Cricket Australia argues that Channel Seven’s cricket, Tests and the BBL. won’t be impacted 6:39 AM GMT Channel Seven and Foxtel will not pay their full broadcast rights instalment of A$55 million to Cricket Australia for September, with the free-to-air network going as far as to suggest its partial payment of the A$25 million it owed would be its one and only fee handed over for the entire summer. In…
Hashim Amla, Will Jacks play velvet glove and iron fist to send Surrey top
2:25 AM IST Surrey 218 for 5 (Jacks 55, Amla 67) beat Middlesex 188 for 5 (Eskinazi 77) by 30 runs For a while, it seemed a blessing in disguise that this match, Middlesex’s final Lord’s appearance of a truncated season, was taking place behind closed doors. Certainly, for those fans tuning in via the club’s livestream, the first half did not make for pretty viewing. In the end it…
Dane Vilas sees Lancashire home after Matt Parkinson's vital breakthroughs
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Harry Brook, 2.2 ov), 2-78 (Adam Lyth, 8.1 ov), 3-87 (Dawid Malan, 10.3 ov), 4-87 (George Hill, 10.5 ov), 5-104 (James Wharton, 14.1 ov), 6-121 (Mathew Pillans, 15.5 ov), 7-123 (Jordan Thompson, 16.1 ov), 8-124 (Will Fraine, 16.4 ov), 9-139 (Ben Coad, 19.4 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Dan Lawrence delivers to break Essex's title-defence duck
10:26 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Essex 197 for 5 (Lawrence 81) beat Sussex 185 for 8 (Thomason 47) by 12 runs Dan Lawrence‘s best outing of the summer inspired Essex to a tight 12-run victory at Hove, giving them their first T20 win of the season to take them off the foot of the South Group table….
Zak Crawley continues Ageas Bowl love affair as Kent defeat Hampshire
10:01 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Kent 183 for 2 (Crawley 108*) beat Hampshire 182 for 6 (Fuller 50*, Vince 48) by eight wickets Zak Crawley continued his love affair with the Ageas Bowl as he smashed his maiden Vitality Blast century to propel Kent to victory over Hampshire. England star Crawley notched a Test 256 last month at the ground and sustained his fine form with an outrageous unbeaten…
Jofra Archer admits that life in England's bubble has taken its toll
3:54 PM GMT Jofra Archer has indicated he may pull out of this winter’s Big Bash League in Australia, after acknowledging that the “mental challenge” of life in England’s bio-secure bubble may, at times, have had a compromising effect on his performances. Archer, the player of the match on Sunday as England levelled the ODI series against Australia, has spent longer in the bubble – 87 days, in all –…
Michael Holding 'doesn't know anything that's going on' – Jofra Archer on England's racism stance
Holding: Sportspersons have the platform to make a difference (1:48) Michael Holding on how sports personalities like Marcus Rashford are using their status to promote causes (1:48) 1:26 PM GMT Jofra Archer has claimed Michael Holding “doesn’t know anything that is going on” after he criticised England and Australia for failing to take a knee during their limited-overs series. Holding, the former West Indies fast bowler, has been a vocal…
Independent adjudicator for Saleem Malik sting operation appeal set
1:09 PM GMT Danyal Rasool An ongoing case involving Saleem Malik concerning the contents of a conversation about fixing cricket matches from April 2000 will now be heard by an independent adjudicator. Malik filed an appeal after the PCB, in July, termed his response concerning the conversation – conducted as part of a sting operation by the now-defunct English tabloid News of the World – “unsatisfactory and irrelevant”. The independent…
Incumbent Linda Zondi not on shortlist to be South Africa's convener of selectors
Although he has extensive experience, Linda Zondi (far right) is not among the candidates South Africa are looking at to be their new convener of selectors 12:49 PM GMT Linda Zondi will not be considered for South Africa’s convener of selectors position, after failing to be shortlisted for the post despite being the incumbent. ESPNcricinfo understands that Victor Mpitsang, Hussein Manack and Patrick Moroney were interviewed last week with Mpitsang…
Adam Zampa: Australia 'can learn a lot' from England
Adam Zampa ‘excited’ to link up with Chahal, Kohli, de Villiers in IPL (0:47) Says he and fellow legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal could learn from each other at RCB (0:47) 11:21 AM GMT Amid the pain, there was also admiration from Adam Zampa as he assessed how England had stolen a victory from under Australian noses for the third time in little more than a year across all three formats. At…