6:14 AM IST Aaron Finch does not believe that the postponement of this year’s T20 World Cup until 2022 has to derail Australia’s planning even though the next tournament on the horizon will now be staged in India next year. Australia had enjoyed a year of considerable T20I success from February 2019 until cricket stopped
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Dan Lawrence made a fifty in Essex’s run chase © Getty Images Essex 140 (Garton 5-26) and 199 for 7 (Lawrence 60, Garton 4-50) beat Sussex 194 (Salt 57, Porter 5-60) and 141 (Rawlins 40, Harmer 5-54) by three wickets Essex are on course to reach the final of the Bob Willis Trophy after a
Rohit Sharma raises his bat after getting to his hundred © Associated Press Rohit Sharma, the India limited-overs vice-captain, is likely to be conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India’s highest sporting honour, after the National Sports Awards Committee, instituted by the country’s sports ministry, zeroed in on four athletes for this year’s honours.
2:09 AM IST England’s Test captain, Joe Root, believes the issue of bad light “needs to be addressed” so the game can avoid the farcical scenes witnessed at the Ageas Bowl in recent days. Only 134.3 overs were possible in the second Test – 38.1 of them on the final day – as a combination
11:20 PM IST Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Krish Persaud and Manish Patel, the American-based owners of Jamaica Tallawahs
2:39 PM IST Chris Nenzani stepped down from his position as the Cricket South Africa (CSA) president on Saturday, three weeks before his term was due to end. Nenzani has been under increasing pressure in the face of administrative upheaval and left his post within hours of the organisation firing its chief operating officer Naasei
6:13 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Sammy-Jo Johnson has signed for the Sydney Thunder in the Women’s Big Bash to complete a pair of off-season moves following her state switch from Queensland to New South Wales. Seam-bowling allrounder Johnson has been an integral part of the Brisbane Heat’s WBBL success with 38 wickets across their back-to-back
8:52 PM IST England 7 for 1 (Crawley 5*, Sibley 2*, Afridi 1-5) trail Pakistan 236 (Rizwan 72, Abid 60, Broad 4-56) by 229 runs More rain sent the second Test squelching towards a damp-squib draw, made even more disappointing by the fact that the small amount of play possible teased at an enthralling contest.
11:47 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Sachin Tendulkar knew even before MS Dhoni‘s international debut that he was “something special to see.” Dhoni made his international debut in Bangladesh in 2004, under Sourav Ganguly’s captaincy, and in just his fifth ODI, he smashed 148 against Pakistan after being promoted to No. 3. “I hadn’t heard about
10:00 PM IST Zak Crawley has warned of “life changing” consequences should someone be injured when playing in poor light. Crawley, who was recalled to the England Test team for this match in the absence of Ben Stokes, said that, in previous years, he had been as frustrated as any other spectator at the decision
10:13 PM IST Pakistan 223 for 9 (Rizwan 60*, Naseem 1*) v England Pakistan’s hopes of pushing for a series-levelling victory against England in the second Test, however faint or strong, were dented by a third-day washout at the Ageas Bowl. As every hour passed with no activity whatsoever on the pitch, the chances of
2:06 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The late Abdul Qadir has been conferred the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the third-highest civilian award in Pakistan, by president Arif Alvi on August 14, the country’s Independence Day. Qadir, who died last year, is often credited as the one who revived the art of legspin in the 1970s and 1980s. During his
1:03 AM IST Danyal Rasool England might feel they have had the better of two truncated days in Southampton, reducing Pakistan to 223 for 9 after the visitors had won the toss and opted to bat. But wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan dismissed the idea Pakistan were up against it, saying their seamers had showed what they
Richard Kettleborough has been spoken to by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit © Getty Images Richard Kettleborough, one of the on-field umpires in the ongoing second Test between England and Pakistan, has been spoken to by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) after taking to the field wearing a smartwatch. Kettleborough was seen wearing the watch during
1:33 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s senior assistant coach Andrew McDonald will not join the touring party to England because of his contract with Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. Australia’s limited-overs tour of England kicks off on September 4 and will end on September 16, three days before the start of IPL 2020 in the
2:31 AM IST English cricket has received a significant boost with the news that Australia are set to confirm their limited-overs tour in September. Confirmation of the tour, which will see the sides play three ODIs and three T20Is, means England’s men’s team should be able to fulfil all 18 international fixtures which were scheduled
10:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Sachin Tendulkar scored the first of his 100 international centuries as a teenager not yet a year old in international cricket, hitting 119 not out in the fourth innings at Old Trafford to help India save a Test. On the eve of the 30th anniversary of that innings – which
10:29 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Ramnaresh Sarwan, assistant coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs, has decided to exit the CPL bio-secure bubble in Trinidad ahead of the upcoming season due to personal reasons, as per reports. Vinod Maharaj and Ryan Austin have been named assistants to head coach Floyd Reifer. Michael Hall, CPL Director of Operations,