3:08 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff R Ashwin has revived the discussion around non-strikers backing up before the ball has been bowled, suggesting that technology be used to spot and penalise the errant batsmen, by either disallowing the runs scored off the ball in question, or giving the bowler a “free ball”. Ashwin went on to

10:07 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Reece Topley could win his first cap in more than four years after being recalled to England’s ODI squad to face Ireland this week. In the absence of a number of first-choice white-ball players, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson and David Willey have also returned to contention for the three-match series.

11:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Andre Russell, man of the tournament in IPL 2019, had criticised the “decision making” of his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders midway through the tournament, when losses for the team were piling up. That criticism had come on the back of Russell having suggested a week earlier that he wouldn’t mind

3:09 PM IST Front-foot no-balls will be monitored exclusively by the third umpire during the inaugural ICC World Cup Super League, which gets underway later this week with the three-match ODI series between England and Ireland. The ICC had previously used the technology to monitor bowlers overstepping during the ODI series between India and West

11:43 PM IST West Indies 197 (Holder 46, Broad 6-31) and 10 for 2 (Broad 2-8) need a further 389 to beat England 369 and 226 for 2 declared (Burns 90, Root 68*, Sibley 56) You know those times – hopefully they’re rare – when someone says or does something to offend you and you

9:09 PM IST Bangladeshi left-arm fast bowler Qazi Onik has been banned for two years for failing a dope test during last season’s National Cricket League. He had failed the test in November 2018, after which he was removed from every BCB programme that he was part of. According to a BCB media release, Onik

12:16 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Becoming the first West Indies bowler to reach 200 Test wickets in 26 years is not Kemar Roach‘s favourite moment of his career. At least, not yet. Roach reached the landmark when he bowled Chris Woakes on the second day of the third Test against England at Old Trafford, but

10:33 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The BCCI has invited applications for the post of general manager – game development following Saba Karim’s resignation last week. Karim’s resignation was the fourth of a senior BCCI official from the managerial side since the new administration, led by president Sourav Ganguly, took charge last October. The three to

7:03 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Poonam Yadav, India women’s premier legspinner, believes that it will be hard to come out of months of physical inactivity and resume playing at peak intensity following the pandemic-induced hiatus. Yadav last played competitive cricket earlier this year in March, when India lost to Australia by 85 runs in the

12:35 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Kane Williamson and Gary Stead, the New Zealand captain and coach respectively, have had to answer questions about their supposedly frayed relationship ever since they got to Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui for a training session. After Williamson called the relationship “very good”, Stead has called it “really strong”, adding