12:09 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Firdose Moonda South African Dane Vilas and Cameron Delport‘s hopes of continuing to play in county cricket as local players courtesy their ancestry visas have been dealt a terminal blow. This after the ECB confirmed that they would not be exempted from the cancellation of Kolpak registrations when the UK’s transition period…
Scott Borthwick re-joins Durham after Surrey agree early contract release
10:08 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Durham have announced that Scott Borthwick will return to the club on a long-term deal next season after four years at Surrey. Borthwick, who left Durham as a legspinning allrounder but has largely been used as a specialist top-order batsman at The Oval, was among a number of players to leave Chester-le-Street following the club’s demotion as part of an ECB bail-out at the end…
SASCOC refers CSA investigation to sports ministry
8:19 AM GMT The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has referred Cricket South Africa (CSA) to the country’s sports ministry, citing a lack of co-operation from CSA and absence of resources on its own part to deal with the organisation. Earlier this month, SASCOC, the governing body under which all sporting federations in South Africa operate, instructed CSA’s board and executive to stand down in order for…
Ellyse Perry to continue rehab in hope of being fit for WBBL
Ellyse Perry has been recovering from hamstring surgery since the T20 World Cup 3:11 AM GMT Ellyse Perry, who has been aiming to return from major hamstring surgery, has been ruled out of the remainder of Australia’s limited overs series against New Zealand – not that the team’s performances in the opening two T20Is indicated she would be needed anyway. The world’s best allrounder, Perry suffered from hamstring tightness after…
Belinda Clark quits as Cricket Australia community cricket chief
© Getty Images Australian cricket has lost arguably its most capable executive after the former national captain Belinda Clark announced her intention to resign from employment with Cricket Australia. In a major blow to the community cricket department that she has extensively reshaped over the past two and a half years, Clark has chosen to finish up as a CA executive after first making it clear she had no intention…
Pakistan to tour New Zealand for two Tests and three T20Is in December
2:34 AM GMT Danyal Rasool The schedule for Pakistan’s second overseas tour since the Covid-19 pandemic has been finalised, with their visit to New Zealand over Christmas set to go ahead with virtually no deviation from the original FTP. The two teams will play three T20Is and two Tests from December 18 to January 7, with each international played at a different venue. In accordance with Covid-19 protocols mandated by…
New Zealand secure extra Australia T20Is
2:19 AM GMT New Zealand have secured a home Twenty20 international series against Australia in late February and early March – at the same time as the team coached by Justin Langer is meant to be playing a Test series in South Africa – as part of a more complete schedule than might have been expected in the time of Covid-19. On Tuesday, New Zealand Cricket announced that it would…
Virat Kohli wants RCB to improve their catching
8:00 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Dropped chances cost Royal Challengers Bangalore dearly in their match against Kings XI Punjab last week. On Monday night, the Royal Challengers dropped three more catches, including one regulation chance – the substitute Pawan Negi putting down Kieron Pollard at deep extra-cover – that could have proven just as costly. At that point, Mumbai Indians needed an improbable 76 to win off 23 balls, with…
Navdeep Saini, Ab de Villiers, Virat Kohli clinch Super Over win for Royal Challengers Bangalore
12:24 AM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Royal Challengers Bangalore 201 for 3 (de Villiers 55*, Padikkal 54, Boult 2-34) tied with Mumbai Indians 201 for 5 (Kishan 99, Pollard 60*, Udana 2-45)Super over Royal Challengers Bangalore 11 for 0 beat Mumbai Indians 7 for 1 A day after IPL 2020 delivered an incredible thriller with the highest ever successful chase, the Mumbai…
Essex admit 'work needs to be done' after player pictured pouring alcohol on Muslim team-mate
6:55 PM GMT Essex have admitted “further work needs to be done” on their approach to diversity after photographs of their celebrations at Lord’s appeared to show a Muslim player being showered with alcohol. Essex lifted the Bob Willis Trophy on Sunday, triggering scenes of jubilation on the balcony of their dressing room at Lord’s. Amid the photographs of those moments, Feroze Khushi, a 21-year-old batsman who played several games…