1:32 AM IST Danyal Rasool Shan Masood doesn’t like to think about the past, and on an England tour, you can see why. Four years ago, he was drafted into the Pakistan side as opener, and there was reason for cautious optimism. His career may only have been five Test matches old, all of them
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5:27 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The ICC is looking for a biosecurity manager for the women’s 50-over World Cup, as planning continues for an event around which there remains a fair amount of uncertainty. The World Cup is scheduled to take place in New Zealand in February and March 2021, but the ICC is yet
6:06 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The Perth Scorchers will be able to field a formidable top order in the Women’s Big Bash having secured the signing of Sophie Devine who has also been named captain. Devine joins Australia batter Beth Mooney as major acquisitions for the Scorchers as they look to reshape their batting unit
11:31 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 409 for 8 (Slater 172, Ackermann 94) and 150 for 3 (Ackermann 73*) beat Lancashire 322 (Vilas 90, Croft 63) and 236 (Davies 54, Croft 52*, Mike 4-39) by seven wickets Captain Colin Ackermann led the charge as unfancied Leicestershire completed a sensational seven-wicket victory with just eight
7:35 PM IST England will take a late decision on the balance of their XI to take on Pakistan in the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday, after Joe Root acknowledged there was still a slight doubt about Ben Stokes’ readiness to feature as a front-line seam option. Stokes produced one of the
7:07 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff England v Pakistan, 1st Test, Manchester Pro Tip This is the third Test being played in a row at Old Trafford, and we do expect some tough batting conditions. With two high-quality bowling sides, the batsmen may find runs a bit hard to come by. Pack your team with as
6:26 PM IST IPL title rights holders Vivo are likely to pull out of this year’s tournament, ESPNcricinfo understands. The development follows a public outcry over the tournament’s association with Vivo, a Chinese company, following clashes at the India-China border in June. Neither the BCCI nor Vivo were available for comment on the issue. In
5:52 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Somerset 296 (Davies 81, Brooks 72) and 290 for 8 dec (Abell 119, Green 54) beat Glamorgan 131 (C Overton 5-38) and 166 (Cooke 82, J Overton 4-48) by 289 runs Surrey-bound Jamie Overton marked what could prove his farewell appearance for Somerset with 5 for 48 to complete
6:15 PM IST Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl vs England England will bat first in the third ODI after being sent into bat by Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie on a fresh pitch at the Ageas Bowl. Ireland’s top-order batting let them down in the first two matches, and Balbirnie said that he
3:25 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Rohit Sharma doesn’t like comparisons between different captains, even if such observations come from his own team-mates. Sharma was responding to Suresh Raina‘s views on the Super Over podcast, where he said, “He [Rohit] is the next MS Dhoni for the Indian cricket team.” “Yes, I heard about that comment
1:53 PM IST Anjum Chopra, the former India women’s captain and current television commentator, believes that the BCCI has a plan for women’s cricket but wants the board to communicate its ideas more clearly. Speaking to PTI, Chopra said: “It’s not that the BCCI is not thinking about women’s cricket. I only think they need
12:07 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Yuvraj Singh has credited MS Dhoni for showing him “the real picture” over his international future when he was dropped from the ODI set-up for good in mid-2017, not long after travelling to the Caribbean where he struggled. Coming as it did soon after India’s runners-up finish at the Champions
10:41 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s home T20I series against West Indies has been postponed because of the Covid-19 situation, and that means the IPL now has an uninterrupted window – between September 19 and November 10 – as far as international cricket is concerned. West Indies were scheduled to play matches in Townsville, Cairns
8:49 AM IST Cricketing radical Trent Woodhill has quit as Melbourne Stars list manager to help Cricket Australia chart a way forward for the Big Bash League, in a mirror of his role advising the ECB on the launch of The Hundred. In a role assisting the head of the BBL, Alistair Dobson, with “global
4:20 PM IST James Anderson says that his team-mate Stuart Broad could go yet on to outstrip his own England-record wicket tally, as he stood on the verge of becoming the fourth seam bowler in history to reach 500 Test wickets on the final day against West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford. Broad went into
9:34 AM IST The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has abruptly sacked its chief executive officer Lutfullah Stanikzai on Monday, two years before his contract expires. In a letter written to Stanikzai, which ESPNcricinfo has seen, ACB chairman Farhan Yusefzai said Stanikzai’s contract was being terminated for “mismanagement”, “unsatisfactory performance,” and “misbehavior with managers.” The board
12:10 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan have announced a 20-man shortlisted squad for the three-Test series against England starting August 5. The experienced pair of Wahab Riaz and wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed have returned to the Test set up, while middle-order batsman Iftikhar Ahmed has been left out. Initially, the PCB had announced a combined squad
4:34 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Reece Topley could win his first cap in more than four years after being recalled to England’s ODI squad to face Ireland this week. In the absence of a number of first-choice white-ball players, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson and David Willey have also returned to contention for the three-match series.