6:31 PM IST Ashley Giles believes resuming training will be “safer than it is to go to the supermarket” for England’s players and support staff. Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, has unveiled plans for around 30 players to return to training in the coming days and weeks, with a view to staging
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9:50 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ireland’s men will not play a full international fixture this home summer, after Pakistan and New Zealand’s scheduled tours were postponed at a virtual board meeting on Wednesday. Warren Deutrom, Cricket Ireland’s chief executive, remains hopeful that the three scheduled ODIs against England can go ahead in some form, but
11:01 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Devon Conway, the South Africa-born batsman, has been offered a New Zealand central contract for the first time, alongside seamer Kyle Jamieson and left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel. Conway, 28, was cleared by the ICC to represent New Zealand in March and will be eligible for selection from August onwards. He
8:28 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff When is the next time we’ll see a packed Eden Gardens?” Kolkata Knight Riders chief executive Venky Mysore is trying re-imagine the world of cricket for the near future, confronted by the immense challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic which continues to surge globally. Some of the innovative ideas Mysore
10:22 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies’ cricketers will only tour England for their postponed Test series in July if they are “100% sure” they are not putting their health at risk, according to the CWI chief executive, Johnny Grave. Speaking on Sky Sports after it was confirmed that England’s players plan to begin their
9:57 AM IST For the first time since March, competitive cricket involving international players of a full-member region is set to return after a long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic with the Vincy Premier League (VPL), a franchise-based T10 tournament, scheduled to start from May 22 in the eastern Caribbean island country of St
5:45 PM IST Umar Farooq in Lahore A back injury to Hasan Ali will potentially keep him out of cricket for a prolonged period, capping off a difficult few months for the pacer who, until 2019, was an essential component of Pakistan’s pace attacks. In part, Ali’s form and injuries resulted him in missing out
11:31 PM IST All players and support staff at the elite level of sport must be allowed to opt out of a return to action during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to government guidelines released today. The policy, which covers all elite, adult athletes in the UK, was unveiled among a raft of protocols issued by
7:12 AM IST Shane Watson has criticised the expansion of the Big Bash season from 32 group games to 56, describing the tournament as “just too long” and suggesting that “the quality of the cricket has been put on the back burner”. Watson, an influential figure in the as the president of the Australian Cricketers’
10:31 PM IST Jack Leach, the left-arm spinner, is a doubt for England’s international fixtures this summer due to health concerns. Leach takes immunosuppressant medication, which places him on the list of people considered ‘vulnerable’ to Covid-19. He has suffered from Crohn’s, the inflammatory bowel disease, since he was 14, and the medication he takes
9:03 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Alyssa Healy is concerned at the prospect of a reduction in Women’s Big Bash and National Cricket League matches, saying it could widen the divide between international and domestic players. Amid Cricket Australia’s financial battles due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all domestic cricket is set to come under pressure and
The second Vodafone Test has ended in a draw, with South Africa holding on to their last two wickets.
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Avishka Fernando’s 82 Runs vs Bangladesh – 2nd ODI at RPICS Colombo
10:16 PM IST ~ ]# !–#cricinfo_insert type: image_lead object_id: 1165423 alt_id: 4 caption: Shabnim Ismail celebrates removing Stafanie Taylor size: 900 –> South Africa’s women and A-team tours to the West Indies, scheduled to begin at the end of May and in mid-June respectively, have been postponed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. CSA
5:35 PM IST Pakistan’s pace-bowling trio of Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir have lost their central contracts while former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has been demoted from category A to B by the PCB. Shaheen Afridi and Azhar Ali were promoted from category B to A, joining Babar Azam in the top category for
7:47 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Yuvraj Singh believes Hardik Pandya has the potential to become a “massive asset” for India by the 2023 World Cup, subject to the latter working on his temperament. Yuvraj said Hardik was a “phenomenal” talent and only one of the two current batsmen, along with his Indian teammate KL Rahul,
Play 01:53 Buttler: Sport, in the grand scheme of things, has not been important for a while The return of international cricket came a step closer on Wednesday, as the UK government outlined its plans for a resumption of training as the nation comes to terms with its ‘new normal’. In the hope of both
4:00 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Babar Azam‘s ongoing rise to prominence has been further reaffirmed by his appointment as Pakistan’s ODI captain, making him the country’s white-ball leader. Azam replaces Sarfaraz Ahmed as the captain and caps a meteoric rise over the last year, in which he has been one of the world’s leading batsmen
3:06 PM IST England will consider handing international opportunities to fringe players and testing their fast-bowling depth to help them cope with a demanding revised summer schedule of behind-closed-doors cricket. The ECB have made extensive contingency plans in the hope of salvaging a home international season when it becomes safe to do so, with the
Play 01:50 Zampa: Spin is being taken out of the game Adam Zampa believes that Australia holding the No.1-ranking in T20Is for the first time is the reward for giving the format the attention it needs. Although Australia’s climb to the top was in part due to the ICC’s annual update of their rankings –
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen sat down with Cricket Network and named his top 5 toughest bowlers from his playing days
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Kamindu Mendis on fire at his debut T20I game Sri Lanka vs England at RPICS
7:37 PM IST Chris Gayle‘s disparaging remarks against his former franchise Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is likely to earn him some sort of sanction. Such a sanction, Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt hinted, would be in order because Gayle probably brought “disrepute” to the league, which a contracted player cannot
3:27 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Jofra Archer has suggested that crowd noises should be played over the public address system if England play international cricket behind closed doors this summer to compensate for the lack of spectators. England hope to return to some form of training before the end of the month, ahead of a
Former captain and highest run scorer for Pakistan in Tests, Younis Khan conducted an online session with current and emerging national cricketers to help them remain focused and make optimum use of their time in the wake of Covid-19 lockdown. Welcome to official page of Pakistan Cricket Board. Get all your Pakistan Cricket updates here!
Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar conducted an online session with current and emerging national cricketers to help them remain focused and make optimum use of their time in the wake of Covid-19 lockdown. Welcome to official page of Pakistan Cricket Board. Get all your Pakistan Cricket updates here! You can access exclusive player interviews, match
8:14 PM IST Ewie Cronje, the former Free State Cricket president and father of the late South Africa captain Hansie Cronje has died. Cronje was suffering from stomach cancer. He was 80. Cronje played 27 first-class matches for Free State between 1960 and 1971 but was better known for his time in administration. He played
10:50 AM IST Premier Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is serving a two-year ban (one year suspended) for not reporting a corrupt approach, says not taking things lightly due to “ignorance” is the biggest lesson he has learnt from this whole episode. Shakib was banned by the ICC in October last after he accepted