James Sutherland: “Some of the issues or challenges are short term in and around the existing team and others are perhaps more long term as we look through the cricketing challenges” © Getty Images James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has denied the game down under is in need of another comprehensive review of its operations, structures and philosophies despite what he called a “very significant fall from grace”…
Debbie Hockley elected New Zealand Cricket president
File photo – Debbie Hockley and Bob Simpson at the ICC’s Hall of Fame Induction © Getty Images Former New Zealand captain Debbie Hockley has been elected President of New Zealand Cricket. Replacing Stephen Boock, Hockley will serve the role for the next three years. A member of ICC’s Hall of Fame, she scored 4064 runs in 118 ODIs, including four hundreds. She also played 19 Test matches yielding an…
Debbie Hockley elected NZC President
File photo – Debbie Hockley and Bob Simpson at the ICC’s Hall of Fame Induction © Getty Images Former New Zealand captain Debbie Hockley has been elected President of New Zealand Cricket. Replacing Stephen Boock, Hockley will serve the role for the next three years. A member of ICC’s Hall of Fame, she scored 4064 runs in 118 ODIs, including four hundreds. She also played 19 Test matches yielding an…
Williamson keen on following attacking blueprint
If things go to plan, Kane Williamson might be shelving this shot for much of the series against Pakistan © Getty Images The pitch is a vivid green, and the forecast is for rain, but bury caution, Kane Williamson said; “freedom” is his call to action with the bat. The reasoning is simple: it is what has worked for New Zealand at home, in the past. Thrashed in India, and…
Rod Marsh resigns in wake of Hobart hiding
Rod Marsh has stood down as an Australia selector © Getty Images Australia’s selection chairman Rod Marsh has become the first notable figure to quit amidst the plummeting fortunes of the national team, forcing an extraordinary board meeting later on Wednesday to decide on his replacement. Marsh and fellow selectors Trevor Hohns and Mark Waugh met in Hobart during the course of Australia’s innings defeat to South Africa, before the…
Familiar conditions offer New Zealand chance to shake off India nightmare
Match facts November 17-21, 2016Start time 1030 local (2130 GMT previous day) Opening batsman Jeet Raval is set to debut for New Zealand © Getty Images Big Picture For once, Pakistan aren’t attracting pre-series headlines. There has been no turmoil on this trip. No talk of an embattled captaincy or selection chaos. Mohammad Amir’s re-entry into international cricket is old news. The only distraction has been Monday morning’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake,…
Stokes revelling in role as England's go-to man
Play 49:24 Switch Hit: Have England come up Trumps? There was a moment on the final afternoon of the Rajkot Test when Ben Stokes swapped his position at slip with Ben Duckett and moved to extra cover. With Adil Rashid bowling, the ball was being driven in that direction often and he wanted to be in the game more. A little while later, with the batsmen stealing runs to Alastair…
ACU to monitor social media – Flanagan
Head of ACSU Ronnie Flanagan speaks at a media conference © AFP Suspected match-fixers will be forced to hand over mobile phones and electronic devices under new plans to curb corruption. The ICC’s Anti Corruption Unit would gain the powers to download personal messages, including through WhatsApp and Snapchat, under proposals that could be agreed by the ICC early next year. “As the world changes and as people use different…
'Saqlain acts as our cheerleader' – Ansari
Play 02:20 ‘Saqlain acts as our cheerleader’ – Ansari At first glance, Saqlain Mushtaq seems an unlikely cheerleader. At second glance too. Certainly in the modern sense. He’s never been seen with a pair of pom-poms and his dancing days are probably behind him. But that was the description of his role on England’s tour of India offered by Zafar Ansari. It was not meant as faint praise, either. It…
Kumble not worried about spinners' form
India coach Anil Kumble has praised Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav for managing to find reverse-swing in the Rajkot Test © AFP In Rajkot, England’s spinners took more wickets and conceded fewer runs than India’s. That too on a pitch that did not take too much turn until the final day. Visakhapatnam appears likely to provide a lot more assistance to the slow bowlers and there was a notion that…