3:07 AM GMT Josh Hazlewood has indicated Australia’s players want full transparency from Cricket Australia in order to better understand the governing body’s coronavirus cash crisis before taking pay cuts as their part of the bargain to keep the game afloat. Hazlewood admitted he was as surprised as anyone last week when CA made the

8:05 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Dav Whatmore, the 1996 World Cup winning coach with Sri Lanka, is set to continue working with less-fancied teams on the Indian domestic circuit. He was at the helm when Kerala entered their first-ever Ranji Trophy semi-finals in 2018-19, and now, after a three-year stint with them, he takes charge

Kevin Roberts speaks at a Cricket Australia event © Getty Images A tense balance of power between Cricket Australia and its state association owners has been exposed in the scramble to save money amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the states pushing for a greater explanation of the board’s finances before agreeing to deep cuts in

3:00 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff On the 12th anniversary of the first game in IPL history, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma were named joint GOATs among captains by a panel of experts on Star Sports Cricket Connected. Sharma has led Mumbai Indians to an unprecedented four titles while Dhoni has captained Chennai Super Kings to

4:32 PM GMT Kolkata Knight Riders 222 for 3 (McCullum 158*) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 82 (Agarkar 3-25) by 140 runs The opening ceremony was a spectacular affair, but what followed was even more breathtaking, as Brendon McCullum destroyed the home team in the inaugural match of the IPL. In what was a brutal one-man

7:56 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali has indicated that he is ready to return from his self-imposed Test exile as soon as the coronavirus outbreak allows. Moeen has not played a Test since being dropped during last summer’s Ashes. He subsequently lost his Test central contract (receiving a white-ball only deal) and opted out

2:35 PM GMT For our next #RetroLive match, we rewind to April 18, 2008, when Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore kicked off the IPL Big Picture After months of hype, excitement, controversy and speculation the high-profile Indian Premier League kicks off in Bangalore with the Royal Challengers hosting the Kolkata Knight Riders. “Eight

2:10 PM GMT Danyal Rasool PCB chairman Ehsan Mani expressed Pakistan’s disappointment with the ICC’s decision to split points for an ICC Women’s Championship series between India and Pakistan that went unplayed after the BCCI were unable to obtain permission from the Indian government to go ahead with the series. The decision meant India qualified

10:49 AM GMT Quinton de Kock will not be named South Africa’s Test captain even though there is no clear candidate for the position yet. That was confirmed by Graeme Smith, South Africa’s director of cricket, on Friday, who said the risk of overburdening de Kock has resulted in ruling him out of leadership role