3:09 AM IST The much-derided ownership model of most county cricket clubs has given them the best chance of surviving the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Surrey’s chief executive. With some now advocating English cricket adopts a similar finance model to that seen in the IPL, Richard Gould believes that it is the continuing predominance of

© ICC/Getty Images The men’s T20 World Cup scheduled for October in Australia is all but set to be postponed when the ICC meets on Thursday, with members already discussing alternative scenarios which include the option of the tournament being played in 2022. The ICC may or may not make an official announcement, but one

6:17 AM IST The ICC has told the BCCI it reserves the right to take away the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup from India, after the BCCI failed to secure a tax exemption for the tournament from the Indian government. In a flurry of blunt e-mails over the past two months, seen by ESPNcricinfo, the

5:11 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lankan fast bowler Shehan Madushanka has been suspended from all forms of cricket with immediate effect for alleged possession of illegal drugs, SLC announced after he was arrested by the police and later put in remand custody. Madushanka was allegedly in possession of a little over two grams of

Will the Gabba see a visit from India later this year? © Getty Images Queensland’s chairman Chris Simpson has confirmed the state association remains allied with New South Wales and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) in questioning Cricket Australia’s chosen remedy for the financial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, as all three organisations continue to

10:02 AM IST Cricket runs the risk producing “boring” contests, losing followers of the game and reducing the number of young aspirants to bowl fast if a better balance isn’t struck between bat and ball. These are Mitchell Starc‘s views in reaction to the interim ruling offered by the ICC to ban saliva from shining

11:00 PM IST Fast bowlers need to build up their workloads “as sensibly as possible” in order to help mitigate against increased injury risk as they look to return from a prolonged period of rest, according to Surrey’s lead physiotherapist. Plans are being drawn up around the world for players to return to training after

6:04 PM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando A Sri Lanka cricketer has been arrested for the possession of heroin and remanded for 14 days by a local magistrate in Pannala, northeast of the city of Negombo. The cricketer has not appeared for Sri Lanka in the last two years and has not been in the frame

Harbhajan Singh is the joint third-highest wicket-taker in the IPL © BCCI Harbhajan Singh will be turning 40 in July, but he believes he is fit and “ready” to play for India in T20Is. Having featured in four IPL finals with the two most successful sides in the tournament – Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super

May 22, 2020 West Indies are on the verge of embarking on an unprecedented trip – full of challenges and unknowns, most of them outside the field of play. Yet it is a risk worth taking, feels Johnny Grave, the Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief executive. Grave, who has been busy sorting the risk assessment