Cricket

6:43 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ten New Zealand players and support staff, along with as many West Indies players and support staff – including their T20I captain Kieron Pollard – cleared the second of their three Covid-19 tests on Thursday. The tests were conducted specifically for the entire IPL contingent that had arrived from the

7:07 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A South African player has tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the upcoming limited-overs series against England. The player and two others considered to be close contacts by South African team medical staff have all been placed in isolation in Cape Town. All are asymptomatic but doctors will continue to

1:06 PM GMT India’s Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was back at the team’s nets in Sydney on Wednesday. Saha showed signs of recovery from his hamstring injury with four weeks still left for the much-anticipated December 17-21 Test series opener against Australia in Adelaide. Saha had injured both his hamstrings during a short but successful

3:10 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Brisbane Heat 6 for 139 (L Kimmince 40*, Glenn 4-31) beat Perth Scorchers 8 for 137 by four wickets A stunning display of hitting from Laura Kimmince helped the Brisbane Heat steal victory from the Perth Scorchers and put them one step closer to a guaranteed finals berth. The Heat

7:56 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Imad Wasim, Karachi Kings’ captain, hailed the contribution of the late Dean Jones to the franchise’s title win after they beat Lahore Qalandars to lift the Pakistan Super League trophy for the first time. Jones died suddenly in Mumbai, where he had been working as a broadcaster for the IPL,

2:29 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The bat with which Sir Geoffrey Boycott scored his 100th first-class hundred in 1977, and a maroon West Indies cap worn by Sir Viv Richards in 1980, were among the big-ticket items at an online auction of Boycott’s personal collection of memorabilia, which has realised a total of £207,625 across

3:36 AM GMT Shane Watson, the Australian Cricketers’ Association president, has argued the broadcaster Seven has “no legs to stand on” in its dispute with Cricket Australia after the decision to add a third overseas player to Big Bash League lists added greatly to the talent set to be on show in the 10th edition

4:06 PM GMT Devon Conway has earned his first senior New Zealand call-up as part of the T20I squad to face West Indies, with Colin Munro not considered due to his BBL deal with the Perth Scorchers. Tim Southee will captain the side, with Kane Williamson to focus on preparing for the Test series. Trent

1:11 PM GMT Jos Buttler says that England’s white-ball cricketers must target victory in South Africa later this month, in order to build the same sort of momentum into their T20 World Cup campaign that they produced in their march to the 50-over title last year. However, speaking on the eve of England’s departure for

4:25 AM GMT Australia’s men’s team came in for strong criticism from Michael Holding for not taking the knee on their tour of England earlier this year and coach Justin Langer admitted the squad had not given it enough of a discussion. The game in Australia continues to debate how to acknowledge the Black Lives

8:20 PM IST Danyal Rasool Multan Sultans opt to bowl v Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans have won the toss and decided to set Lahore Qalandars in to bat. On a cooler evening and a different strip, Shan Masood’s side will look to bounce back from their agnonising Super Over defeat against Karachi Kings yesterday. This

Tammy Beaumont in action for Sydney Thunder © Getty Images Tammy Beaumont has been here before, not so long ago, battling for runs but with a hand still firmly in her own destiny. Having scored just 96 runs from nine innings so far, with a strike rate of 71.64 and highest score of 30 for

5:16 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former Bangladesh Under-19 player Mohammad Sozib has died in Durgapur at the age of 21. Local police confirmed it was a case of suicide. Sozib was a right-hand opening batsman and last played competitive cricket in the 2017-18 Dhaka Premier League for Shinepukur Cricket Club. He also played three Youth

2:13 PM GMT England’s tour to South Africa remains green-lit by the country’s sports ministry, even as the minister, Nathi Mthethwa, is closer to intervening in the game’s governing body. A highly-placed source told ESPNcricinfo that the six-match white-ball series, which is scheduled to start on November 27, will be played “for the sake of

Nov 14, 2020 Finalists for the World Test Championship (WTC) will be decided by the percentage of points they have earned from those they have actually contested for. The ICC’s cricket committee has chosen this option for the first edition of a disrupted WTC, though final approval will be given by the CEC (chief executives’

6:32 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine has described his side as having “polarising” opinions about his India counterpart Virat Kohli. Though he says Kohli is “just another player to me”, Paine remained upbeat about the rivalry that he and his side shared with the Indian captain. “With Virat, it is a

4:09 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Perth Scorchers 8 for 131 (Devine 45, Darlington 3-21) beat Sydney Thunder 97 (Knight 44, Graham 3-22) by 34 runs Perth Scorchers captain Sophie Devine carried her side to another thumping victory but it came at a cost with her back giving way during the win over Sydney Thunder at

2:54 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Cricketers and athletes around the world have spoken about the toll that quarantine hub life has had on them in this abnormal Covid world. But Sean Abbott believes the 14-day quarantine hub he experienced with part of the Australian team and coaching staff after travelling back from the UK in