5:51 PM IST Karthik Krishnaswamy Big picture LWWLWWLLWLWL. That’s six wins and six losses, all more or less evenly distributed. It’s been that sort of season for the Kolkata Knight Riders, who’ve shown glimpses of being the force they used to be in their glory years, only to regress to the mean immediately afterwards. That sort of form has left them in a delicate situation with two games left to…
Geoff Boycott bats © Getty Images Sir Geoffrey Boycott has put his personal collection of cricket memorabilia up for auction, including the bat with which he scored his 100th first-class hundred, against Australia at Headingley in 1977, and a stump from England’s famous Ashes victory at Headingley in 1981. The 130 lots went on sale on Tuesday, with bidding due to close on November 16. Christie’s, the auctioneers, described it…
11:35 AM GMT Warwickshire have sacked their head coach, Jim Troughton, after a review of a disappointing season. The club will begin a recruitment process to find a new head coach shortly. David Saker, currently bowling coach with Sri Lanka, is likely to be a strong contender for the role. He lived near Birmingham when he was England’s bowling coach and has previously been linked with the role. It is…
11:13 AM GMT The ICC is continuing with its push for a return of cricket to the Olympics, having recently asked all its members to report on the potential financial benefits of inclusion. A questionnaire sent to all ICC members asked them to quantify the “potential financial support” they could expect to receive each year from their government and respective Olympic organisations if the sport’s inclusion was confirmed. Intriguingly, the…
11:03 AM GMT Rohit Balaji Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Dubai Pro Tip: Given the inconsistency in the two batting orders, have a mix of top- and middle-order batsmen from both teams. Our XI: Faf du Plessis, Shubman Gill, Ambati Rayudu, Eoin Morgan, MS Dhoni, Sunil Narine, Sam Curran, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson Substitutes: Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mitchell Santner Player availability:…
Queensland team-mates Marnus Labuschagne and Michael Neser will link up at Glamorgan in 2021 10:35 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 After his planned stint at Surrey was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Michael Neser will belatedly get the chance to play county cricket in 2021 after signing a contract with Glamorgan for the County Championship and Royal…
First name on the sheet? © Getty Images Bangladesh cricket is eager to welcome Shakib Al Hasan back into the dressing room with open arms. That is the belief of Mahmudullah, who took over as the team’s T20I captain soon after Shakib was handed a 12-month ban. Shakib, whose ban ends on October 29, is currently in the USA with his family, but could return to the Bangladesh fold as…
7:59 AM GMT Seldom has the term “open and shut case” carried more layers than those around Australia’s home international schedule for the 2020-21 season. Little more than 14 hours after the end of the Victorian government’s interminable Covid-19 lockdown of metropolitan Melbourne, it announced – along with Cricket Australia and the Melbourne Cricket Club – that the MCG would be able to host the Boxing Day Test against India…
7:44 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Victoria young gun Will Pucovski says he is in a “really good space” in terms of his mental health and is ready for a full year of professional cricket to push his international credentials after signing with the Melbourne Stars for the upcoming BBL season. Pucovski, 22, came close to a Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2019 and was part of the Australia A…
Nathi Mthethwa. South Africa’s minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, speaks at an event 5:42 AM GMT The CSA’s Members’ Council – the highest-decision making authority in the game made up of the 14 provincial affiliate presidents – and South Africa’s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa held a “constructive” meeting on Tuesday, which was the deadline for the organisation to convince Mthethwa why he should not intervene in their affairs. Mthethwa…