Fantasy pick – Don’t look beyond Morgan for captain (6:42) Brad Hodge joins Raunak Kapoor to pick a fantasy team for the first England-Australia T20I (6:42) 10:25 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff England v Australia, 1st T20I, Southampton Our XI: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Eoin Morgan (capt), Steven Smith, Jos Buttler, Glenn Maxwell, Moeen Ali/ Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Adil Rashid, Mitchell Starc, Jofra Archer NOTE: We might not always be able…
England squad diversity shows efforts to address racism in cricket, says Eoin Morgan
‘Adil said we had Allah with us, I said we had rub of the green’ – Morgan (2:06) Eoin Morgan also says he hopes that UK viewers were watching the cricket rather than David Attenborough or a Sunday-evening film. (2:06) 10:27 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Eoin Morgan has backed the ECB’s efforts to foster a more inclusive culture in English cricket, but admits that stories such as Azeem Rafiq’s claims…
Zak Crawley to the fore as Kent hold nerve in one-run thriller
10:11 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Kent 195 for 5 (Crawley 67) beat Sussex 194 for 7 (Wright 40, Wiese 38) by one run England’s Zak Crawley made an impressive 67 as Kent Spitfires held their nerve to beat Sussex Sharks by one run in a Vitality Blast thriller at Hove. The Sharks, who were chasing 196, seemed to be on course for victory with two needed off two balls…
Yorkshire promise independent review in wake of Azeem Rafiq's claims of institutional racism
9:09 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Yorkshire has promised a full independent inquiry, as well as a wider review into its policies and culture, in the wake of Azeem Rafiq’s claims that he had been driven to the “brink of suicide” by institutional racism within the club. In an interview with ESPNcricinfo on Wednesday, Rafiq expanded on similar comments made to Wisden.com and the Cricket Badger podcast, and highlighted how the…
Steven Davies sets platform as Somerset hold on in high-scoring encounter
8:50 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Somerset 229 for 8 (Davies 60, Mitchell 3-35) beat Worcestershire xxx for x (Libby 75*, Davey 4-41) by 16 runs Somerset achieved their highest T20 score away from Taunton as they defeated bottom placed Worcestershire Rapids by 16 runs in a Central Group encounter at Edgbaston. Steven Davies continued his liking for batting on the ground as he top-scored with 60 in a total…
Eoin Morgan pleased to field 'full strength' side but holds out hope for Joe Root
8:26 PM IST Eoin Morgan has welcomed the chance to field something close to a first-choice T20I team in the forthcoming series against Australia, but made it clear that Joe Root is not out of the running as England start putting together their blueprint for next year’s T20 World Cup in India. During previous white-ball assignments against Ireland and Pakistan, Morgan has had to do without several players due to…
Autumnal Aussie offering promises perfect send-off to extraordinary English summer
8:01 PM IST Big picture September is upon us, schools are going back, nights are drawing in, but the cricketing treats just keep on coming in this most delayed gratification of a summer schedule. There was a time, not so long ago, when the prospect of this many white-ball games against Australia this deep into an English season would fill most of the home contingent with dread – the most…
Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia wants strict control of IPL bio-bubble
Ness Wadia believes IPL 2020 is not under threat despite the Covid-19 cases in the CSK camp 5:13 PM IST Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia on Thursday said the Covid-19 positive cases in the Chennai Super Kings contingent could have hit any of the eight franchises and wants only those people in the IPL bio-bubble who are “really required” to be with the players. Thirteen members of the CSK…
Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors, CPL 2020, Fantasy Pick, team predictions
3:12 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors, Tarouba Our XI: Brandon King, Nicolas Pooran (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Kyle Mayers, Kevin Sinclair, Rashid Khan (v.c), Jason Holder, Mitchell Santner, Chris Green, Naveen ul Haq, Imran Tahir NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other relevant) updates. Captain: Nicolas Pooran Pooran has been striking form just at the right…
Aaron Finch: BBL jump from 10 to 14 games was 'too drastic'
Langer: We want our best players to be playing as much as possible (1:41) The head coach discusses the challenges of having players available across competitions (1:41) 2:33 PM IST Australia’s T20 captain Aaron Finch has stated his frank belief that the Big Bash grew too quickly in size when it leapt from a 10 to 14 match regular season either side of the most recent broadcast rights deal currently…