10:43 AM GMT Unhappy at Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali‘s attempts to bypass the PCB hierarchy in meeting with Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan – also patron of the PCB – to discuss their reservations about the current domestic structure, board chairman Ehsan Mani has summoned the two for a meeting next week. The new domestic structure, in which there are six regional teams and no departmental sides, was implemented last…
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming: 'It's like every game is an away game'
MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming chat at a training session © Hindustan Times via Getty Images Adaptability, picking the right personnel and reading pitches correctly in the absence of home ground advantage will be key to success at IPL 2020, according to the Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming. “This season is going to be very different tactically,” Fleming told the Super Kings website. “With no real home ground…
Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians – El Clasico to kick off an IPL unlike any other
The IPL 2020 season preview (4:52) Gambhir, Manjrekar, Bishop, Moody, Chopra, Agarkar and Dasgupta make their predictions for the tournament (4:52) 3:37 PM IST Alagappan Muthu Big picture There has been delay. There has been discussion. There has been a great deal of expense, across the board. There has been fear. At every turn, there has been a challenge and the IPL has come through it. While it may not…
Kate Cross: 'I can't go off the pitch with a broken nail, I know the comments that will get made'
Sep 17, 2020 Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo With blood pouring from the spot where her thumbnail had just been ripped off, 15-year-old Kate Cross knew there was no way she could leave the pitch. Going off with a broken nail? She could hear the snide remarks already. As it turned out, she had to go to hospital for treatment, but even at such…
Commercial pressure takes Cricket Australia's Seven-Foxtel fight behind closed doors
7:52 AM GMT Fears that advertisers will soon be beating down doors at Seven and Foxtel, requesting discounts in line with any reduction in rights from Cricket Australia, have helped send a very public broadcast dispute into a more private setting – at least for now. CA’s interim chief executive Nick Hockley and the New South Wales-based board director Richard Freudenstein met with Seven’s chief executive James Warburton in Sydney…
Dan Christian signing boosts depth of depending BBL champions Sydney Sixers
1:47 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Allrounder Dan Christian will return home for this season’s BBL after signing for defending champions the Sydney Sixers in what could mark the beginning of the final phase of his T20 career on Australian soil. For Christian, 37, who was born in Sydney, the Sixers will be his fourth BBL club after spells with the Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes and most recently the Melbourne Renegades…
Liam Livingstone leads Lancashire into quarter-finals despite all-round Joe Root show
2:31 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Lancashire 167 for 6 (Livingstone 69, Croft 58, Root 2-25) beat Yorkshire 160 for 6 (Root 64) by seven runs Joe Root‘s superb all-round display was not enough to prevent another Roses Vitality Blast defeat for Yorkshire as Lancashire qualified for the quarter-finals with a thrilling seven-run win at Emirates Old Trafford. The England Test captain’s 2 for 25 from four overs of offspin…
Ben Duckett, Chris Nash keep Notts' unbeaten start intact against Derbyshire
1:53 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 143 for 2 (Duckett 57*, Nash 40*) beat Derbyshire 142 for 8 (Godleman 47, Ball 3-28) by eight wickets An unbroken partnership of 98 between Ben Duckett and Chris Nash helped Notts Outlaws maintain their unbeaten start to the Vitality Blast competition with an eight-wicket victory over Derbyshire Falcons at Trent Bridge. Duckett was unbeaten on 57 from only 31 deliveries and Nash…
England, West Indies Women will suppport Black Lives Matter during T20I series
Knight excited to ‘get the three lions back on’ (0:41) Heather Knight looks forward to returning to the field when England women face West Indies (0:41) 7:29 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo England and West Indies Women plan to honour the Black Lives Matter movement when they begin their long-awaited T20I series next week. Heather Knight, the England captain, has been in…
Jason Gillespie surprised England, Australia did not take a knee but backs 'genuine intent for change'
7:07 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo Jason Gillespie understands fears – expressed by Michael Holding last week – that teams failing to take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter could mean cricket risks losing momentum in the fight against racism. Following Holding’s criticism of the Australia and England teams for not taking a knee in support of the movement during…