5:38 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Surrey and Middlesex are set to take the field for the first time this season at the Kia Oval in July, as county cricket inches towards a return in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The match is scheduled to be a two-day red-ball encounter, on July 26-27, and is

12:33 AM IST Australia batsman Chris Lynn, Afghanistan spin twins Rashid Khan and Qais Ahmad, and South African batsman Rilee Rossouw have been picked up by various franchises as overseas signings ahead of the CPL 2020 players’ draft which is scheduled for Wednesday. The draft, which will be a virtual event due to the Covid-19

Kraigg Brathwaite sets off for a run en route to a half-century in the intra-squad warm-up © Gareth Copley/Getty Images West Indies provided a double boost to all those looking forward to a return to something approaching normality as their preparations for the Test series against England moved up a level. As well as offering

8:00 PM IST Umar Farooq Danyal Rasool Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that seven more cricketers have returned positive tests for Covid-19, taking the total count to ten ahead of their England tour. On Monday, Shadab Khan, Haider Ali, and Haris Rauf had tested positive. The new names on the list are Kashif Bhatti,

11:30 AM IST For more than a century, Australia’s cricket captains have been formally appointed by the directors who have sat on the Cricket Australia board over that time. Not too often, though, has the national captain been asked whether or not he is willing to give his full support to the board, as Tim

11:07 PM IST Salary bands in the Hundred are set to be cut by up to 20% for men’s players when the competition launches in 2021. Players were due to earn between £30,000 and £125,000 in the competition this year before the Covid-19 pandemic forced its postponement. Details are still being ironed out, but the

6:04 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The 2020 women’s T20 World Cup has officially become the most-watched women’s cricket event in history for that format. According to numbers released by the ICC on Monday, the tournament reached 89 million unique audience members globally, a 131% increase over the number for the 2018 edition, which was the

Daryl Mitchell acknowledges the applause after bringing up his fifty on Test debut © AFP / Getty Images The New Zealand domestic squads are taking shape ahead of the 2020-21 season with the first round of contracts being announced. Each squad can include up to 16 players (centrally contracted New Zealand players are not included)

10:17 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Rajinder Goel, the highest wicket-taker in the history of the Ranji Trophy with 637 strikes, has passed away at the age of 77 after a prolonged illness. In all, the Haryana left-arm spinner took 750 wickets in 157 first-class matches from 1958-59 to 1984-85. He bagged an incredible 53 five-fors

3:38 PM IST Amar Virdi has “responded extremely well” to the challenge of improving his fitness, according to Surrey’s new head coach, Vikram Solanki. Although only 21 years old, Virdi has long been seen as one of the most exciting spin-bowling prospects in the English game. He was a key part of Surrey’s County Championship-winning