Month: October 2020

9:58 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Adil Rashid has said that any potential return to England’s Test set-up will depend on whether his shoulder “can handle the stress of red-ball cricket”. Rashid held talks with England head coach, Chris Silverwood, at the end of the summer and could be in contention for selection if and when possible Test tours to Sri Lanka and India are confirmed for early 2021. Rashid has…

6:56 AM GMT After serving as chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team for over a year, Misbah-Ul-Haq is going to leave that role. Misbah, however, will continue to serve as the head coach of the men’s team. ESPNcricinfo understands that Misbah will make the announcement at 1.30pm PKT via a press conference. more to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

5:27 AM GMT The ICC has been given notice that South Africa’s minister of sport, Nathi Mthethwa, intends to intervene in Cricket South Africa (CSA), after failing to see progress in the organisation’s attempts to stabilise its governance. Mthethwa can act according to the country’s National Sport and Recreation Act, which gives him the power to intervene “in any dispute, alleged mismanagement or other related matter that is likely to…

4:16 AM GMT Australian cricket’s owners will be asked to vote on the addition of a 10th director – the fourth independent director – to the Cricket Australia Board in a significant change to the governing body’s constitution at its AGM later this month. CA’s intention is to hand the new position on the board to the ABC and Santos director, Dr Vanessa Guthrie, who has also served as deputy…

2:37 AM GMT Australia men’s head coach coach Justin Langer has spoken frankly about his dislike of the concept of two different national teams playing at the same time, as will most likely be the case when the T20 side tours New Zealand at the same time as a Test squad is due to be touring South Africa in February and March next year. Quarantining at home in Perth after…

Play 04:39 Meg Lanning: I’ve always wanted to win at anything that I do’ Australia captain Meg Lanning is hopeful that a maiden WBBL title will cease to elude her this season as she resumes leadership duties at a new-look Melbourne Stars. She believes the recruitment of England’s star allrounders Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver will inject a much-needed “killer instinct” and the “real will to wanting to win” in…

Play 02:21 Did Paul Reiffel change his mind after seeing Dhoni? Chennai Super Kings 167 for 6 (Watson 42, Rayudu 41, Sandeep 2-19) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 147 for 8 (Williamson 57, Bravo 2-25, Karn 2-37) by 20 runs Sam Curran‘s tone-setting 21-ball 31 at the top highlighted the Chennai Super Kings’ daring, new approach with the bat as they put up 167 for 6. After Curran completed the double duty…

5:13 PM GMT On the day that England’s logjam at the top of their T20 batting order potentially got even more clogged following the successful promotion of Sam Curran as Chennai Super Kings’ latest opening batsman against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, there is at least one candidate for their World Cup plans who has no intention of pushing his way up the order. After what may yet prove to have been…