10:07 PM IST Cricket South Africa has come under severe criticism from the country’s minister of sport, art and culture Nathi Mthethwa who questioned the organisation’s commitment to transformation at a parliamentary briefing on Friday. Despite CSA exceeding their transformation targets on the field for the 2018-19 season, Mtethwa was concerned that several senior positions

10:12 PM IST Roston Chase has played as much of a part as any of his team-mates in West Indies’ recent improvements as a Test side. He has scored five hundreds since his debut in 2016, including a six-hour rearguard against India in his second Test, and another in his last encounter with England. Two

7:16 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Rahul Dravid, the former India captain and current head of cricket at the National Cricket Academy, has called for a wait-and-watch approach before the resumption of cricket in the country, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dravid also suggested that the Indian domestic season could be trimmed if it

Jun 19, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff Ramchand Goala, the former Bangladesh left-arm spinner, passed away in Mymensingh on Friday morning. He was 79. Goala played against the touring Sri Lankans and Bengal side in the 1980s. He even famously dismissed Arjuna Ranatunga, who went on to captain Sri Lanka. However, Goala is best remembered for representing

12:28 AM IST The IPL has convened a meeting of its Governing Council next week to “review various sponsorship deals” for the tournament following tensions this week on the India-China border. The move reflects the fact that the IPL’s main sponsors, including title sponsor Vivo, have Chinese ownership or links. While there has been tension

6:47 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Glamorgan have extended the contract of Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne until 2022. Labuschagne had been due to play for the county this summer, as part of a two-year deal, but his arrival was deferred due to the impact of Covid-19 on the season. Labuschagne’s remarkable 2019, which saw him named

8:53 AM IST Ellyse Perry feels “very grateful” that the Australia Women’s team has avoided cuts to their backroom staff amid Cricket Australia’s redundancies while also stressing the importance of domestic competitions being retained in their current structures. CA announced 40 job losses earlier this week – of which men’s batting coach Graeme Hick was

9:10 PM IST Shannon Gabriel believes that his controversial comments to Joe Root during the St Lucia Test in February 2019, were “blown way out of proportion” and says he will not hold back in the coming series, if given the opportunity to play. Gabriel was handed a four-match ban, and issued an “unreserved apology”,

5:59 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Mohammed Shami thinks India’s current pace attack isn’t just the best the country has produced, but one of the best of all time, anywhere. “You and everyone else in the world will agree to this – that no team has ever had five fast bowlers together as a package,” Shami

8:55 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand wicketkeeper Rachel Priest has announced her retirement from international cricket and has signed to play for Tasmania in Australia’s Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL). Priest was dropped from New Zealand’s central contracts list earlier this month having been part of the T20 World Cup squad. Overall she played