Nov 25, 2020 Mark Ramprakash has emerged as a strong contender for the role of Warwickshire head coach. ESPNcricinfo understands that Ramprakash, the former England batsman, has been shortlisted for interview. Other shortlisted candidates include – but are not limited to – Donovan Miller and Graeme Welch. After a couple of years as batting coach

7:32 PM GMT Yorkshire have committed to appointing a Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as part of the club’s efforts to “improve inclusion across all forms and levels of the game”. The club has recently been rocked by claims of racism from former player, Azeem Rafiq, and have launched an investigation to consider the

11:18 AM GMT Annesha Ghosh The ICC is gauging the possibility of deferring the inaugural Under-19 Women’s World Cup in Bangladesh from its originally earmarked window of January 2021 to later in the year. Though the governing body or the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has not yet made any official announcements about the postponement of

6:38 AM GMT “It only takes one win and you can gain a little bit of momentum in this tournament, so rolling through the back end, if we get on the board next game, look out, because we could be on from there.” That was Grace Harris on November 8, just a few minutes after

11:13 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Colin de Grandhomme has been ruled out of the Test series against West Indies due to bone bruising to his right foot and left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel will miss the opening match as he continues to recover from a calf injury. Allrounder Daryl Mitchell, who made his Test debut against

2:40 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket West Indies (CWI) board director Dr Akshai Mansingh and Paul Slowe, the board’s security manager, will visit Dhaka and Chattogram next week to inspect the BCB’s bio-security plans and health protocols in the country. The news comes following CWI president Ricky Skerritt’s statement that West Indies are keen to

6:56 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Ishant Sharma and Rohit Sharma have been ruled out of the first two matches of the upcoming four-Test series in Australia and their hopes of taking part in the last two Tests hinges on swift and decisive action from the BCCI, ESPNcricinfo has learnt. To be in contention for the

12:39 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Team Buttler 141 for 4 (Root 45*, S Curran 45*) beat Team Morgan 139 for 9 (Moeen 41, Stone 3-12) by six wickets Olly Stone gave England’s selectors a nudge by taking three top-order wickets in an intra-squad T20 warm-up match at Paarl, before Sam Curran and Joe Root‘s rapid

2:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mohammed Siraj, who opted to stay on with the India squad in Australia after his father died recently in Hyderabad, said the words of his mother and captain Virat Kohli helped him make the decision. “In this situation, the way the whole team has supported me felt very nice,” Siraj

5:50 AM GMT Annesha Ghosh The head sinks after a huge, protracted sigh is let out. You cannot be sure if it’s one of relief or disappointment, or an ever more obscure blend of both. Obvious visual clues are scarce, so much of what you grasp of the varied celebrations in the Sydney Sixers dugout,