1:58 PM GMT The details of the task team that will look into Cricket South Africa’s administrative and financial affairs remain a mystery despite CSA meeting with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) on Monday evening. The meeting took place four days after SASCOC instructed CSA’s board and executive to stand down after nine months of what SASCOC called “maladministration and malpractice,” which demanded the mother body’s…
Tom Taylor: Northamptonshire win race for Leicestershire allrounder's signature
Leicestershire have announced they will not select Tom Taylor again this season 12:59 PM GMT Tom Taylor is set to join Northamptonshire after rejecting a new contract at Leicestershire. Taylor, the 25-year-old allrounder, is out of contract at the end of the season. While Leicestershire are understood to have pushed their budget as far as they could in a bid to keep him, he has opted to move to the…
Official confirmation of Pakistan tour 'imminent' – ZC chairman Mukuhlani
Zimbabwe were the first Full Member to tour Pakistan since the 2009 Lahore attack 12:58 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Umar Farooq Zimbabwe will tour Pakistan as scheduled next month with official confirmation all but imminent. This was confirmed to ESPNcricinfo by Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani, who said he was “hopeful we will be cleared to travel to Pakistan” and that an official announcement would be made shortly. That would…
Rashid Khan: Our dream is to win the T20 World Cup
11:34 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A mere 16 years after becoming part of the ICC, Afghanistan gained Test status. Four games into their Test-history, they’ve already picked up two wins, including one against a far more experienced Bangladesh team. Their top players are already global superstars who feature in multiple franchise leagues. Given the incredible speed of the nation’s rise as a cricketing force, it doesn’t sound implausible that their…
Great escape gives England chance to maintain formidable home record
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) 4:18 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…
Steven Smith firming for place in series decider
Steven Smith was struck on the side of the helmet by a throwdown during net practice at Old Trafford 10:20 AM GMT Steven Smith is more likely than not to return as the missing piece of Australia’s batting order that failed to seal the ODI series against England in Manchester, leaving the final match of their brief tour on Wednesday as the decider. Some mystery still surrounds the circumstances in…
Sadashiv Patil, the former India allrounder, dies aged 86
10:14 AM GMT Former India allrounder Sadashiv Patil, who played one Test match in 1955, has died at his residence in Kolhapur on Tuesday. He was 86 and is survived by wife and two daughters. “He died in his sleep in the wee hours on Tuesday at his residence in Ruikar Colony in Kolhapur,” Ramesh Kadam, a former office bearer of Kolhapur District Cricket Association, told PTI. A pace-bowling allrounder,…
ECB announce 62 job cuts as Covid realities hit home
10:04 AM GMT The ECB has announced a major raft of redundancies as it grapples with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, it was announced that the ECB are to cut their workforce budget by 20 percent – a sum which equates to the removal of 62 roles from the organisation – with most of those involved informed of the plans on Monday afternoon. In addition, other staff…
Women's Hundred players given option for contract roll-over
9:11 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Players offered a contract in the women’s Hundred for 2020 will be able to roll their contracts over to 2021, the ECB has confirmed. As ESPNcricinfo revealed back in June, women’s salary bands – which range from £3,600 to £15,000 – will be maintained for next year, while men’s deals have been…
Black Lives Matter: Justin Langer accepts Michael Holding's criticism about not taking a knee
Holding: Taking a knee is a simple gesture to bring awareness (2:19) Michael Holding on the need to continue supporting a cause like BLM (2:19) 8:51 AM GMT Australia’s coach Justin Langer has admitted that the national team did not commit enough time to understanding and learning about the Black Lives Matter movement before choosing not to take a knee prior to their first game since the start of the…