5:36 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli‘s demeanour on the field has pleased and upset people equally, with some welcoming his in-your-face pumped-up aggression, and others calling for a more restrained approach. As far as Madan Lal, the new head of the BCCI’s cricket advisory committee, is concerned, asking Kohli to “mellow down” makes no
Month: March 2020
Kevin Roberts address the media outside the MCG © Getty Images Strategic cash reserves and standing agreements to take control of the nation’s biggest sporting venues for next summer’s T20 World Cup will be tightly held by Cricket Australia ahead of an off-season that is set to see winter sports ravaged by efforts to fight
3:09 PM GMT Big Picture When the PSL left the UAE behind as a temporary staging venue, the expectation was that it would also mean leaving behind an era of matches often played with plenty of empty seats. But the Coronavirus outbreak has meant a form of spectator-less deja vu in Lahore for the first
6:30 AM GMT The Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket boards have agreed to postpone the upcoming third leg of their series, of one ODI and and Test in Karachi in early April, in light of growing concerns around the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and travel restrictions around the world. The boards will explore windows to
2:22 PM GMT Big picture This is the sort of marquee game the PSL had been yearning for all these years without fulfilment. The country’s two biggest cities and fiercest rivals face off on Tuesday in a game quite unlike any that has ever happened at the PSL. The Lahore Qalandars, having finally ended the
11:33 AM GMT With the sports world in abeyance due to the COVID-19 pandemic, now’s as good a time as any to reminisce about the good old days, when England were truly woeful, but at least the show was able to go on … Sydney 2013-14 Had England been a Norwegian Blue parrot, they would
12:27 PM GMT In the battle of the big-budgeted clubs, Nahidul Islam‘s unbeaten 53 and two wickets helped Prime Bank Cricket Club to a nine-run win over Gazi Group Cricketers at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Batting first, Prime Bank posted 251 for 6 in 50 overs with Rony Talukdar top-scoring with 79
3:26 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The final two rounds of the Plunket Shield, New Zealand’s domestic first-class competition, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic with Wellington being named the 2019-20 champions. NZC chief executive David White said the decision had been made based on medical advice following the tightening of travel restrictions by
5:54 AM GMT As with sport around the world, Australia’s international season came to an abrupt end amid the increasing measures against coronavirus. On home soil the men’s team went unbeaten but life was tougher on the road. Here’s a recap of a season that featured Sri Lanka, Pakistan, New Zealand, India and South Africa
9:11 AM GMT Toss Lahore Qalandars chose to bowl v Multan Sultans Lahore Qalandars captain Sohail Akhtar won the toss and elected to field first in a pivotal match against league-leaders Multan Sultans. A win clinches a playoff spot for the Qalandars while a loss means they’ll need to sweat out the result of the
Toss: Karachi Kings opt to bat v Quetta Gladiators Khan touch this: Ali Khan’s 5 for 46 were also his career-best figures © Peter Della Penna Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat against Quetta Gladiators, who face an improbable task to join the hosts in the semi-finals. With Lahore Qalandars chasing down
7:02 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff There’s been a few times that Lockie Ferguson had been down with a cold in the course of his career, but it was different this time. After reporting a sore throat to the New Zealand team management on Friday, he was sent for COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) tests and then asked
11:26 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Stuart Broad has backed the “very tough, but necessary” decision made by the ECB to postpone England’s tour of Sri Lanka over fears about the COVID-19 pandemic. The ECB announced on Friday that the two-Test series had been postponed indefinitely, stating that “the physical and mental wellbeing of our players
5:08 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Improving Bangladesh’s team culture will be of top priority for newly appointed Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal. The 30-year old has called for greater discipline and collective effort after taking over from Mashrafe Mortaza, whose five-year stint ended earlier this month. The BCB’s top brass had convinced Iqbal to succeed
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10:34 AM GMT Vishal Dikshit in Mumbai The BCCI and the IPL franchise owners have decided to adopt a wait-and-watch approach over when and how to hold the IPL. They want to give health and safety of the players and people involved in holding the IPL priority and are likely to discuss its schedule again
11:14 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Joe Root, the England captain, says that his team’s overwhelming reaction was one of “relief” after their two-Test tour of Sri Lanka was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour’s postponement was confirmed with England midway through the second day of their final warm-up match in Colombo, ahead of
11:33 AM GMT Australia’s domestic competition, the Sheffield Shield, is expected to be cancelled before its conclusion due to the coronavirus pandemic, the first such event since the Second World War. While Cricket Australia is yet to officially announce the decision, players are understood to have been informed on Saturday night, before they travelled to
9:42 AM GMT IPL 2020 has been deferred until April 15 following the global concern over the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak. The decision to postpone the tournament, which was scheduled to start on March 29, was taken by the BCCI top brass lead by its president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah and top management
7:06 AM GMT Andrew Fidel Fernando Ben Stokes has been ruled out the ongoing four-day practice match in Sri Lanka, with an abdominal strain. There is no news yet about whether his availability for the Test series is affected. “England all-rounder Ben Stokes will not be at the ground today and is having abdominal investigations,”
Marnus Labuschagne goes inside out against spin © EPA The remaining two matches of the Chappell-Hadlee one-day series will not take place along with the three-match T20I series between the two teams in New Zealand later this month due to new travel restrictions imposed by the New Zealand government amid the coronavirus pandemic. More to
4:19 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes For Sophie Devine, the lesson of how a team’s success or failure in short-form cricket can hang on a single instant is still raw. So the New Zealand captain fully expects her nation’s group-stage exit at the recent Women’s T20 World Cup, shaped by narrow defeats to India and Australia,
1:58 PM GMT Despite having deferred the IPL until April 15, the tournament’s governing council will meet on Saturday in Mumbai to review the precautionary steps needed to be put in place for the marquee event to start in April. The IPL top brass will also be meeting the owners/ top executives of all franchises
5:28 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB are preparing themselves for the possibility that portions of the English domestic season could be played behind closed doors, postponed or cancelled outright, as the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to sweep the game. In the wake of this morning’s postponement of the Test tour of Sri
1:45 PM GMT Australia captain Aaron Finch reflected on the “unique” experience of playing international cricket in an empty stadium on a dramatic day of coronavirus developments for sports in Australia and around the world. Late-night Cricket Australia talks on Thursday led to the announcement early on Friday morning that the ODI series against New
10:49 AM GMT England’s Test tour against Sri Lanka has been called off due to the growing threat of the the COVID-19 pandemic. The news came while England were midway through their final four-day warm-up match, ahead of the two-Test series which had been scheduled to get underway in Galle on March 19. Play continued
8:34 AM GMT A number of overseas cricketers, including a contingent of English players, will be flying back from the PSL because of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. Peshawar Zalmi’s Tom Banton, Liam Livingstone, Lewis Gregory and Carlos Brathwaite, as well as Multan Sultans’ James Vince and Karachi Kings’ Alex Hales, are among the first
10:49 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s one-day series against New Zealand will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic while the T20I matches at the end of the month in New Zealand are in doubt. A few hours previously it had been confirmed that the Australia Women’s tour of South Africa would
12:38 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The three-match ODI series between India and South Africa has been called off in response to fears about the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. The decision follows the move by the BCCI earlier on Friday to defer the IPL by around a fortnight, and amid similar decisions regarding other cricket tours
12:57 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England’s tour match against a Sri Lanka Board President’s XI was called off 11 overs after tea on the second day, a few minutes after the ECB confirmed that the Test series scheduled for later this month had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ALSO READ: England series in
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