News Vihari has used his Twitter handle to amplify appeals apart from creating a network of volunteers to help people For India batter Hanuma Vihari, the biggest satisfaction these days comes from being able to arrange a hospital bed or an oxygen cylinder for Covid-19 patients through his network of friends. While a number of

News Change of attitude from governing body with shorter form seen as vehicle for growth The T20 World Cup could be increased to include 20 teams as part of the ICC’s attempts to develop the game globally. While the 2021 tournament, currently scheduled to be played in India, will still feature 16 teams, ESPNcricinfo understands

News Also said that selectors have told him to go beyond just scoring half-centuries in ODIs Fearlessness. If there’s one change Sri Lanka’s new ODI captain Kusal Perera would like to usher in, it is for his team to play as he says he does: completely unafraid. Perera has been appointed leader of a young

Shafali Verma, 17, is set to make her WBBL debut later this year © Getty Images India batter Shafali Verma and allrounder Radha Yadav are set to make their Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) debuts later this year in Australia. ESPNcricinfo understands that Verma, 17, has already signed a contract with two-time champions Sydney Sixers

News Last season’s beaten quarter-finalists lean towards spin-heavy strategy for Blast Qais Ahmad, the Afghanistan legspinner, has signed for Kent for the whole of T20 Blast and two County Championship fixtures, adding to the burgeoning list of teams he has represented around the world in short-form cricket. Ahmad, 20, was due to join Gloucestershire as

News Franchise tournament to be staged immediately after India’s white-ball tour Sri Lanka Cricket have announced that the second season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will be played from July 30 to August 22, with further details about the franchise tournament yet to be confirmed. The window falls immediately after Sri Lanka’s home series

Kusal Perera has replaced Dimuth Karunaratne as Sri Lanka’s ODI captain © Associated Press Kusal Perera has been named new ODI captain and Kusal Mendis has been recalled and made vice-captain, while Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal have been dropped in a major shake-up of Sri Lanka’s ODI team. In naming a young

News The 35-year-old will end his career as New Zealand’s most prolific Test keeper behind and in front of the stumps BJ Watling has announced he will retire from all cricket at the end of New Zealand’s upcoming Test tour of England. This will mean that form and fitness permitting, he will end his career

News Board finances report major dip in reserves after £100m shortfall in 2020 Ian Watmore, the ECB’s chairman, has announced his ambition to “help the game repair its Covid-inflicted wounds” via a business plan that will reduce the “unsustainable levels of debt” within English cricket. The ECB reported a drop in group reserves to £2.2

News Head coach could not confirm if Trent Boult would be available for second Test of England tour The New Zealand players who left India after the IPL was suspended, and are currently undergoing quarantine in Maldives, may travel to England for their next assignment this weekend. So said their head coach Gary Stead. New