When Ireland walk out at Lord’s on Thursday to play only their seventh men’s Test match, they will do so without their best bowler. Josh Little is yet to make his Test debut but has thrived in one-day and T20 cricket, and would have been among the first names on Ireland’s teamsheet. But, to the frustration of many Ireland supporters, he is not available for selection. Little has spent most…
The bans will only take effect if the individuals seek to return to playing/coaching within the ECB’s jurisdiction. They each have until Friday, June 9 to appeal the CDC decisions. Gale, the former Yorkshire captain who went on to be head coach between 2016-2021, was fined £6000 and given a four-week suspension from coaching, although he has not been involved with the game since being sacked by the club. Related…
The former chair of Cricket Scotland has issued a scathing criticism of last year’s investigation into racism in the sport, calling the report “fatally and irredeemably flawed” and urging the Scottish government to commission an independent enquiry into how it was put together. Tony Brian, who was Cricket Scotland chair between 2015 and 2022, has submitted a document entitled “complaints and whistleblowing disclosures” to SportScotland, the body that oversaw publication…
The winners of the World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and Australia is set to become richer by US$ 1.6 million, while the runners-up will get $800,000, the ICC announced on Friday. The winners’ cheque is the same as that in the 2019-21 cycle, where New Zealand beat India in the final in Southampton. The ICC’s total purse for the current WTC cycle, which ends with the final next…
The Hundred is going nowhere before the end of 2028 and has “a long and successful future well beyond that”, according to the ECB’s chair. Several outlets reported last month that Richard Gould and Richard Thompson – the ECB’s chief executive and chair respectively, who previously held the same roles at Surrey – were discussing options to adjust the format of the eight-team, 100-ball competition, or even to scrap it…
An Australian squad arriving for an Ashes tour of the UK is not like it used to be. Long gone are the days of landing en masse at Heathrow airport in late April to begin a month of county matches before the real thing started. Even a single warm-up game is no longer a reality. This generation of players will convene over the next few days from a variety of…
Queensland wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson has been called into Australia’s Ashes squad as a replacement for Josh Inglis who will miss part of the tour. Peirson will join the tour ahead of the second Test at Lord’s with Inglis due to return home for birth of his first child. Inglis will return to the squad at a later date. Peirson’s call-up is reward for three very consistent Sheffield Shield seasons –…
Australia could be forced to blood an entirely new-look opening combination in next month’s women’s Ashes Test with Alyssa Healy seriously considering dropping down the order to manage workloads. Healy has opened for Australia in the last three Tests dating back to 2019, taking on the role she has regularly occupied in the white-ball game. But the vice-captain is wary of the impact keeping wicket will have on her in…
Surrey 199 for 6 (S Curran 68, T Curran 50) beat Middlesex 126 (Holden 43, Jack 3-17, Atkinson 3-20) by 73 runs The Curran brothers Sam and Tom put Middlesex’s bowlers to the sword as Surrey won the T20 Blast London derby at Lord’s by 77 runs. Sam, who’d hot-footed it back to London from an underwhelming stint at the IPL with Punjab Kings, took out his frustration on the…
South East Stars 135 for 6 (Smith 38, Scrivens 2-22) beat Sunrisers 132 for 8 (Gray 34*, Scholfield 3-24) by four wickets A friendship forged half a decade ago at Surrey Stars turned into a surprise opening partnership as Dane van Niekerk played her first game for Sunrisers alongside Mady Villiers in what turned out to be a fighting defeat at the hands of South East Stars in their Charlotte…