Month: May 2021

Adrian Neill, the tall fast bowler, is back in Scotland’s ODI squad © Peter Della Penna Scotland have named a 14-man squad for their two-match ODI series, away against Netherlands later this month, their first international fixtures since December 2019. There are three changes from the squad that travelled to the UAE for their most recent international engagement, the T20 World Cup Qualifier in 2019: Josh Davey and Michael Jones…

© Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic has devastated lives the world over and more than three million people are reported to have died since the virus first emerged in December 2019. Cricket has not been exempt from the ravages. In this space, we take a moment to remember those we have lost. Pramod Kumar Chawla, India cricketer Piyush Chawla‘s fatherIndian cricketer Piyush Chawla’s father Pramod Kumar Chawla died on May…

© Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic has devastated lives the world over and more than three million people are reported to have died since the virus first emerged in December 2019. Cricket has not been exempt from the ravages. In this space, we take a moment to remember those we have lost. Pramod Kumar Chawla, India cricketer Piyush Chawla‘s fatherIndian cricketer Piyush Chawla’s father Pramod Kumar Chawla died on May…

News Head coach could not confirm if Trent Boult would be available for second Test of England tour Trent Boult has returned home to be with his family before joining the Test squad in the UK   The New Zealand players who left India after the IPL was suspended, and are currently undergoing quarantine in Maldives, may travel to England for their next assignment this weekend. So said their head…

News England have “full FTP schedule” from June onwards, says Ashley Giles Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler were among the England contingent at this year’s IPL   England’s centrally contracted players are unlikely to be available for the completion of the IPL wherever and whenever it is rescheduled. While the England management were happy to allow up to a dozen English players to miss the Test series against New Zealand…

Virat Kohli walks in for his Covid-19 vaccination in Mumbai © Getty Images Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Shikha Pandey are among a batch of Indian cricketers to get their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. India’s top cricketers are among several athletes in the country, including those who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, to have started receiving their vaccines after the Indian…

He was originally charged in May 2019 © AFP/Getty Images Former Sri Lanka batsman Avishka Gunawardene has been cleared of both existing corruption charges against him, and is free to participate in cricket immediately. Gunawardene had never directly been charged by the ICC, but in May 2019 had attracted two charges by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) over the 2017 iteration of the T10 tournament played in the UAE. These…