Brendon McCullum: Have to find a way to overcome challenge of the pitches (2:11) Trinbago coach Brendon McCullum talks about the difficulties of coaching during the pandemic. (2:11) 4:30 PM IST Deivarayan Muthu Trinbago Knight Riders have surged to six wins in six games – with or without some of their key players – in CPL 2020. Opening batsman and spinner Sunil Narine missed Knight Riders’ last three games because…
Jason Behrendorff sets his sights on the BBL and beyond, on road back from spinal surgery
4:13 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff While Australia’s limited-overs cricketers are ending more than five months without playing, for one man who had a brief but starring role in their World Cup campaign last year it has been a much longer break. Jason Behrendorff, the left-arm quick from Western Australia, has not played a match for 12 months and in that time has undergone major back surgery to prolong his career….
ECB to review position of non-executive director Delia Bushell as Ian Watmore takes over as chair
Delia Bushell is an ECB independent director © Getty Images The ECB is expected to review the position of Delia Bushell as a non-executive director after she was forced out of her role as chief executive of the Jockey Club. Bushell stepped down after less than a year in her role at the horse racing body, after a review into her conduct by an independent barrister upheld allegations which included…
CSK camp negative in fresh Covid-19 test; will train from September 4 after another test
Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan, Kedar Jadhav, Piyush Chawla leave for the UAE © PTI The Chennai Super Kings are set to start their training finally for the 2020 IPL in the UAE from September 4. The training date is scheduled subject to the squad clearing two additional Covid-19 tests put in place by the IPL after 13 members of their contingent tested positive last week, which included two Indian players….
West Indies women in England: 'Women's cricket needs this' – Stafanie Taylor
2:31 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 West Indies women have arrived in the UK ahead of their five-match T20I series against England at the end of this month, with captain Stafanie Taylor hailing the imminent return of top-level women’s cricket as a “great feeling”. The 18-member West Indies squad left Antigua on a charter flight on Sunday night…
Matthew Hayden appointed trade envoy to India by Australian government
1:38 PM IST Edited PTI copy The Australian government has appointed former opening batsman Matthew Hayden trade envoy for advancing business ties with India. His appointment to the board of the Australia-India Council was announced on Monday. Hayden was one of three new appointees to the council, the others being Lisa Singh, a former Labor Party senator from Tasmania, and former Victoria premier Ted Baillieu. The council plays an important…
Sourav Ganguly expecting record TV ratings for IPL 2020, and '30% crowds' later in tournament
Sourav Ganguly: “Very soon you will see there will be 30% people in the ground with social distancing” 12:04 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff BCCI president Sourav Ganguly expects the IPL’s TV viewership to hit all-time highs in 2020, and has indicated that spectators will be allowed to return to the stadiums later in the tournament in the UAE. “Crowds will watch it on television… They [broadcasters] are actually expecting the…
Virat Kohli: 'Didn't miss the game as much as I thought I might'
Matthew Hayden – RCB too reliant on Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers (0:38) Hayden on the Royal Challneger Bangalore’s struggles over the years in the IPL (0:38) 11:27 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli didn’t miss cricket as much as he thought he might after the Covid-19 pandemic brought the world to a halt, as he returned to the nets for Royal Challengers Bangalore to prepare for IPL 2020….
IPL franchises look at glass half-full despite Covid-19 hit on finances
10:53 AM IST The eight IPL franchises are counting the Covid-19 cost on their finances, but having gotten past the possibility of the tournament being scrapped this year, they are taking a glass-half-full view of the situation. The IPL’s original March start was scuppered by the first wave of the virus, and the BCCI had to pull out all the stops to rescue the tournament, which has an estimated $6.8…
Paddy Upton: Number of other players in 'same boat' as Suresh Raina in IPL
Newsroom: Optimistic, introverted players likely to perform better (11:38) Paddy Upton and Dr Samir Parikh talk about the mental fitness of players going into IPL 2020 (11:38) 9:30 AM IST Hemant Brar Mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton feels players who thrive on external motivation and pressure are “really going to struggle” in IPL 2020, while some of the “mid-range” players will outperform the big names. Upton also said there might be…