9:09 PM IST For the latest in our #RetroLive series, we rewind to March 1992 once again, this time for the first semi-final of the World Cup that year. Pakistan and New Zealand have both qualified, taking contrasting routes to the knockouts. The winner of this match is going to believe destiny is on their
Month: April 2020
8:18 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Former Bengal captain Subimal “Chuni” Goswami died in Kolkata on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 82 and had been suffering from underlying ailments, including sugar, prostate and nerve problems. He is survived by his wife Basanti and son Sudipto. Goswami was among the rare sportsmen who played
6:33 PM IST The first season of the Hundred has been pushed back to 2021 following an ECB board meeting on Wednesday. The ECB had intended its new eight-team, 100-ball competition to be the showpiece event in the domestic cricketing calendar and to attract a “new audience” to the sport, with the tournament due to
5:15 PM IST Cricket’s custodians in Australia should have the luxury of being able to wait on the outcomes of the winter football codes’ attempts to return to play before making any far-reaching decisions about cutbacks to the game’s costs, the Queensland board director Ian Healy has said. As Cricket Australia (CA), their state association
MCC played cricket and golf, attended receptions, visited Lahore Fort and watch world Kabbadi final during their February tour of Lahore. Lets recall MCC’s first tour to Pakistan in 48 years in #Thursdayflashback Welcome to Pakistan Cricket Board Official Page. Get All The Updates Regarding Pakistan Cricket Here. You can get players interviews, match highlights,
Every Englishman’s worst nightmare: 2 minutes and 40 seconds of Mitch Johnson dishing up some chin music.
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Quite possibly the greatest ever player to pick up a bat, exploded onto the scene at the age of just 17. Sachin Tendulkar became the 2nd youngest player to score a Test hundred, and remains 3rd in today’s standings. This is the official channel of the
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11:43 PM IST A day after Chris Gayle lashed out at the Jamaica Tallawahs management, his West Indies team-mate Andre Russell has called the franchise the “weirdest” he has ever played for. On Tuesday, a day before he turned 32, Russell also announced that the 2020 CPL season would be his last one with the
Kane Williamson goes on the attack against spin © Getty Images Kane Williamson, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine and Ross Taylor took the limited-overs honours at the New Zealand Cricket annual awards. Williamson claimed the men’s ODI player of the year title following his outstanding 2019 World Cup campaign where he was named player of the
Bismah Maroof led the chase after the openers fell © Getty Images Pakistan women’s captain Bismah Maroof was critical of the ICC’s decision to split points between India and Pakistan for a bilateral series that India failed to obtain governemt permission to play. Maroof called the decision “deeply disappointing”, remarking it was “good luck” for
4:56 PM IST Moeen Ali believes it is “better for the Hundred to be delayed” for a year than to launch the tournament without overseas players or fans. The ECB board meet today (April 29) to discuss whether to postpone the launch of the tournament in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. While the Hundred is
6:10 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Dubai has emerged as the latest overseas venue that could host games to help salvage some cricket in the English season. Last week, ESPNcricinfo revealed that Abu Dhabi Cricket (ADC) was set to offer its facilities to the ECB for use between October and January, with all professional cricket in
10:32 PM IST Moeen Ali has suggested the public health situation in the UK would have to “get drastically better” before players would consider a return to cricket. While Moeen accepted that both players and the wider public want a return to action as soon as possible, he believes it “would be very difficult to
8:10 PM IST Deepak Agarwal, the corruptor involved in Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan getting banned last year for failing to report approaches, has now himself received a two-year ban form the ICC’s anti-corruption unit for breaching its code. Agarwal, an Indian businessman, will not be allowed to be involved in any form of cricket
8:16 AM IST Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis have lost their Cricket Australia contracts after falling out of favour with the national selectors over the past 12 months, leaving both with a particularly steep battle to return to international cricket whenever it resumes after the coronavirus pandemic. Alongside Nathan Coulter-Nile, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Harris, Shaun
Tahlia McGrath pulls © Getty Images Allrounder Tahlia McGrath has been included among 15 contracts handed out for Australia’s women’s squad alongside the expected inclusions of fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck and allrounder Annabel Sutherland. Top-order batters Nicole Bolton and Elyse Villani lose their deals having dropped out of the reckoning over the last 12 months.
11:59 AM IST Tahlia McGrath, who was handed a Cricket Australia contract for the 2020-21 season, could be tasked with filling the sizeable shoes of Ellyse Perry should the world’s No. 1 allrounder suffer any delays or setbacks in her recovery from hamstring surgery and has also had her leadership credentials endorsed. McGrath, 24, was
10:05 PM IST Chris Gayle has singled out former West Indies team-mate Ramnaresh Sarwan for playing a “big part” in Jamaica Tallawahs releasing him from their Caribbean Premier League set-up recently. In an outburst, released in a personal video on YouTube on Monday, Gayle also blamed Tallawahs’ chief executive officer Jeff Miller and owner Krish
7:18 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Tim Southee and Tom Latham bagged first-class awards while Devon Conway and Katie Gurrey were recognised for their domestic performances in the New Zealand Cricket annual awards. Southee took the Winsor Cup for first-class bowling after claiming 41 wickets at 22.31 over the voting period with eight of his nine
5:14 PM IST The ECB should consider selling equity in Hundred teams to private investors to lessen the financial hit it faces from the coronavirus pandemic and to attract an Indian fanbase, according to a new report from a sports consultancy firm. The Hundred’s current model is similar to that used in the Big Bash,
4:57 PM IST Scotland are willing to host their scheduled games against New Zealand and Australia behind closed doors if necessary, but will wait on guidance from those boards and government advice before making any decisions. While the fixtures are yet to be officially postponed, it looks highly unlikely that they will take place as
In January 2012, Clarke became the fifth Australian to score a Test triple century. The skipper came to the crease with the Aussies in a spot of bother but dug in to produce a classic innings
Find out more at ecb.co.uk Having played many times together growing up and at Surrey, Sam and Tom Curran reflect on the possibility of lining up together in an England shirt. They also talk about the things that every brother in the world can relate to. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch
Sri Lankan batting all-rounder #DhananjayaDeSilva reveals the best moment of his career and share some fun facts about himself & teammates on the first edition of #OffThePitch.
Apr 27, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff Ian Smith, the former New Zealand wicketkeeper and veteran broadcaster, has been honoured by New Zealand Cricket for his “outstanding services to cricket”. He was awarded the Bert Sutcliffe Medal on the first day of NZC’s virtual awards ceremony for 2019-20. Other cricketers to have received this award include Walter
12:17 PM IST Australian cricket’s state associations and players’ union will be presented with Cricket Australia’s opened financial books and forecasts on Thursday, the same day centrally contracted players for Australia’s men’s and women’s team are to be announced. While April 30 had always been set down as the deadline for CA central contracts to
12:13 AM IST Given that the charge against Umar Akmal dealt with a failure to report corrupt approaches, it was expected that his decision to not challenge it would lead to a relatively light sanction. Akmal, however, was banned for three years for this breach of PCB’s anti-corruption code. This is unprecedented. In similar cases
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12:00 PM GMT Umar Akmal‘s troubled cricket career has hit its biggest roadblock yet, with the PCB handing him a ban from all representative cricket for three years after he pleaded guilty to failing to report details of corrupt approaches made to him ahead of this year’s PSL. Akmal’s case had gone directly to the
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