4:16 PM IST Tony Irish, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), is expected back at work on Monday. Irish, who is also executive chair of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), started his role at the PCA at the beginning of the year, but was soon obliged to take time off

10:52 PM IST The England team could wear blue armbands during the Test series against West Indies in recognition of the contribution of NHS workers and other care staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tributes to care workers, who have borne the brunt of the virus in their efforts to keep others safe, have been a

6:37 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ICC has decided to allow player substitutes only in Test cricket if a player shows symptoms of Covid-19, and has also introduced a system of issuing two warnings per innings followed by a five-run penalty for repeated use of saliva on the ball. Those decisions were approved by the

1:18 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy has called out what he said were possibly racist references to his skin colour while he was part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad dressing room in IPL 2013 and 2014. He said he wasn’t aware at the time of the racist connotation of the word

1:17 AM IST The West Indies squad lead by Jason Holder is all set to embark on a historic Test tour of England, after all the players and support staff cleared the mandatory testing for Covid-19. The squad will leave Antigua on Monday evening local time on a charter flight and touch down in Manchester

10:33 PM IST The return of county cricket could come a step closer this week when the ECB’s cricket committee review proposals for the game’s restart. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo, plans were drawn up by the Professional Game Group (PGG) at the end of May that envisaged a return of some first-class from August 1,

Jermaine Blackwood has been a prolific run-scorer for Jamaica in domestic cricket © CWI Media/Kerrie Eversley When Jermaine Blackwood pushed James Tredwell down the ground to bring up his maiden Test hundred in 2015, it seemed unthinkable that five years later it would remain his only one. Then 23, Blackwood batted with maturity and style,

9:21 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Oshane Thomas, who has been named among the reserve players for West Indies’ upcoming tour of England, is eyeing a Test debut with international cricket set to resume after a hiatus forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Thomas, 23, has played 20 ODIs and 12 T20Is since his debut in late

1:11 PM IST Mashrafe Mortaza wasn’t “prepared for such a hasty arrangement” to give him a farewell game and push him into retirement from international cricket, especially because, as he said, he was willing to quit after Bangladesh’s exit from the 50-over World Cup last year anyway. Mortaza, the former Bangladesh captain, said that while

11:56 PM IST The CPL has received a shot in the arm after the Trinidad & Tobago government indicated that it is “very, very much open” to hosting the 2020 edition of the tournament in the country. However, Shamfa Cudjoe, the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, stressed that a final decision would be subject