11:31 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Fast bowlers need to show quick adaptability in the face of changing surfaces in the UAE as IPL 2020 progresses. This is what Shane Bond, the Mumbai Indians bowling coach, has been talking about extensively with his bowling group as they look to rebound after two losses in their first three matches. “We have to adapt as quickly as we possibly can,” Bond said ahead…
England players and ECB negotiating over pay cuts as Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley, Dom Sibley win Test contracts
10:59 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 The ECB are still negotiating with England players regarding the salaries of central-contracted cricketers for 2020-21, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was announced on Wednesday that Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope and Dom Sibley have been awarded their first England Test central contracts, with Jonny Bairstow dropping off the red-ball list,…
Sophie Devine: 'It must be something in the Kerr family, nerves of steel'
Amelia Kerr looks back at the day she scored a double ton and took five wickets (2:24) “It was a day where everything seemed to go your way” (2:24) 10:16 AM GMT One Kerr sister started the final T20I in Brisbane in style and another was there to finish it. Amelia Kerr will rightly take the headlines for her matchwinning all-round display of 2 for 18 and a nerveless 18…
Charlotte's web of intrigue no surprise to her namesake
9:35 AM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo As England Women prepare to wrap up their T20 series against West Indies, another group of players are reflecting on the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the opportunity it gave them to play the game they love – an opportunity that could have passed them by after the Covid-19 pandemic threatened the entire 2020 women’s season….
Channel Seven pay up in broadcast battle with Cricket Australia
8:44 AM GMT Channel Seven have backed down from an earlier threat to pay only one partial instalment of their broadcast deal with Cricket Australia for the whole summer, as talks between the network and the governing body graduated to board level ahead of a looming deadline. CA’s accounts were topped up by the payment of an additional A$10 million on Wednesday, the remainder of the $25 million instalment that…
Amelia Kerr helps New Zealand end 13-match losing steak to Australia
12:35 PM IST New Zealand 5 for 125 (Satterthwaite 30, Wareham 2-19) beat Australia 7 for 123 (Gardner 29, Kerr 2-18, Tahuhu 2-28) by five wickets Amelia Kerr turned in a masterly display with the ball before delivering precisely the late innings hitting required to lift New Zealand to victory. This helped end a run of 13 Australian wins in all format meetings between the two countries. New Zealand kept…
PCB ropes in new production house for upcoming season after PTV's withdrawal
3:45 AM GMT The PCB will be worse off by nearly PKR 90 million as a result of the withdrawal of state broadcaster PTV (Pakistan Television) from bidding for the rights of a production deal for the series against Zimbabwe and domestic cricket. A consortium led by UAE-based Tower Sports and Indian production company SportzWorkz ultimately won the rights for production. ESPNcricinfo understands that the winning bid was worth PKR…
Burns, Labuschagne and Neser headline Queensland's Sheffield Shield squad
12:43 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Queensland could field a top order with 17 Test centuries under their belt after naming a 15-man squad for the Adelaide Sheffield Shield hub during October and November. Incumbent Test opener Joe Burns will be joined by Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja in the likely top four with Matt Renshaw a chance to bat at No. 5. Bryce Street, who enjoyed a breakout first season…
'We had no idea how to play on this wicket' – Shreyas Iyer on adapting to Abu Dhabi conditions
Manjrekar: Natarajan showed why Sunrisers persisted with him (2:12) Sanjay Manjrekar and Aakash Chopra on the usefulness of the classical yorker (2:12) 7:48 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After winning their first two games in Dubai, the Delhi Capitals suffered their first defeat in IPL 2020, losing to the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 15 runs in Abu Dhabi. Shreyas Iyer, the Capitals’ captain, said that the lack of game-time at a new…
Rashid Khan, Kane Williamson help Sunrisers Hyderabad topple Delhi Capitals
Play 01:58 Chopra: Williamson like Rahul Dravid of old Sunrisers Hyderabad 162 for 4 (Bairstow 53, Warner 45, Williamson 41, Rabada 2-21, Mishra 2-35) beat Delhi Capitals 147 for 7 (Dhawan 34, Pant 32, Bhuvneshwar 2-25, Rashid 3-14) by 15 runs Kane Williamson‘s brilliant finishing touch and yet another T20 masterclass by Rashid Khan took the Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 15-run victory against Delhi Capitals, to ensure that inside the…