© Associated Press India will play more than half their cricket against Australia, England and South Africa between the World Cups of 2019 and 2023 if the proposed Future Tours Programme (FTP) – agreed to in principle by the BCCI at its special general meeting (SGM) on Monday – is ratified and signed. They will play fewer Tests and more T20Is, play more of their cricket at home, and will…
Will try to improve Bangladesh's away record – Shakib
7:04 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Shakib Al Hasan has said leading Bangladesh’s Test team should be easier now than it was in his first stint, given how settled the current group of players is. The BCB reappointed Shakib on Sunday to replace Mushfiqur Rahim following a difficult tour of South Africa. When Shakib was captain in all formats from 2009 to 2011, Bangladesh won 23 out of 60 international matches,…
Zimbabwe pick uncapped Muzarabani, Burl for South Africa Test
© Peter Della Penna Zimbabwe have picked two uncapped players – 21-year-old fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani and left-hand batsman Ryan Burl – in their 15-man squad for the one-off, four-day, day-night Test starting Boxing Day in South Africa. Muzarabani has played five first-class matches for Zimbabwe’s new provincial team Rising Stars to take 18 wickets at an average of 18. He will join an attack that will be led by…
India opt out of warm-up game ahead of SA Tests
6:13 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India have opted for training sessions instead of a warm-up fixture in South Africa, in the lead-up to the first Test between the two teams from January 5 in Cape Town. A press release from Cricket South Africa on Monday announced India’s decision. The Indian team management’s preoccupation with acclimatising the players to South African conditions even before they set foot in the country has…
Afghanistan to make Test debut against India
6:05 AM ET Nagraj Gollapudi Afghanistan will play their inaugural Test match against India in 2018. Rahul Johri, the BCCI chief executive officer, confirmed that India would host Afghanistan, and that the two boards would work out the venue and the dates shortly. Since being inducted as an ICC Full Member in June, alongside Ireland, Afghanistan have been looking for an opponent to play their maiden Test match against. Ireland…
T&T, Leeward scramble to draw in thrilling final-day finish
Dec 10, 2017 ESPNcricinfo staff An unbeaten half-century from Denesh Ramdin helped Trinidad and Tobago salvage a draw against Jamaica at Sabina Park after the visitors had been reduced to 123 for 6 on the back of a Reynard Leveridge three-for and Jamaica’s first-innings lead of 292. Ramdin stitched together an unbroken 40-run stand for the seventh wicket with Imran Khan (17), playing out 26.3 overs to take T&T to…
Nasir Jamshed handed one-year ban by PCB
5:28 AM ET Danyal Rasool Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed has been banned for one year by the PCB after an anti-corruption tribunal found him guilty of non-cooperation in the PSL spot-fixing case. Jamshed was the fifth Pakistani player to be punished in relation to the case that tarred the start of the second season of the league this February; Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Nawaz were all…
Moeen calls on England to improve behaviour
‘ECB will take dim view of Duckett’s behaviour’ (1:21) George Dobell reports from Perth, where Ben Duckett is facing a disciplinary investigation after an alcohol-related incident (1:21) 5:13 AM ET George Dobell in Perth Moeen Ali has admitted England’s “off-field behaviour needs to improve” after Ben Duckett was suspended for the remainder of the England Lions tour. Duckett, who was due to play for the England XI in the weekend’s…
England disintegrating like in 2013-14 Ashes – Johnson
3:51 AM ET Mitchell Johnson believes England have enormous mental hurdles to overcome if they are to keep the Ashes series alive in Perth, reckoning that Alastair Cook is contemplating retirement while the England captain Joe Root will be questioning his decision to send Australia in to bat in Adelaide. As the spearhead of Australia’s 5-0 Ashes sweep of England four years ago, Johnson watched Steven Smith’s team train at…
England disintegrating like 2013-14 Ashes – Johnson
3:51 AM ET Mitchell Johnson believes England have enormous mental hurdles to overcome if they are to keep the Ashes series alive in Perth, reckoning that Alastair Cook is contemplating retirement while the England captain Joe Root will be questioning his decision to send Australia in to bat in Adelaide. As the spearhead of Australia’s 5-0 Ashes sweep of England four years ago, Johnson watched Steven Smith’s team train at…