1:51 AM GMT Melbourne’s lockdown, in the cause of stemming the Covid-19 pandemic, has taken much away from a previously vibrant city. One thing it has gifted Australian cricket, however, is clarity about the role Glenn Maxwell is playing for the ODI team, a little more than a year after the absence of same contributed
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4:54 PM GMT Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister and patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has rejected calls for reviving departmental cricket in the country. In a brief meeting at Khan’s residence, a delegation that included Misbah-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali and Mohammad Hafeez, made a bid to change the premier’s mind about the new structure, which
10:03 AM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo Jason Gillespie has condemned a letter from a leading official attacking Azeem Rafiq, saying “it was almost excusing” the racism Rafiq claims he faced while playing at Yorkshire. Gillespie, Yorkshire’s head coach from 2012 to 2016, described as “really poor” and
12:29 AM GMT Australia coach Justin Langer has cast doubt on Steven Smith‘s return for the deciding ODI against England just a few hours after sounding confident he would be able to take his place following the blow to the head he suffered before the opening game. After having a net at Old Trafford on
3:41 PM GMT Cricket South Africa will lose ODI sponsor Momentum, whose contract expires in April 2021, because the financial services company is “not satisfied with the current state of affairs at CSA regarding governance and other reputational issues.” In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, Momentum confirmed it will not seek to renew its
10:20 AM GMT Steven Smith is more likely than not to return as the missing piece of Australia’s batting order that failed to seal the ODI series against England in Manchester, leaving the final match of their brief tour on Wednesday as the decider. Some mystery still surrounds the circumstances in which Smith has missed
Sep 14, 2020 Jofra Archer has indicated he may pull out of this winter’s Big Bash League in Australia, after acknowledging that the “mental challenge” of life in England’s bio-secure bubble may, at times, have had a compromising effect on his performances. Archer, the player of the match on Sunday as England levelled the ODI
1:02 PM GMT Linda Zondi will not be considered for South Africa’s convener of selectors position, after failing to be shortlisted for the post despite being the incumbent. ESPNcricinfo understands that Victor Mpitsang, Hussein Manack and Patrick Moroney were interviewed last week with Mpitsang the frontrunner to get the job. The post, which has been
10:26 AM GMT Shashank Kishore India fast bowler Sreesanth has vowed to make a return to competitive cricket now that his ban in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal is over. On their part, the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA), Sreesanth’s home association, is happy to bring him back into the fold for the upcoming domestic season
1:36 AM GMT Pat Cummins admitted a sense of concern remained among Australia’s middle and lower order even as Aaron Finch and Marnus Labuschagne were taking the tourists to within touching distance of an ODI series victory over England at Old Trafford, foreshadowing a hellish collapse to allow Eoin Morgan’s team to square the ledger.