Darren Sammy guided West Indies to the World Twenty20 in 2012, but a contract dispute is undermining the team’s preparations for next month’s event © ICC/Getty West Indies cricket is facing the prospect of a player strike on the eve of the World Twenty20 after the 15-man squad appeared collectively to reject the contracts on offer from the WICB. Darren Sammy, captain of the West Indies T20 side, has written…
Voges returns, Middlesex appoint three captains
Adam Voges will be one of three Middlesex captains in 2016 © Getty Images Adam Voges has been confirmed as Middlesex’s main overseas player for 2016 and he will continue to captain the club in the Championship. Eoin Morgan has stepped down as leader of limited-overs sides, however, leading to promotions for James Franklin and Dawid Malan and a rare triple captaincy. Voges will return for a third season at…
De Kock and Amla power SA to record run-chase
South Africa 319 for 3 (de Kock 135, Amla 127) beat England 318 for 8 (Root 125, Hales 65, Stokes 53) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Quinton de Kock powered to his tenth ODI hundred © AFP A century of the highest class from Quinton de Kock helped South Africa complete the highest successful run chase in an ODI at Centurion and keep the series against England alive. With…
Wyatt and Elwiss are put to the test
[embedded content] England women cricketers and life-long friends Danni Wyatt and Georgia Elwiss take time out from training to test their knowledge about each other. Georgia may know when Danni celebrates her birthday and what her favourite song is, but can she guess what her party trick is? The pair took time out from their one-day international series in South Africa to reveal all to ecb.co.uk. When @Danni_Wyatt tells…
Voges rejoins Middlesex
Middlesex have announced the return of Australia batsman Adam Voges as their overseas player for the upcoming County Championship season. The 35-year-old, who will also captain the four-day side, rejoins the Lords-based club and will be available prior to the start of the campaign. The former Nottinghamshire right-hander, who struck 451 runs in four matches last term, will then return to Middlesex for the conclusion of the season, expected to be…
Delhi gets breathing room to host World T20 games
The Feroz Shah Kotla has been allotted four men’s and six women’s matches during the World T20 © BCCI The decks have been cleared for Delhi to host matches during the World T20 after the city’s municipal authority agreed to grant an occupancy certificate to the DDCA subject to the fulfillment of certain norms within 20 days. The DDCA subsequently withdrew its plea to the Delhi High Court seeking an…
Georgia Elwiss in SA blog 2
[embedded content] Georgia Elwiss will be blogging exclusively for ecb.co.uk during England women’s tour of South Africa. In the second instalment she reveals the identity of her new room-mate in Pretoria, what the girls get up to on their days off and her thoughts on the opening one-day international. We arrived in Pretoria last Sunday, which meant a change of hotels and the changeover of room-mates. Fortunately (or maybe not!)…
PCB seeks government stance on World T20 games in India
Shaharyar Khan has said that the PCB will seek the government’s stance before travelling to India for the World Twenty20 © AFP PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has hinted that the decision to play Pakistan’s World T20 matches at Indian venues will only be taken after consulting with the central government and ESPNcricinfo understands that the PCB has written to the government in this matter. He said that if the central…
Sri Lanka seamers topple India on green track
Sri Lanka 105 for 5 (Chandimal 35, Nehra 2-21) beat India 101 (Ashwin 31, Rajitha 3-29, Shanaka 3-16) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kasun Rajitha had an impressive T20I debut, striking twice in his first over. © BCCI Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dasun Shanaka – Sri Lanka’s lanky seam-bowling labour force – came upon a thoroughly surprising green Pune deck, and wound up delivering their team a surprisingly…
PCB to seek government stance on World T20 games in India
Shaharyar Khan has said that the PCB will seek the government’s stance before travelling to India for the World Twenty20 © AFP PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has hinted that the decision to play Pakistan’s World T20 matches at Indian venues will only be taken after consulting with the central government. He said that if the central government in Islamabad refuses to allow the team to travel to India for the…