8:20 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Durham have signed Sean Dickson from Kent on a two-year deal. Having turned down a contract extension offered by Kent, he will move initially on loan for the 2020 season, and be available to play for Durham in both red- and white-ball formats. Dickson, a South Africa-born opener who has

8:34 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff A decision on whether next year’s women’s ODI World Cup takes place in New Zealand is set to be made in the coming fortnight following the ICC’s confirmation that the men’s T20 World Cup scheduled for October in Australia has been postponed. The ICC statement on Monday said that planning

3:32 AM IST It was telling that Ben Stokes was the first to reach the pitch on the fifth morning. The West Indies team were still in a huddle near the edge of the boundary. Joe Root, his partner, was struggling to keep up. Even the umpires were a few steps behind. But Stokes meant

8:16 PM IST The ICC has postponed the 2020 men’s T20 World Cup, a decision made because of the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision to put off the tournament, originally scheduled for October-November, was taken by the ICC Board on Monday. The board has also shifted the 2023 Men’s World Cup from

12:29 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Trent Boult did not train on day two of New Zealand’s camp in Mount Maunganui; Boult, it is understood, was feeling unwell and stayed away as precaution. Ross Taylor said he was hopeful the pacer would be fit to go on the third day of the camp, which is running

3:59 AM IST Not long after tea on the fourth day, it looked as if this Test was heading, as Stuart Broad put it, for a “bore draw”. West Indies required only 38 more runs to avoid the follow-on and had six wickets in hand. On a slow surface, it looked as if they could

5:31 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah is certain to miss the first Test against England due to a thumb fracture. The PCB announced the injury that occurred while batting in the nets on Saturday will need three weeks to heal. “As the nail is intact and there is no injury to nail

8:45 PM IST All 24 players participating in the 3TC, the full support staff, CSA officials including Graeme Smith, the director of cricket, and members of the SuperSport commentary team took a knee as South Africa staged its first live cricket match in four months. The gesture, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement,

Asad Shafiq makes fifty © Getty Images Team Green 162 for 5 (Shafiq 50, Khan 3-42) trail Team White 249 (Rizwan 54*, Shah 5-55) Pakistan’s bowlers again dominated on the second day of the intra-squad match at the Incora County Ground, Derby. The ball seamed and swung under leaden skies and 17-year-old Naseem Shah took

7:26 PM IST Ben Stokes says that he took pride in his display of patience on the opening two days of the second Test, as he came through a battle of wills with West Indies’ bowlers to make 176 from 356 balls, his highest Test score on home soil and the first time he has