Month: October 2020

ICC chief executive Manu Sawhney: ‘We want to give ourselves the best possible opportunity to make the right decision for the whole sport’  12:06 PM GMT Another ICC battlefront has opened up in the form of the world’s players seeking recompense for their exploitation in third party commercial deals with ICC partners, at a time when the global body is beset by issues around Covid-19, wrangles over the board’s next…

The South African Parliament’s portfolio committee expressed their “disappointment” with CSA for the continued delays in making the report public  11:50 AM GMT Cricket South Africa (CSA) have committed to presenting the South African Parliament’s portfolio committee on sports, arts and culture with the full forensic report – which it used to fire former CEO Thabang Moroe – by Friday. In a two-hour meeting on Tuesday morning, the Committee expressed…

10:10 AM GMT Channel Seven is facing the prospect of being taken to court by Cricket Australia for breaching its contract with the governing body, having lodged documents seeking independent assessment of its deal with the Australian Chamber for International and Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) on Tuesday. Last week the broadcaster paid the remaining A$10 million it owed CA of the latest instalment as part of the A$1.18 billion broadcast deal…

9:12 AM GMT In a significant blow to the Sunrisers Hyderabad, India fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been ruled out of IPL 2020 due to a thigh injury he picked against the Chennai Super Kings last week. The Sunrisers have announced left-arm fast bowler Prithvi Raj Yarra as replacement. More to follow.. Source: ESPN Crickinfo

7:39 AM GMT Madushka Balasuriya Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is hoping to become the first ICC Full Member nation to host a national T10 league, with SLC this week having called for tenders over franchise ownership and tournament sponsors. While the details of the tournament are yet to be finalised, SLC hopes to hold the tournament sometime in 2021, though a suitable window would have to be found that is…

6:20 AM GMT Australia opening bowler Megan Schutt has called her form in the ODI series against New Zealand “a bit average”, admitting the switch from T20 to the longer version has challenged her as the team hunt down the world-record-equaling 21 ODI wins in a row. Schutt, who has played 18 of the current 20-match winning run, has claimed three wickets in the two ODIs – although her brace…

3:55 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Najeeb Tarakai, the Afghanistan top-order right-hand batsman, has died at age 29 after succumbing to injuries sustained in a road accident, an Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) tweet confirmed on Tuesday. The ACB had tweeted on Saturday that Tarakai was “severely injured in a car accident” on October 2 and had subsequently undergone a surgery. He was being treated in Nangarhar. Tarakai’s last appearance in competitive…

Oct 5, 2020 Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo Courtney Walsh wants to see West Indies women’s team smiling again – he also wants to see them winning, but believes the two go hand-in-hand. Walsh has laid out his blueprint as the new West Indies women’s head coach on the eve of meetings with the region’s cricket hierarchy to discuss what is possible under financial…

7:16 PM GMT The World Test Championship final could still form part of the 2021 English summer, after Tom Harrison, the chief executive, confirmed that the ECB had been asked by the ICC to “proceed as scheduled” with the planned showpiece event. However, Harrison warned that the logistics for next year’s final, currently slated for June, remain hugely complex – including the preference for Lord’s as the host venue, and…