Riders team mentor David Hussey. Statistically, IPL 2019 was the left-arm wristspinner’s worst IPL season, where he picked just four wickets in nine games at an economy of 8.66. This led to him getting dropped by the Knight Riders for the business end of the competition. At the time,…
1:17 PM GMT The BCCI has indefinitely postponed its Annual General Meeting, supposed to be held by September 30, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as the meeting cannot be held online. BCCI secretary Jay Shah wrote to the state units about the postponement. The Indian board is registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975, and is required to hold an AGM before September 30 each year. “Owing to…
1:16 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Gayle, Daren Sammy, Darren Bravo, Shahid Afridi, Shakib Al Hasan, Ravi Bopara, Colin Munro, Vernon Philander and Munaf Patel are some of the international players to go under the hammer for the Lanka Premier League auction, which will be held on October 1. In all, the five franchises will have a choice of around 150 players to bid for. Each franchise can buy up…
What kind of coach is Brendon McCullum? (1:33) Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore says the former NZ captain has a steady hand and an aggressive outlook (1:33) 12:39 PM GMT Sreshth Shah At Kolkata Knight Riders, it seems age has little to do with being a leader. That idea was reinforced by head coach Brendon McCullum, when he revealed last month that Shubman Gill – who, having closed 21 just…
5:31 PM IST The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) hopes to appoint a task team to investigate Cricket South Africa’s administrative and financial affairs in the next two days but is preparing to do so without input from CSA’s Members Council. The SASCOC had hoped to meet with the Members Council – the body made up of the 14 provincial presidents that is the highest decision-making authority…
Marcus Stoinis has returned to the set-up for the first time since last year’s World Cup 5:22 PM IST England won the toss and chose to bowl v Australia Australia were without Steven Smith at the start of their World Cup Super League campaign after he was left out of the first ODI in Manchester as a “precaution” due to a blow on the head suffered in training on Thursday….
Will Deepak Chahar be available for Super Kings’ IPL opener against Mumbai Indians? 4:41 PM IST Chennai Super Kings pacer Deepak Chahar will start training from Friday, having got the necessary BCCI clearance following his recovery from Covid-19. Chahar, who was back at the team’s bio-bubble on Wednesday after returning two negative tests, had to undergo a cardio-vascular test as per BCCI protocol before he could hit the nets. “He…
CSA have been embroiled in a governance crisis since December last year © Getty Images The ICC is likely to approach CSA for clarification over the board and executive being instructed to step aside by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) on Thursday. That’s according to David Becker, former head of legal for the ICC, who was involved in the drafting of the regulation on outside interference…
1:29 PM IST It was amid the warm glow of Gold Coast temperatures and booming Commonwealth Games “special event” ratings that Channel Seven was convinced to shell out some A$450 million as the free-to-air component of a A$1.18 billion broadcast deal with Cricket Australia in April 2018. Those friendly environs might as well be a galaxy away from the current September chill of relations between the network and the governing…
10:12 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Matt Renshaw has moved from the Brisbane Heat to the Adelaide Strikers on a three-year deal. Renshaw, 24, was the Heat’s second-highest run scorer last season with 348 at a strike-rate of 129.85 and has made himself into a middle-order batsman in the format who can also send down some handy offspin. His highest T20 score, 90 off 50 balls, came against the Strikers in…