Zimbabwe turmoil continues as women's tour of Ireland cancelled

Logistical and financial issues have been cited as reasons, although the parallel men’s tour of Ireland will go ahead as planned

Liam Brickhill30-Jun-2019The Zimbabwe women team have pulled out of their tour of Ireland, citing funding and logistical issues. They were due to arrive in Ireland on Sunday ahead of a one-day and T20 series double-header with the men’s side, who are already in Ireland, but did
not travel. The ongoing impasse between Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (ZSRC) and the suspended Zimbabwe Cricket board appears to be the cause of the cancellation.”We received correspondence late this afternoon from Zimbabwe Cricket in which we were informed that due to a funding issue, Zimbabwe Cricket will not be sending their women’s team to Ireland,” Cricket Ireland (CI) chief executive Warren Deutrom said in a statement.”With the team due to arrive on Sunday, there is clearly no time to find an alternative and, after urgent consultation with the ICC to seek clarification, we regret to confirm the women’s tour has been cancelled. This will not, however, impact upon the men’s tour
which will proceed as scheduled,” Deutrom added.The T20 part of the series was supposed to have provided vital preparation for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, for both Ireland and Zimbabwe, and CI have been left scrambling for an alternative. “We will look into alternative arrangements so our senior women’s team will not be completely disadvantaged by these disappointing circumstances,” Deutrom said.The cancellation of the women’s tour is yet another chapter of the turmoil that has engulfed Zimbabwean cricket since the SRC, who are the governing body of all sporting associations in Zimbabwe, suspended the Tavengwa Mukuhlani-led ZC board and installed an interim
committee in their place.The SRC has alleged that the suspended officials have sought to intimidate the remaining ZC staff into vacating their roles, and ZC’s offices have been virtually empty over the past week.While the SRC claim to be acting in the best interests of cricket in the country, the suspension and subsequent power struggle are threatening to completely disrupt the sport and Zimbabwe are in danger of losing their ICC membership. Both the former and current ZC
leadership are understood to be in contact with the ICC, who are yet to comment on the matter.”It is not without coincidence that staff continue not to return to work despite clear messages from both the SRC and the interim committee that they should do so,” SRC board chairman Gerald Mlotshwa said earlier this week. “The absence from work on Monday has
severely compromised the ladies (team) preparations for their tour of Ireland.”There continues to be a clear and deliberate effort to sabotage Zimbabwe Cricket by some of the suspended ZC officials. A formal police report has now been made regarding these shenanigans. It appears that every effort is being made to frustrate an inquiry into the financial affairs of Zimbabwe Cricket, key amongst these issues being the assessment of a debit of some US$2.8 million on ZC’s account with a local banking institution with historical ties to it.”The police have been alerted to this issue as well, as it is clear that no co-operation will be forthcoming from those with knowledge of the details and reasons for this historical debit,” said Mlotshwa.

India won't 'jump the gun' with Ajinkya Rahane, says Virat Kohli

Rahane’s lean patch over the last two years could happen to anyone, says Indian captain as he backs his deputy

Vishal Dikshit in Mumbai30-Jul-2019Despite an up-and-down 2018 in Test cricket and a difficult county stint this year, India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has received the backing of captain Virat Kohli, who reaffirmed that he thought of his colleague as a “solid player”. Speaking before the tours of the USA and the West Indies, where India will play their maiden World Test Championship series, Kohli expected Rahane to “come around” as he has “done the job under pressure”.Once a mainstay in India’s batting line-up, especially on away tours, Rahane was left out of the first two Tests on the South Africa tour last year before returning to the XI for the entire England and Australia series, as well as the West Indies series at home. But, in this period, Rahane didn’t look like the confident batsman of the past, especially in 2014. Since his last Test century – 28 innings ago and spanning nearly two years – Rahane has made only five 50-plus scores. He averages 24.85 during this period.Kohli, however, believes there is no need to “jump the gun” on a player like Rahane because of the composure and the reliability he brings.”Jinks [Rahane] has been a solid player for us through and through and that’s always been our communication,” Kohli said. “He is one of the most sorted guys. Really, really composed, reads the game well also, priceless fielder, we have all seen the impact he can make in Test cricket with his slip catching and everything. I think under pressure he has performed really well. The guy averages 43 (40.55) in Test cricket, it’s not like he is in the early 30s. I don’t think we should jump the gun on someone like Jinks because he has done the job for you under pressure.”Rahane had been the vice-captain for the 2018 South Africa tour too, but his Mumbai team-mate Rohit Sharma was preferred in the XI for the first two Tests because of “the way he (Rohit) was batting against Sri Lanka and in the ODI format,” Kohli explained. On returning to the XI, Rahane scored a fighting 48 at No. 6 in the third innings of the Test, helping India secure their only win by 63 runs.He then went on to score two half-centuries each in England and Australia but his average in those series were 25.70 and 31 respectively, much below the standards he had set for himself at the beginning of his career. Since his 132 against Sri Lanka in August 2017, he has averaged below nine other Indian batsmen who have played at least ten innings in that period.Rahane has turned to first-class cricket several times in this phase: against England Lions before the England Tests last year, versus New Zealand A prior to the Australia Tests, and a county stint this summer with Hampshire. In the county circuit, he began with a century against Nottinghamshire, his first in 39 first-class innings, but couldn’t keep up the tempo. He was unable to score a half-century in the remaining 11 innings and even bagged a pair against Essex, playing all of three balls in the match.What lies ahead of him is a two-Test series in the West Indies, where the hosts’ fast bowlers have troubled many a team recently. Not to forget, Rohit, fresh from hitting five centuries at the World Cup, is breathing down his neck for a spot in the XI.”It’s a patch that anyone can go through but I think he will come around because he is that good a player and when he does, we know he can be very consistent,” Kohli said. “He is one of the pillars of our batting order that we can bank on. Him and [Cheteshwar] Pujara, as I’ve said, have been our most solid Test players. I am sure along with Puji playing so well, myself at No. 4, Jinks will also come into the groove and once he starts scoring, he can spring in scores on a consistent basis.”We are not at all worried about where he’s placed. It’s about giving him confidence and he really wants to turn it around. That’s the most important thing and that’s all that matters.”

Bumrah hat-trick, Vihari ton leave West Indies reeling

Hanuma Vihari and Ishant Sharma both hit their Test best scores, before Bumrah tore through the West Indies top and middle order

The Report by Sreshth Shah31-Aug-2019Stumps Jasprit Bumrah became only the third Indian to collect a Test hat-trick, while Hanuma Vihari and Ishant Sharma posted personal bests with the bat to give India a massive advantage against West Indies in the second Test at Kingston.After Vihari scored his first Test ton and Ishant his maiden Test fifty to lift India to 416 in the afternoon, Bumrah tore through the West Indies batting to rip out six of the seven wickets that fell in the session, including a hat-trick that sent back Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks and Roston Chase.Bumrah could have caused more damage had he not left the field due to a cramp. By that time, however, West Indies had been reduced to 22 for 5. By stumps the hosts had lost lost two more wickets, and still needed 130 more to avoid the follow-on.Opener John Campbell was the first to fall to Bumrah. He was on 2, struggling with Bumrah’s full deliveries when he got one that was shorter, and was trapped on the back foot. The seam movement that Bumrah had been getting all afternoon nipped the edge of Campbell’s bat and went to second slip.It was in his fourth over that Bumrah entered the record books. The first delivery to Darren Bravo was a wide outswinger, but Bumrah made amends next ball. He aimed it on middle stump, and the away movement caught Bravo’s outside edge, which was pocketed by second slip. Shamarh Brooks walked in next, and Bumrah got this one to swing into the right-hander, hitting him on the back pad. Brooks’ review of the decision was in vain, with ball tracker showing it would have hit leg stump.Then came the hat-trick delivery. Roston Chase was welcomed with three slips, two gullys, a short leg and two catchers behind square. Bumrah went for his trusted full delivery, swinging it into Chase, and rapped him on the front toe. The lbw appeal was turned down, but Virat Kohli, standing at second slip, backed his judgement and went for the review, which showed three reds and confirmed a hat-trick for Bumrah.Bumrah thus joined Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan on the list of Indians with Test hat-tricks. He then completed successive five-fors when Kraigg Brathwaite edged a full delivery behind a few overs later.Virat Kohli is literally over the moon after a successful review for a Test hat-trick for Bumrah•Getty Images

A brief resurrection followed with Jason Holder and Shimron Hetmyer adding 45 runs for the sixth wicket, but then Mohammad Shami ended the possibility of Bumrah joining the ranks of Anil Kumble or Jim Laker, by having Hetmyer bowled through the gate. Bumrah returned in his last spell of the day and got Holder off his first ball, with the West Indies captain skying a wide delivery. At the end of the day, Bumrah’s figures read 9.1-3-16-6.Earlier, Vihari made 111 before being the last batsman dismissed with the score reading 416. The Vihari-Ishant partnership yielded 112 runs for the eighth wicket, and dominated the post-lunch session, frustrating West Indies, who had had a reasonably successful morning.Holder had sent back Rishabh Pant off the day’s first ball, but Vihari and Jadeja steadied the innings with a patient stand. Jadeja fell as India went to lunch at 302 for 7, but then Vihari and Ishant came together.Vihari, who started the day on 42, battled through a difficult period after lunch, scoring two runs in the session’s first nine overs but found his strokes even as Ishant settled in. He drove Shannon Gabriel and Kemar Roach, offering the straight bat to collect a few boundaries, despite playing and missing earlier on.Ishant Sharma and Hanuma Vihari put on a hundred stand•AFP / Getty Images

Vihari reached his hundred by taking a sharp single halfway through the session, and Ishant reached his fifty three overs later. Ishant grew in confidence as the innings progressed, offering free flowing drives to the pacers and to debutant offspinner Rahkeem Cornwall. He used his feet smartly through the innings, either walking across the line to glance fine, or taking a big stride to drive through the off side.When Ishant reached his fifty, the applause from the Indian dressing room was even more animated than the one that had lauded Vihari’s first Test ton two overs earlier. Vihari reached the landmark in the 133rd over, pinching a risky single and then punching the air in delight. Ishant’s sweep to reach his fifty also brought up their hundred stand. Kohli, in particular, looked elated.The duo did have their nervous moments, particularly with their running between the wickets, but West Indies couldn’t effect direct hits and the pair continued to prosper. They even took India past 400, a total that might have seemed difficult to achieve when Pant had fallen to the first ball of the day.At 414, Ishant holed out to part-timer Brathwaite and India’s innings came to a swift close four runs later. The Vihari-Ishant stand had already put West Indies on the back foot at tea, but with seven wickets falling in the final session, they had been set back irrevocably.

Paul Stirling to leave Middlesex after committing to Ireland

Irish players will no longer count as locals in county cricket next summer, forcing Stirling to decide between his Middlesex contract and his international career

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Sep-2019Paul Stirling will leave Middlesex at the end of the season after committing his future to Ireland.With Irish players no longer qualifying as non-overseas players in county cricket from next year, it had been suggested that players like Stirling would renew their county contracts and give up international cricket.But Stirling – who captained Ireland in T20 cricket earlier in the year – has signed a new international contract, ending ten years of association with Middlesex.Stirling said: “It’s been a real privilege to represent Middlesex over the last decade, and it has been an unforgettable journey for many reasons. Winning the Championship in 2016 was undoubtedly the highlight on the field, while also receiving my county cap will be something I will cherish for a very long time.”However, it was the relationships built with the players, staff and supporters that was the most rewarding, and that I will miss the most.”I am looking forward to the next chapter with Ireland, with a busy year in 2020 and the T20 World Cup Qualifier coming up it is an exciting time to be a part of.”Angus Fraser, Middlesex’s director of cricket, said that everyone at the club “fully respects Paul’s decision” and that the coaching staff fully understood the reasoning behind it.”From a selfish and Middlesex point of view it is obviously sad to see Paul leave,” said Fraser. “His aggressive and destructive batting has thrilled Middlesex players and supporters for a number of years.”The Middlesex coaches and myself totally understand Paul’s decision. It has not been an easy one and I know he has thought about it long and hard. Playing for your country is something that should never be taken for granted. It is an honour and a privilege, and to finish a career with regrets is something nobody wants to do.”He will always be welcome at Lord’s and if he ever feels like coming back to play for us in any capacity he has my phone number.”Stirling’s team-mate Tim Murtagh is yet to make a decision whether to continue playing international cricket or whether to renew his Middlesex deal.”It’s getting to the stage where we have to choose one or the other and I haven’t really made my mind up yet,” Murtagh told the podcast in August.”There are still discussions to be had with both sides but unfortunately that loophole has been shut and we can’t continue playing in county cricket as local players. I’m going to have to make quite a tough decision at the end of the summer and decide which way I want to keep going.”

Mohammad Azharuddin elected Hyderabad Cricket Association president

In his second bid for the post, the former India captain won comfortably, polling 147 of the 223 votes cast

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Sep-2019Mohammad Azharuddin has been elected president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. The former India captain took 147 of the 223 votes cast, with his nearest opponent Prakash Jain polling 73 votes and a third contestant, Dilip Kumar, just three.The development adds another chapter to the life of Azharuddin, who has never been far from the news since scoring hundreds in his first three Test matches back in 1984-85. Azharuddin played 99 Tests and 334 ODIs before his career was brought to an abrupt end in 2000 with the BCCI banning him for life after the Central Bureau of Investigation found him guilty of match-fixing.In its report, the CBI said: “The evidence against Azharuddin … clearly establishes the fact that he took money from bookies/punters to fix cricket matches and also the fact that the ‘underworld’ had approached him to fix matches for them.”Azharuddin, in his statement to the CBI, had admitted to receiving money from the bookie Mukesh Gupta to fix some matches, but has stated that he “did” only two matches for him – an admission the CBI called “a dilution of the actual facts”.Yet Azharuddin, who led India in 47 Tests and 174 ODIs, never stopped pleading his innocence until the Andhra Pradesh High Court finally struck down the life ban in 2012, declaring it illegal.Along the way, Azharuddin has enjoyed a gradual reintegration with Indian cricket and public life, but the ride hasn’t always been smooth.In 2009, he joined the Congress party, and served as a Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2014. In 2011, he had to endure the untimely death of one of his two sons, Ayazuddin, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in his hometown Hyderabad.Mohammad Azharuddin at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai•Getty Images

This is the second time Azharuddin has put his hat in the HCA ring. In January 2017, Azharuddin made his first bid to contest the elections, but his nomination for the president’s post was rejected due to uncertainty over whether or not the BCCI had lifted his life ban.Last year, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), helmed by Sourav Ganguly – who took over India’s captaincy soon after the 2000 fixing scandal – invited Azharuddin to ring the ceremonial bell at Eden Gardens at the start of a T20I between India and West Indies. The CAB’s decision drew flak from numerous voices including former India batsmen Gautam Gambhir – who called it “shocking” – and Sanjay Manjrekar – who responded by tweeting a link to the CBI report from its match-fixing investigation.Azharuddin didn’t give up his desire to enter cricket administration, however, and re-entered the fray for the top post at the HCA. The elections took place at the HCA headquarters in Hyderabad on Friday, supervised by electoral officer VS Sampath, a former election commissioner of India.The elections marked the first time that former international cricketers participated in the voting process. This was one of the key recommendations of the RM Lodha Committee that led to the structural overhaul of cricket administration at the BCCI and its state associations. Eleven international players from Hyderabad cast their votes, including Azharuddin, VVS Laxman and Venkatapathy Raju.R Vijayanand will be the new HCA secretary. He won 137 votes, more than twice as many as the favourite S Venkateshwaran, who polled 62 votes.

Pucovski withdraws from Test reckoning citing mental health issues

Pucovski informed Australia A team management he was struggling on Tuesday evening in Perth

Daniel Brettig13-Nov-2019Selection chairman Trevor Hohns believes the young Victorian batsman Will Pucovski’s self-aware decision to withdraw from Australia’s reckoning for the first Test of the summer against Pakistan should be a source of praise rather than penalty, as Cricket Australia works to get to grips with the burgeoning issue of mental health.Pucovski informed Australia A team management he was struggling on Tuesday evening in Perth, the day the hosts collapsed in their first innings to Pakistan in what had been widely billed as a batting trial. Having previously taken two breaks to deal with his mental health last summer, once when representing Victoria and then during the Canberra Test against Sri Lanka where he was a non-playing member of the squad, Pucovski joined Glenn Maxwell and Nic Maddinson as players taking mental health leave, although each in their own unique circumstances.Hohns, who alongside the national coach Justin Langer was left to recall Cameron Bancroft to fill out seven batting positions in the squad, was adamant that Pucovski’s continuing management of mental health difficulties would not rule him out of further selection opportunities, while also remarking admiringly of the courage and openness on display.”It is a very unfortunate happening for him once again, he is a great player,” Hohns said. “He is going to be a very, very good player but, obviously, the timing wasn’t quite right for him at the moment. He made the call to make himself unavailable.”I am not qualified to talk too much about mental health but it is a subject that is coming to the fore more and more – not just in our sport but in other sports and in life in general. I think we should be quite proud and pleased our players in our sport are comfortable coming out and talking about it.”ALSO READ: A lot to learn about mental health issues – Cricket Australia’s Ben OliverThey were sentiments echoed by captain Tim Paine. “He’s a great young kid and it’s sad to see him going through this. We know how talented he is. I think making the right decision to step away and take care of himself and get himself healthy and in the right state of mind is going to be important because we think he is someone who has got a huge Test future.”First and foremost, we want Will to be a happy young man. Sometimes we forget that he is still a kid. He has got a lot of pressure put on him from outside sources and expectation. Hopefully he’s in a position in the next few years to fulfil that potential that he has got. The first priority for us and for Will is his mental well-being.”Ben Oliver, CA’s head of national teams, described the process by which Pucovski came to withdraw, before being seen chatting casually with Langer in Perth towards the end of the Australia A game – a moment many interpreted to be a conversation about his imminent Test selection, when it was in fact quite the opposite.”During the course of the Australia A game, Will presented to team management and the national selectors that he was experiencing some challenges and ultimately sought counsel on that through our and his support network, before then determining that it’s best for him at this point in time not to be considered for Test selection,” Oliver told SEN Radio. “We’ve worked with him closely over the last 24 hours to help support him through that.”In the short term the absolute priority is Will as a human being and to give him the time and the space and the expert support he needs to focus on his health and well-being at the current moment. Cricket will come next and we’ll deal with that when the time’s right. But as it currently stands, the right thing for Will is to focus on his own health and well-being and we’ll support him through that.”We’re broadly aware of this issue in society and while we never want to see anyone suffering or going through challenges in the way our three players have expressed recently, I think the positive we can take from this is that we’re able to increase awareness around the challenges that exist with the mental health and well-being area, and acknowledge that it’s not a sport thing, not a cricket thing, it’s a society thing. There’s much to be learned about that, and there’s much to be done to continue to support people as they go through these challenges.”An unrelenting schedule and an ever faster cycle of public scrutiny on players, through social as well as traditional media, were all compounding factors in Oliver’s eyes, having commenced in his role during this year’s Ashes series in England. “Having been involved in the game at different levels for a long time, one aspect I hadn’t been involved in to a close degree was international cricket, and one of the early observations I’ve had in the role is the intense scrutiny and the relentless schedule that exists around cricket,” he said.”From that perspective there is an absolute need for us to invest time, energy, resources into understanding the challenges that exist for players and staff around mental health in that context, and making sure we do everything we can. Mental health is one of the factors that do need to be considered. I think it’s also part of a broader recognition that we’re playing a lot of cricket these days and we have more access to detailed information, analysis and insight than we’ve ever had before, so selection is absolutely an art and a science, and we’re trying to understand how we can systemise that further, to really enhance the selection process.”After a comfortable victory for New South Wales over Western Australia at the SCG, Mitchell Starc pointed out issues around the “pretty ridiculous” schedule and travel and increasing awareness of mental health but also lauded the fact that Pucovski, Maddinson and Maxwell had all chosen to act rather than letting issues fester beyond their control.”It raises a few questions,” Starc said. “It’s very positive that these guys can come out with how they are travelling and feeling. It’s concerning that you’ve got three guys who have taken themselves out of cricket for a period of time due to mental health. It’s Movember as well, so it heightens the awareness around it. It’s about making sure these guys are well supported, which I’m sure they will be. Three guys who have gone through it are very good people and cricketers and hopefully we see them come back sooner rather than later.”There’s a number of things. There’s the pressure around cricket, the schedules are pretty ridiculous these days. I haven’t seen those guys in person so don’t know exactly what they are going through but it’s quite public as well. The positive thing is that the guys are feeling more comfortable about being open and honest with how they are feeling whereas in the past they might have just tried to kick on and get through things and it could have built up to be something worse.”

IPL 2020 auction: The list of sold and unsold players

The full list of players sold and unsold at the 2020 IPL player auction in Kolkata

Annesha Ghosh19-Dec-2019

Sold players

Chris Lynn (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2 croreEoin Morgan (Base price INR 1.50 crore) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 5.25 croreRobin Uthappa (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 3 croreJason Roy (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1.5 croreAaron Finch (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 4.4 croreGlenn Maxwell (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 10.75 croreChris Woakes (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1.5 crorePat Cummins (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 15.50 croreSam Curran (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 5.50 croreChris Morris (Base price INR 1.50 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 croreAlex Carey (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2.4 croreJaydev Unadkat (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 3 croreNathan Coulter-Nile (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 8 croreSheldon Cottrell (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 8.5 crorePiyush Chawla (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 6.75 croreRahul Tripathi (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 60 lakhVirat Singh (Base price INR 20 lakhs) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.9 croresPriyam Garg (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.9 croreDeepak Hooda (Base price INR 40 lakh) sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 50 lakhVarun Chakravarthy (Base price INR 30 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 4 croreYashasvi Jaiswal (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 2.4 croreAnuj Rawat (Base price 20 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 80 lakhAkash Singh (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakhKartik Tyagi (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.3 croreIshan Porel (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 20 lakhM Siddarth (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakhRavi Bishnoi (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 2 croreShimron Hetmyer (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 7.75 croreDavid Miller (Base price INR 75 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 75 lakhSaurabh Tiwary (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 50 lakhMitchell Marsh (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2 croreJames Neesham (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 50 Josh Hazlewood (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 2 croreB Sandeep (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakhChris Green (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakhJosh Philippe (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakhTom Banton (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 1 croreFabian Allen (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 50 lakhChris Jordan (Base price INR 75 lakh) sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 3 croreKane Richardson (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 4 croreOshane Thomas (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 50 lakhPravin Tambe (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakhTarjinder Singh Dhillon (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kings XI punjab for INR 20 lakhAbdul Samad (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakhAniruddha Joshi (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakhBalwant Rai Singh (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakhSanjay Yadav (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakhMohit Sharma (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 50 lakhPavan Deshpande (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakhPrabhsimran Singh (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 55 lakhTushar Deshpande (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakhR Sai Kishore (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 20 lakhDigvijay Deshmukh (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakhMarcus Stoinis (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 4.8 croreDale Steyn (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 2 croreAndrew Tye (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 croreLalit Yadav (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakhShahbaz Ahmed (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakhMohsin Khan (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakhNikhil Naik (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakhTom Curran (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 croreIsuru Udana (Base price INR 50 lakh) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 50 lakh

Unsold players

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England World Cup winners receive honours, Clive Lloyd knighted

Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jos Buttler all named on New Year’s Honours list

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Dec-2019Four of England’s World Cup-winning men, as well as the coach, have been honoured for their services to cricket. Eoin Morgan (CBE), Ben Stokes (OBE), Joe Root (MBE) and Jos Buttler (MBE) are the players named on the New Year’s Honours list, while former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd is to receive a knighthood.Trevor Bayliss, who oversaw England’s first men’s World Cup victory, is awarded an OBE, while ECB chairman Colin Graves will collect a CBE after steering the board over the last five years.Morgan, England’s limited-overs captain, and Bayliss worked closely together to turn the one-day side into a fighting force after their abject performance at the 2015 tournament, culminating in a dramatic victory over New Zealand in the final at Lord’s in July.”I’m very proud to have been awarded a CBE,” Morgan said. “Winning the World Cup has been a dream come true and the honours and awards that have come since really mean a lot to everyone connected with the team.”The events of that day at Lord’s were the result of many years of hard work and dedication, and I see this honour – and the honours for my team-mates – as honours for the whole team, for everything they put into winning that tournament and getting over the line.”Alan Knott, the former England wicketkeeper, was another cricketing name on the list, becoming an MBE; Gordon Greenidge, who played alongside Lloyd for West Indies, receives the order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander; and Keith Cook, Warwickshire’s operations manager and an Edgbaston employee for 46 years, has been awarded the British Empire Medal.Tom Harrison, the ECB’s chief executive, said: “We’re delighted that so many of the players involved in our historic ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup win have been named in the New Year Honours list. Everyone who works in the game is incredibly proud of Eoin, Ben, Joe and Jos.”We’re proud of their achievements, on and off the pitch, and indeed of their efforts to help grow the game and inspire a whole new generation of fans. The events of that day will live long in the memories of everyone who saw it, and honours like this demonstrate the reach and impact that cricket can have.”There’s a nice symmetry to Clive Lloyd being honoured – he lifted the trophy twice at Lord’s – while Alan Knott should rightly be remembered as one of our finest wicketkeepers. I’m very pleased, as well, that Trevor Bayliss and Colin Graves have also been recognised.”Special days like the one at Lord’s involve a lot of work that goes unseen but they have each made a big contribution to the continuing growth of the sport that we all love.”Beyond that day at Lord’s, Colin has had a big impact on the game – both in his time as ECB Chairman and prior to joining ECB at Yorkshire. He has demonstrated his passion for and commitment to the game, from his work at a grassroots level with Dunnington CC all the way up to the England teams and we’re incredibly grateful for all the work he has done.”Each of these honours is incredibly well deserved and I’d like to share our heartfelt congratulations with everyone honoured for services to cricket.”

James Anderson ruled out of SA tour after suffering rib injury

Fast bowler was limited to just two overs on final afternoon of second-Test victory

George Dobell08-Jan-2020James Anderson has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour of South Africa due to a left rib injury.Anderson, the leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers in Test history, sustained the injury on the final day of the Cape Town Test. With
England pressing for victory, he continued to bowl despite the pain and despite the knowledge that, by doing so, he risked exacerbating
the problem.He underwent a scan in Cape Town on Wednesday which confirmed the issue was bone-related rather than a soft-tissue injury. Such setbacks typically take between six to eight weeks to heal.Anderson will return to England in the next few days for rest and rehab, with Craig Overton, the Somerset seamer, staying on with the squad as cover. The new injury is a cruel setback for Anderson. The Cape Town Test was just his second since returning from a calf injury that limited him to
only four overs in the entire Ashes campaign. The prospect of several more weeks of rehab may well prove disheartening, although he signalled his desire to battle back in an upbeat tweet shortly after the news was confirmed.”Frustrating to be missing the rest of this series with a broken rib but hopefully will be healed in a few weeks!” Anderson wrote. “Will be supporting the boys from home.”Anderson bowled immaculately in Cape Town, even though he was limited to eight overs on the final day after reporting tightness and discomfort at the end of the morning session. He became the oldest England seamer to claim a five-wicket haul in Test cricket since
Freddie Brown in 1951 in the first innings while his overall match figures were seven for 63 from 37 overs.ALSO READ: Dobell: Seven things we learnt from Cape Town victorySuch figures may convince him that, once recovered, he can still play a role at Test level. He had previously suggested he may like to sit
out England’s tour of Sri Lanka in March – he argued the pitches will render him largely redundant in any case – with a view to returning to
the side for the home season. England’s first Test of the home summer, against West Indies, starts on June 4.The news sustains England’s tricky start to the tour. After contending with a virulent sickness bug that affected 11 players ahead or during
the first Test, England lost their first-choice opening batsman, Rory Burns, to an ankle ligament injury while he was playing football in
warm-up the day before the second Test. At the time Ben Stokes suggested, tongue only partly in cheek, that the tour was “cursed.”Anderson requires 16 more wickets to become the fourth man to claim 600 Test victims.

Dan Lawrence impresses with bat and ball as England Lions seal second win

Essex allrounder takes three wickets in four balls to leave Cricket Australia XI reeling before adding 35 with the bat

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Feb-2020England Lions 180 for 6 beat Cricket Australia XI 179 (Crone 66, Lawrence 4-28) by four wicketsDan Lawrence impressed with bat and ball as England Lions completed a second win in as many games on their tour of Australia, a convincing four-wicket victory against a Cricket Australia XI.Lawrence, a part-time offspinner, took three wickets in four balls in the game’s 12th over, reducing Cricket Australia XI to 46 for 4, and finished with 4 for 28 from his ten overs as the home side were bowled out for 179.Brydon Carse, the South Africa-born seamer, took 3 for 17, while Xavier Crone’s 66 from No. 9 was the only real bright spot.Gloucestershire batsman James Bracey scored fluently at the top of the Lions’ order, making a 47-ball 49 as the tourists looked to stay ahead of the required rate with the threat of rain looming, before Lawrence struck two fours and two sixes in his innings of 35 to steady the ship in the middle order.Legspinner Cameron Boyce took two wickets, but the Lions cantered home with nine overs to spare. Tom Abell, the Somerset batsman, suffered a finger injury in the field, and did not bat.