7:29 PM IST Casual racism within Australian cricket has been allowed to fester through a lack of adequate cultural awareness education for players, support staff and officialdom over the past two decades, leaving many to consider their past behaviour through the prism of the Black Lives Matter movement. This is one of many uncomfortable conclusions to be drawn from Cricket Australia’s first attempt to reckon with its past and present…

5:29 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan fast bowler Dawlat Zadran ran out Noor Ali Zadran in his delivery stride at the non-striker’s end after Noor Ali had backed up too far in a T20 match in the Shpageeza cricket league in Kabul. The dismissal happened in the 16th over of Kabul Eagles’ chase of 164 when Mis Ainak Knights’ Dawlat ran in, spotted the non-striker wandering out of the crease,…

Saif Hassan cracked an unbeaten double-century in the National Cricket League recently  5:15 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Bangladesh batsman Saif Hassan and Nick Lee, the team’s new strength and conditioning coach, have both tested positive for Covid-19 following the first round of tests conducted by the BCB on Monday. More to follow Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Dillon du Preez, seen in this file photo, will be the assistant coach for the South Africa women’s team  4:41 PM IST Dillon du Preez, the former Knights’ allrounder, has been appointed assistant coach of the South African women’s team. He replaced Salieg Nackerdien, whose contract was not renewed, and will work under Hilton Moreeng, who was reappointed on a three-year contract in July. Du Preez is the first appointment…

Daren Sammy has admitted he is ‘closer to retirement than playing more T20 cricket  2:26 PM IST Deivarayan Muthu Daren Sammy‘s place in the XI was often questioned when he was the West Indies captain. He didn’t quite have the flair or aura of his predecessors, but he undoubtedly brought results, particularly in T20 cricket. Things aren’t too different with Sammy at the helm of St Lucia Zouks in the…

Whether any domestic cricket takes place in India this season remains to be seen  2:14 PM IST India’s 2020-21 domestic season could be curtailed even further by the fallout of the Covid-19, with a planned late November start looking “impossible”. That’s the opinion of a BCCI official familiar with the process, who also warned that “it is possible that there will be no domestic season at all, or we start…

11:37 AM IST Ellyse Perry remains hopeful of being able to return to action in Australia’s opening T20I against New Zealand later this month but is realistic at the prospects of playing all six T20Is and ODIs which come in the space of two weeks. It is six months since Perry severely injured her hamstring in the final group match of the T20 World Cup, also against New Zealand, which…