10:31 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former Australia batsman Dean Jones has died on Thursday after a heart attack in Mumbai. He was 59. Jones, who was is in India as a commentator for the IPL, is understood to have suffered a massive heart attack around noon IST. “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing away of Mr. Dean Mervyn Jones AM,” Star India, who…
Australia's women shine light on Aboriginal deaths in custody
9:59 AM GMT Australia’s cricketers will carry a giant silk adorned with the Walkabout Wickets logo onto Allan Border Field and then form a barefoot circle with New Zealand in a major public display of solidarity with the nation’s Aboriginal community prior to the first international sporting fixture on home soil since the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement this year. Plans for such a moment are in line…
All-round Sophie Molineux delivers warm-up win for Australia after Sophie Devine cuts loose
9:25 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australian XI 8 for 247 (Mooney 80 ret, Molineux 57, Haynes 54) beat New Zealand XI 236 (Devine 89, Satterthwaite 48, Molineux 5-29) by 11 runs Super Over New Zealand XI 1 for 13 beat Australia XI 0 for 8 by five runs Sophie Molineux produced a fine all-round display, scoring a half-century and taking five wickets, as Australia held on for an 11-run win…
Dinesh Karthik: 'Unfair to judge Pat Cummins on one match'
7:49 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik finds it extremely “unfair” that his premier pacer Pat Cummins is being criticised after just one bad performance in IPL 2020. Cummins, who only completed his mandatory quarantine two hours prior to the match, conceded 49 runs in three wicketless overs. Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians captain, was particularly severe on the Australia pacer as Mumbai posted 195 in…
Men's state squads for 2020-21 Australia domestic season
7:20 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff With confirmation of the fixture list for the first four rounds of the Sheffield Shield, here is a reminder of the men’s state squads for the 2020-21 season *= CA state contractR= Rookie contractIPL= currently in the UAE New South Wales Daniel Hughes plays through the off side Getty Images Sean Abbott, Harry Conway, Trent Copeland, Pat Cummins* (IPL), Oliver Davies (R), Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards,…
Sheffield Shield to start next month with four rounds in Adelaide hub
6:43 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The first four rounds of the 2020-21 Sheffield Shield season will be played in an Adelaide hub starting on October 10 and stretching through until November 17. Playing a full Sheffield Shield season was one of the key commitments made at an Australian Cricket Council meeting last month – comprising of the chairs of Cricket Australia, state and territory associations and the Australian Cricketers Association…
MS Dhoni in focus even as Delhi Capitals look to reset wretched record
11:35 AM IST Alagappan Muthu Big picture Even when he wasn’t playing, wasn’t anywhere near the Indian team for major parts of the last 12 months, the focus was forever on MS Dhoni. Why should it change now that he’s back? There is a raging debate over the Super Kings captain pushing himself down the order, and while he isn’t the type to respond to them, here is a stat…
Cricket Australia juggles flight and quarantine challenges to get Mitchell Marsh home
Mitchell Marsh winces in pain © BCCI Cricket Australia is working with the IPL to organise how they will get injured allrounder Mitchell Marsh back to Australia where he will then have to quarantine for two weeks as he begins his rehabilitation from the ankle problem that curtailed his tournament after just one match. Under normal circumstances the logistics would be simple with Marsh getting a flight back to Western…
Injury, illness, selection: the ups and downs of Mitchell Marsh
Finch backs Marsh to cement his place in the middle order (1:51) Aaron Finch admits Australia have been guilty of shuffling Mitchell Marsh around the ODI line-up in the past (1:51) 3:53 AM GMT Mitchell Marsh has been forced out of the IPL with an ankle injury to continue a rollercoaster few years for the allrounder and it leaves him in doubt for the start of the Australian home summer….
Ben Cutting leaves Brisbane Heat for Sydney Thunder: 'We probably didn't see eye to eye on a few things'
2:28 AM GMT Differences of opinion on various issues with the Brisbane Heat was one of the reasons for allrounder Ben Cutting ending a nine-year association with the BBL club to move to the Sydney Thunder on a two-year deal. Although the Heat kept themselves in the hunt towards the end of the 2019-2020 regular season their campaign was studded with a number of poor batting displays, notably consecutive matches…