Month: November 2020

11:18 AM GMT Annesha Ghosh The ICC is gauging the possibility of deferring the inaugural Under-19 Women’s World Cup in Bangladesh from its originally earmarked window of January 2021 to later in the year. Though the governing body or the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has not yet made any official announcements about the postponement of the tournament, ESPNcricinfo understands the ICC has been liaising with the BCB and closely monitoring…

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Sophie Devine, 6.1 ov), 2-42 (Amy Jones, 8.2 ov), 3-43 (Chloe Piparo, 9.1 ov), 4-51 (Beth Mooney, 10.4 ov), 5-82 (Heather Graham, 15.3 ov), 6-106 (Sarah Glenn, 18.2 ov), 7-108 (Mathilda Carmichael, 18.4 ov), 8-125 (Nicole Bolton, 19.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo

9:28 AM GMT Greg Barclay, the new ICC chairman, has declared the “unsustainable” global cricket calendar needs to be fundamentally examined and effectively rejected the suite of global events put to market by the governing body’s chief executive Manu Sawhney earlier this year. In a strong initial statement of intent, Barclay told ESPNcricinfo that the proposed return of a Champions Trophy style event in addition to men’s and women’s ODI…

6:38 AM GMT “It only takes one win and you can gain a little bit of momentum in this tournament, so rolling through the back end, if we get on the board next game, look out, because we could be on from there.” That was Grace Harris on November 8, just a few minutes after finishing unbeaten on 81 against the Melbourne Stars but unable to get the Brisbane Heat…

Don’t need to break something that’s working – Warner (1:08) David Warner on choosing between Joe Burns and Will Pucovski for his opening partner (1:08) 3:17 AM GMT Australia’s coach Justin Langer has sharpened focus on a looming duel between Joe Burns and Will Pucovski for an opening spot in the Test team, declaring that Pucovski will not be considered to start the series against India ahead of Travis Head…

Daryl Mitchell acknowledges the applause after bringing up his fifty on Test debut  11:13 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Colin de Grandhomme has been ruled out of the Test series against West Indies due to bone bruising to his right foot and left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel will miss the opening match as he continues to recover from a calf injury. Allrounder Daryl Mitchell, who made his Test debut against England last…

Andre Russell is not part of Kieron Pollard’s West Indies T20I squad in New Zealand  9:52 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 When West Indies play their first T20I against New Zealand in Auckland on Friday, they will do so without one of the format’s best players in Andre Russell. Instead, Russell will be in Sri Lanka, where he…

8:34 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The white smoke is visible and after a long and fractious process, the ICC has elected Greg Barclay as its new chairman. Barclay, the NZC head, secured an all-crucial 11th vote from Cricket South Africa in a second round of voting, to beat Imran Khwaja, who had been the interim chairman after Shashank Manohar stepped down from the post in July this year. Barclay had…

The idyll of village cricket hasn’t lived up to reality for many clubs in recent times  8:10 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Clubs in the Sussex Cricket League will be allowed to choose whether to provide a mid-match tea from 2021 onwards, after voting to end decades of precedent at their annual general meeting. With 140 clubs and 355 teams, the SCL is the world’s biggest recreational set-up, and the proposal…

Dan Christian was Player of the Match in Nottinghamshire’s semi-final and final  6:28 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Nottinghamshire will begin the 2021 season with the threat of a points deduction hanging over them, as well as a possible one-match ban for their captain Dan Christian, after receiving a suspended sanction from the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) following five disciplinary breaches in the course of their successful T20 Blast campaign. Notts…