3:01 AM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Surrey 167 for 6 (Jacks 65, Overton 40*, Beer 3-34) beat Sussex 165 for 7 (Wright 45) by four wickets Surrey won their fifth game on the bounce to confirm their place in the T20 Blast quarter-finals for the first time since 2017, gunning down a 166-run target with five balls to…
Georgia Elwiss ruled out as England women name T20I squad for West Indies series
4:16 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Georgia Elwiss has been ruled out of England women’s five T20Is against West Indies due to a back injury, with Sophia Dunkley and Katie George included in a 16-strong squad for the series. Head coach Lisa Keightley has largely stuck with the squad knocked out of this year’s T20 World Cup thanks to a semi-final washout against India, with Elwiss the only member of that…
Imran Khan rejects PCB delegation plea to reinstate department cricket in Pakistan
Imran Khan wants provincial teams to form the core of domestic cricket in Pakistan 4:10 PM GMT Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister and patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has rejected ccalls for reviving departmental cricket in the country. In a brief meeting at Khan’s residence, a delegation that included Misbah-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali and Mohammad Hafeez, made a bid to change the premier’s mind about the new structure, which has…
AB de Villiers sees his younger self in Josh Philippe
AB de Villiers – Credit to Virat Kohli for ‘really, really good’ Royal Challengers Bangalore work ethic (1:21) Also says he’s ‘very excited’ to play with Australian wicketkeeper-batter Josh Philippe (1:21) 3:08 PM GMT Shashank Kishore Adam Gilchrist believes Josh Philippe is capable of being Australia’s “catalyst for change”. Steven Smith sees “no reason why Philippe can’t play all formats”. Now, the 23-year old Western Australian wicketkeeper has another admirer…
Yorkshire player's positive Covid-19 test rules three team-mates out of Blast group games
3:02 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Yorkshire will be without four first-team players for their final three Vitality T20 Blast group-stage games after one of them received a positive Covid-19 test. Matthew Fisher, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Josh Poysden and David Willey were withdrawn from the squad to play Lancashire on Monday “in accordance with Covid guidance” after a family…
Sri Lanka Cricket proposes split quarantine to Bangladesh Cricket Board
BCB believes it is unfair to ask players to spend so long out of action – and in isolation – ahead of a major Test series against Sri Lanka © Associated Press Sri Lanka Cricket has proposed a split, two-country quarantine for the Bangladesh team in the board’s latest attempt to convince Sri Lanka’s health ministry to allow Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka next month to go ahead. Sri Lanka’s…
England win toss, bat first in final ODI against Australia, Steve Smith misses out again
Morgan full of praise for ‘competitive’ Currans (1:25) Eoin Morgan feels Tom and Sam Curran bring another level of competitiveness as well as great skill to the team (1:25) 6:32 PM IST Big Picture Somehow there is a decider to this series. That looked a very small chance when Australia needed 88 to win with eight wickets and 19 overs in hand two days ago. But as well as the…
CSA distances itself from Independent director Kula-Ameyaw after tweet against Momentum
11:32 AM GMT Cricket South Africa’s Members Council has referred independent board director Dr Eugenia Kula-Ameyaw to its social and ethics committee following a late night Tweet against the financial services company Momentum, which announced it would not renew their ODI sponsorship deal. CSA have also apologised to Momentum for the Kula-Ameyaw’s conduct. The Tweet, which was posted at 11:35pm on Tuesday and has since been deleted, appeared to remind…
Jason Gillespie condemns Yorkshire league chairman's attack on Azeem Rafiq
Jason Gillespie’s time at Yorkshire spanned both of Azeem Rafiq’s spells at the club 9:42 AM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo Jason Gillespie has condemned a letter from a leading official attacking Azeem Rafiq, saying “it was almost excusing” the racism Rafiq claims he faced while playing at Yorkshire. Gillespie, Yorkshire’s head coach from 2012 to 2016, described as “really poor” and “disappointing”…
PCB signs three-year broadcast deal with PTV
A man watches the India-Pakistan World Cup match in a TV store in Kabul © AFP The PCB has signed a three-year broadcast deal with the state broadcaster Pakistan Television (PTV). The deal will see PTV broadcast all Pakistan’s home bilateral commitments as well as all domestic cricket. The deal ends a brief period of uncertainty as the PCB’s five-year deal with Ten Sports ended earlier this year, in a…