8:20 PM IST Having originally been content to make a name for himself in white-ball cricket, fast bowler Haris Rauf has expressed his desire to play Test cricket for Pakistan after finding himself in the 29-man squad set to tour England later this year. Rauf was a great hit at the Big Bash League (BBL),
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11:06 AM IST Australia’s scheduled series against Zimbabwe in the top end in August looks certain to be cancelled after the head coach Justin Langer indicated he was planning to have the team ready to play by September in anticipation of a possible white-ball tour of England. On the day after Cricket Australia announced redundancies
10:54 PM IST England supporters might have been given a little glimpse into the future with the naming of this “training group” ahead of the West Indies series. While few of the new faces may make the Test team this July, they could well become more familiar in the months and years ahead. For as
Kraigg Brathwaite works one on the leg side © AFP Kraigg Brathwaite has engaged the help of West Indies great Desmond Haynes as he seeks to rediscover the form that saw him narrowly miss scoring twin centuries against England at Headingley in 2017. Both opening batsmen from Barbados, Brathwaite and Haynes have worked together previously
2:58 PM IST Cricket South Africa (CSA) have combined their return to training and play plans with an exhibition event in collaboration with a new company, 3T, which aims to introduce an experimental format that can be played post-lockdown. The showpiece will feature three teams – Kingfishers, Hawks, and Eagles – who will all play
11:42 PM IST Cricket South Africa is expecting the first part of the forensic audit into its affairs by Friday, which may determine whether suspended CEO Thabang Moroe will face disciplinary charges over allegations of misconduct. CSA President Chris Nenzani confirmed that Moroe’s suspension in December 2019 was directly linked to the audit and promised
10:03 PM IST Shai Hope‘s twin hundreds at Headingley in 2017 can rightfully take a place among the finest batting achievements in the history of the game. No man had ever scored a century in each innings of a first-class match – never mind a Test – in over 100 years of cricket played on
1:10 PM IST If the list of key figures in Australian cricket who couldn’t deal with Kevin Roberts had grown so long as to make his position as Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive untenable, it’s unlikely that their discontent will be sated purely by his exit. After Roberts departed on Tuesday, leaving behind many fractured
6:53 AM IST Kevin Roberts‘ ignominious exit from Cricket Australia will see the T20 World Cup local organising chief, Nick Hockley, installed as acting chief executive while the governing body conducts a global search for the next long-term leader. Hockley, who has impressed many with his handling of the women’s event capped by a crowd
10:50 PM IST Danyal Rasool Mohammad Hafeez, the second-longest serving Pakistan cricketer in the current setup, could yet extend his 17-year career. Hafeez’s original plan was to retire in November this year, after the T20 World Cup in Australia but he said – in a video conference – that he would continue to make himself
12:38 PM IST Desperation to end more than two months of instability for Cricket Australia is expected to lead to the exit of its chief executive Kevin Roberts, as the board reconsiders earlier plans for deep staff cuts to the governing body in light of a rapidly improving outlook beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. A major
10:17 PM IST Valkerie Baynes There will be no place for friendship when West Indies take on England belatedly this summer, Kemar Roach has warned fellow Barbadian fast bowler Jofra Archer. While no one will be happier to see each other on a cricket pitch than the combatants when their long-awaited three-Test series gets underway
5:36 PM IST Cricket South Africa has terminated the contract of Clive Eksteen, its former head of sales and sponsor relations, after finding him guilty of “transgressions of a serious nature”. Eksteen was suspended in October last year, alongside then interim director of cricket Corrie van Zyl and COO Naasei Appiah and faced charges of
Adam Zampa has returned to NSW after seven years with South Australia © Getty Images Australia legspinner Adam Zampa has returned to his home state New South Wales after seven seasons with South Australia. Zampa made his first-class debut for NSW in 2012 and played three Sheffield Shield matches and four one-day games for them
10:13 PM IST Not since their 1980s heyday have West Indies won a Test series in England, but two aspects of the forthcoming three-match encounter could work in their favour, according to head coach Phil Simmons. Firstly, due to the behind-closed-doors nature of the Tests, in response to Covid-19, there will be no supporters in
8:13 PM IST Sarfaraz Ahmed is back and he believes the decision to be relieved of the Pakistan captaincy, and later getting axed from the side, actually allowed him a much-needed break so that he could concentrate on getting better. Pakistan picked a 29-man squad for their England tour for three Tests in August, followed
11:13 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Matt Poore, the New Zealand right-hand batsman and offspinner from the 1950s, died in Auckland on Thursday, ten days after completing his 90th birthday. A batsman who bowled a bit, Poore played most of his cricket in Christchurch in a first-class career that ran from 1950-51 to 1961-62, and he
12:46 AM IST Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Ricky Skerritt has quashed speculation linking the West Indies tour of England to a US$3 million loan to CWI by the ECB in May, a loan that eventually became the subject of an ICC ethics inquiry. Skerritt also denied that the loan ensured CWI’s backing for Colin