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
4:58 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The rise of Marnus Labuschagne into the prolific Test No. 3 who dominated the Australian home summer even surprised some who had seen him close at hand. In five Tests against Pakistan and New Zealand, Labuschagne scored 896 runs at 112.00 with four centuries including a maiden double at the
5:00 PM GMT Adil Rashid may have no current plans to put his name into Test contention, but he has backed his friend and fellow spinner, the “world-class” Moeen Ali, to make a successful return when England are able to resume international competition. After nine months out of the Test side, Ali has now described
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
12:07 PM GMT Caribbean Premier League (CPL) organisers hope that the tournament can still take place as scheduled in September, but plans are being developed to stage it behind closed doors, without overseas players, or in a “social-distancing stadium” in Barbados if required. With the Caribbean in lockdown and attempts to stop the spread of
Shane Warne celebrates the wicket of Ian Bishop © Getty Images And so it will be Australia who face Sri Lanka in the World Cup final in Lahore on Sunday, after an excruciating five-run victory over West Indies in Mohali that was nothing short of a heist. Once again, their safecracker extraordinaire, Shane Warne, was
9:28 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Graeme Smith has been appointed South Africa’s director of cricket for a two-year period ending on March 31, 2022. Smith was appointed in an interim capacity in mid-December, during a time of crisis at Cricket South Africa, and was due to take a break to commentate on the IPL. With
11:01 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Lancashire have become the latest county to cancel their overseas signings for the summer, pulling out of deals for BJ Watling, Glenn Maxwell and James Faulkner after discussions with the players’ agents. New Zealand wicketkeeper Watling had been due to feature in Lancashire’s first nine Championship games, on their return
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
9:07 AM GMT Savage 80% salary cuts and stand-down orders for all but a handful of Cricket Australia staff until the end of the financial year were forced partly by demands from banks, for the governing body to drastically scale back its costs in order to be considered for an A$200 million [US$126.5 million approx.]
8:52 AM GMT With the amount of time being spent at home at the moment many people are delving into new hobbies. For Australia allrounder Ashleigh Gardner that has taken her down the unexpected path of artwork, with considerable success. Gardner, who last month was part of the T20 World Cup winning side, knew she
12:53 PM GMT Simon Katich, the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, isn’t averse to the possibility of the IPL being held outside India. He also thinks it could suit his side if it were to be held in South Africa or Australia. “Whether it would be in Australia [or elsewhere], that’s an interesting topic
1:07 PM GMT For our latest #RetroLive match, we rewind to March 1996, and a classic World Cup semi-final between Australia and West Indies in Mohali. The sides had had contrasting fortunes in the opening rounds of the tournament, but their recent history pointed towards another thriller. Big Picture It would have been hard to
12:42 PM GMT Lungi Ngidi, South Africa’s highest white-ball wicket-taker in 2020 so far, has given himself a six out of 10 for his performances over the past summer and believes there is room for improvement. Ngidi did not play any of South Africa’s four home Tests after injuring a hamstring in the Mzansi Super
9:39 AM GMT Alex Carey remains hopeful that the T20 World Cup can take place in Australia later this year, even if it means playing in front of empty stadiums. Under normal circumstances, Carey, Australia’s ODI and T20I wicketkeeper and vice-captain, would have been in India playing for Delhi Capitals in his first IPL. That
8:07 AM GMT As its decision-makers scramble to plan for the potential impacts of coronavirus on next summer, the vast majority of Cricket Australia’s staff will be stood down on reduced pay until the financial year ends on June 30. In line with decisions already announced by some of the state associations about pay cuts
3:36 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India have qualified for the 2021 Women’s World Cup following a decision by the ICC’s technical committee to split points for an ICC Women’s Championship series against Pakistan that went unplayed. That series was originally scheduled to take place between July and November 2019, but it did not go ahead,
3:09 PM GMT The PCB is planning to team up with the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) to bid for ICC events in the cycle that runs from 2023 to 2031. According to Ehsan Mani, the PCB chairman, the Pakistan board intends to bid for five to six major events, aiming to win at least two
10:47 AM GMT The PCB, in a bid to deal with a possible funds’ crunch because of the Covid-19 pandemic, has decided not to spend on the infrastructure at its stadia and save in the region of Rs 5 billion ($30,086,690 approx.), which could be used to safeguard the interests and well-being of its cricketers
6:10 AM GMT Following the heady heights of the T20 World Cup triumph last month, Australia Women’s thoughts were set to shift to how to reclaim the 50-over title which escaped them in 2017 when they exited in the semi-final against India. But while the tournament in New Zealand is still ten months away, like
3:55 PM GMT Pakistan is preparing to enter a new broadcasting landscape this year, planning a new deal for the first time in recent memory without a bilateral series against “unreliable” India – according the PCB chairman – to sell. Though they have not played a full bilateral series against their neighbours since 2007-08, the
6:05 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ehsan Mani, the PCB chairman, has warned of the financial fallout to world cricket if the T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held later this year, is impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. The tournament is due to take place in Australia in October-November but with much of the world in
5:15 PM GMT IPL 2020 is likely to be postponed indefinitely owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is understood that the BCCI has not set a new window yet for the tournament which was to be held between March 29 and May 24. The decision to postpone the IPL was discussed by the BCCI’s top
5:00 PM GMT Tom Curran has admitted that an enforced break from cricket over the last few weeks has come as a “shock to the system”, but said he was trying to use the time off to refresh mentally, hopeful that the game will be able to resume later this summer in the wake of
11:57 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Michael Hussey thinks MS Dhoni is the greatest finisher of all time. Having shared a dressing room with the former India captain for seven years across two IPL stints, Hussey also believed Dhoni’s instincts and mental toughness at his peak made opposition captains blink first under pressure. “In my mind,
4:57 AM GMT Australia’s No. 1 spin bowler Nathan Lyon has revealed members of the Test team are becoming increasingly resigned to the likelihood they will make their return to Test cricket in front of empty stadiums next summer, leading them to ponder how India’s captain Virat Kohli will handle an atmosphere devoid of the
6:14 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfraz has died after testing positive for covid-19. The 50-year old who made his debut back in 1988 had been on a ventilator in the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Peshawar. Sarfraz, a left-handed middle-order batsman, made 616 runs from 15 first-class
1:58 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff They may be defending champions but West Indies won’t be “overwhelming favourites” at the men’s T20 World Cup slated to be held in Australia in October-November according to chairman of selectors Roger Harper. In 2016, Darren Sammy’s West Indies became the first team to win two World T20 titles (they’d
