The Yorkshire racism hearings are set to be held in public later this month, after the Cricket Discipline Commission agreed to Azeem Rafiq’s request for greater transparency in the process. The move comes in the wake of an initial two-day hearing in October, with Tim O’Gorman, the chair of the CDC, confirming on Wednesday that an exception to the body’s usual protocols would be permitted, given the significant public interest…
Big picture Australia have everything to play for. The defending champions must win big and make huge net run rate gains against Afghanistan to have any hope of reaching the semi-finals. But even if Australia achieve both those things, their destiny is out of their hands as England’s match against Sri Lanka on Saturday will still determine who makes the final four from Group 1. The hosts have not played…
Australia captain Aaron Finch says he has a 70% chance of playing against Afghanistan on Friday night but was firm in stating that he would not compromise the team in any way if he is not fully fit given there is a possibility it might be his last game for Australia. Both Finch and Tim David are carrying identical hamstring injuries that came from Australia’s win over Ireland. Australia must…
Andre Russell will play in the BBL despite being overlooked at the overseas draft in August after signing with Melbourne Renegades as a short-term replacement for platinum signing Liam Livingstone. Russell will play in Renegades’ first four matches of the BBL after Livingstone was ruled out of the early part of the tournament having been a surprise selection in England’s Test squad to tour Pakistan in December. Livingstone was taken…
Following Bangladesh’s five-run loss to India on Wednesday, Nurul Hasan has claimed that the on-field umpires had missed an incident of “fake fielding” from Virat Kohli, which could have resulted in five potentially crucial penalty runs for Bangladesh. The incident in question took place in the seventh over of Bangladesh’s chase at Adelaide Oval, when Litton Das played the ball towards the deep off-side field off Axar Patel. As Arshdeep…
Jenny Gunn, the seam-bowling allrounder who played more than 250 games for England, has retired from professional cricket at the age of 36. She spent the next two seasons representing Diamonds and was ever present for Northern Superchargers in the 2022 edition of the Hundred, where she had acted as Hazell’s assistant coach the previous summer. Related Alice Capsey, Freya Kemp among six newcomers to England Women’s central contracts list…
A day before India’s game against Bangladesh, coach Rahul Dravid spent a majority of his press conference repeating his and Rohit Sharma’s unconditional and unequivocal support for the struggling KL Rahul, who had scored managed single-figure scores in three innings. Dravid said he was fine with Rahul’s intent because the conditions had been difficult, but also said that he expected Rahul to respond accordingly if he came across a 180…
Malhotra set numerous records with his 173 not out against Papua New Guinea in Oman in September 2021. But he has struggled to replicate those exploits since then, scoring just one half-century in 11 ODIs. That came in September against PNG when he made 53 off 44 balls as the match ended in a tie. His last significant contribution came against Scotland at Aberdeen in August when he made 36…
The SA20 has breached the hurdle at which the Global League T20 and the Mzansi Super League fell, securing a ten-year deal with Viacom18 for an undisclosed amount to broadcast the tournament in India. ESPNcricinfo understands that CSA has also reached an agreement with the broadcaster to put South Africa’s bilateral fixtures for the next decade on air. The deal is understood to be lower than the SA20’s asking price…
A clutch of England newcomers who made the most of their opportunities at international level in 2022 have been rewarded with central contracts for the coming year. Left off the 18-strong list, up from 17 in 2021-22, were opening batter Lauren Winfield-Hill, off-spinner Mady Villiers, allrounders Georgia Elwiss and Katie George and the retired Anya Shrubsole and Fran Wilson. Allrounder Capsey, who turned 18 in August, established herself at the…