Find out more at ecb.co.uk He who laughs last wins the day. Jake Ball and Chris Woakes go head-to-head in a battle of wits, as they read a collection of Dad jokes to one another, carefully observed by eagle-eyed judge Mark Wood. Some of these are so bad, they’re good. Actually they might be just
4:20 PM IST Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings believes it is “unlikely” and “unrealistic” that the Men’s T20 World Cup will take place in Australia as scheduled this year. The fate of the tournament, scheduled between October 18 and November 15, is being deliberated fiercely by the ICC Board which last week deferred to take
11:22 PM IST England have felt the heat from West Indies’ resurgent battery of quicks on more than one occasion in recent years, most notably during heavy defeats in Barbados and Antigua 18 months ago. The fires stoked by Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel and Jason Holder have drawn comparison with West Indies attacks of old,
10:50 PM IST Danyal Rasool Mohammad Hafeez, the second-longest serving Pakistan cricketer in the current setup, could yet extend his 17-year career. Hafeez’s original plan was to retire in November this year, after the T20 World Cup in Australia but he said – in a video conference – that he would continue to make himself
12:42 AM IST The ECB has been challenged to do more to ensure its junior participation schemes are made relevant to the South Asian cricketing community, following a new study that has revealed a potentially devastating reduction in council-run cricket pitches in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Writing in the National Asian Cricket Council
Michael Clarke reads a statemet from the Australia cricket team on the loss of their friend and teammate Phillip Hughes
Find out more at ecb.co.uk It was, quite simply, the most enthralling Test match in living memory. Chasing 282 in the final innings at Edgbaston, Australia slipped to 220-9, and it looked for all the world like England would level the series. However an extraordinary and typically gutsy Australian rearguard from Brett Lee and Michael
5:57 PM IST Wahab Riaz, who last year decided to take an indefinite break from red ball cricket, has agreed to return to play the Test-match leg of Pakistan’s tour of England. He has been named in the larger pool of 29 players, a combined squad for a series of three Tests and T20Is. Riaz
Daryl Mitchell acknowledges the applause after bringing up his fifty on Test debut © AFP / Getty Images The New Zealand domestic squads are taking shape ahead of the 2020-21 season with the first round of contracts being announced. Each squad can include up to 16 players (centrally contracted New Zealand players are not included)
12:38 PM IST Desperation to end more than two months of instability for Cricket Australia is expected to lead to the exit of its chief executive Kevin Roberts, as the board reconsiders earlier plans for deep staff cuts to the governing body in light of a rapidly improving outlook beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. A major
5:36 PM IST Cricket South Africa has terminated the contract of Clive Eksteen, its former head of sales and sponsor relations, after finding him guilty of “transgressions of a serious nature”. Eksteen was suspended in October last year, alongside then interim director of cricket Corrie van Zyl and COO Naasei Appiah and faced charges of
10:17 PM IST Valkerie Baynes There will be no place for friendship when West Indies take on England belatedly this summer, Kemar Roach has warned fellow Barbadian fast bowler Jofra Archer. While no one will be happier to see each other on a cricket pitch than the combatants when their long-awaited three-Test series gets underway
Channel Nine cricket legend Richie Benaud is apparently having a BBQ at his house on Australia day, but despite a long invite list there will be no “12th Man”
Follow the 2019 Ashes at ecb.co.uk Watch match highlights from Day 4 at Old Trafford, as England take on Australia in the 2019 Ashes. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights,
3:05 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Shahid Afridi, the former Pakistan allrounder, has tested positive for Covid-19. Afridi revealed on Twitter that he has been experiencing severe body-aches for three days, and that he tested positive on Saturday. I’ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I’ve been tested and unfortunately I’m
12:20 PM IST Five centrally-contracted Indian cricketers – Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma – have been issued notices by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing to disclose their whereabouts as the BCCI cited “password glitch” as the reason for delay. These five players are part of the 110-strong
Adam Zampa has returned to NSW after seven years with South Australia © Getty Images Australia legspinner Adam Zampa has returned to his home state New South Wales after seven seasons with South Australia. Zampa made his first-class debut for NSW in 2012 and played three Sheffield Shield matches and four one-day games for them
7:06 PM IST Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s chief selector and head coach, has insisted that the PCB has not asked for a reciprocal tour as part of their agreement to play in England. A 29-man Pakistan squad is expected to arrive in England at the start of July for a three-Test tour that is set to be
10:13 PM IST Not since their 1980s heyday have West Indies won a Test series in England, but two aspects of the forthcoming three-match encounter could work in their favour, according to head coach Phil Simmons. Firstly, due to the behind-closed-doors nature of the Tests, in response to Covid-19, there will be no supporters in
8:13 PM IST Sarfaraz Ahmed is back and he believes the decision to be relieved of the Pakistan captaincy, and later getting axed from the side, actually allowed him a much-needed break so that he could concentrate on getting better. Pakistan picked a 29-man squad for their England tour for three Tests in August, followed
5:20 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ben Stokes has described himself as ready to be the “the Scottie Pippen to Joe Root‘s Michael Jordan” if he is required to deputise as England’s Test captain against West Indies. Root’s wife is expecting their second child in July, and he could miss part of the three-match series in
Playing just his first Test match, South African Faf du Plessis faced 376 deliveries to post 110 not out in the fourth innings to deny Australia victory in the 2012 Adelaide Test
Find out more at ecb.co.uk 11.3 overs left. 6 runs behind. 1 wicket away from defeat. With only Anderson and Panesar standing in the way of Australian victory, few gave the duo little chance of preventing a defeat in the first Ashes Test in Cardiff. However Jimmy and Monty had other ideas… This is the
The fairy-tale ending! Stumped Kumar Sangakkara Bowled Mahela Jayawardena. The Sri Lankan legends end an era in spectacular fashion as they play their last ODI on home soil and combine for the winning wicket:
11:13 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Matt Poore, the New Zealand right-hand batsman and offspinner from the 1950s, died in Auckland on Thursday, ten days after completing his 90th birthday. A batsman who bowled a bit, Poore played most of his cricket in Christchurch in a first-class career that ran from 1950-51 to 1961-62, and he
10:44 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Vasant Raiji, the former Bombay and Baroda batsman and prominent cricket historian, has died aged 100. Raiji had been the world’s oldest living first-class cricketer, and Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Steve Waugh visited him at his Mumbai home when he turned 100 on January 26 this year. “He passed
11:06 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB says it is committed to delivering “meaningful and long-term change” to the way that cricket is run in England and Wales, after acknowledging that the sport is not immune to the “systemic racism” that “spans institutions and sectors across the country”. In a reflective statement, issued in response
12:46 AM IST Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Ricky Skerritt has quashed speculation linking the West Indies tour of England to a US$3 million loan to CWI by the ECB in May, a loan that eventually became the subject of an ICC ethics inquiry. Skerritt also denied that the loan ensured CWI’s backing for Colin
3:01 PM IST CPL organisers have confirmed their intention to stage the competition entirely in Trinidad & Tobago between August 18 and September 10. The competition will be played, subject to government approval, behind closed doors with the top-paid players expected to accept a salary cut of up to 30% when compared to 2019 levels.
3:21 PM IST Cricket South Africa (CSA) has clarified that its CEO, Thabang Moroe, remains suspended after he attempted to return to work on Thursday morning. Moroe was suspended on December 6, 2019 amid allegations of misconduct, and Dr Jacques Faul was appointed as an acting replacement, initially for a period of six months. CSA