Cricket Australia (CA) and state governments announced that the MCG, SCG and Adelaide Oval had locked in seven-year staging agreements for their regular Tests.
The Sydney Thunder have announced David Warner will play his first full Big Bash League season in the lime green.
Warner has signed a fresh two-year deal with the western Sydney outfit.
This year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup has been moved to United Arab Emirates due to recent political turmoil in Bangladesh.
Greg Barclay will resign as ICC boss this November, to be replaced by Jay Shah.
And the BCCI ICC merger is complete
In case it hasn’t been mentioned here already, the tournament originally scheduled for Bangladesh has been moved to the UAE.
England have dropped Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali, and called up five uncapped players, for their squad for the limited overs series against Australia in September. Joe Root has been rested while Zak Crawley, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood are injured.
England T20 squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Josh Hull, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, John Turner.
England ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Josh Hull, Will Jacks, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Jamie Smith, Reece Topley, John Turner.
Basically they can’t find a sponsor so they’re spinning it into a fan decision lol
Mods, how much do we have in the kitty?
We could have the MediaSpy Cup!?
Bring back the Mercantile Mutual Cup (maybe, ‘powered by MediaSpy’).
I recall players didn’t like it being called the Pura Cup back when that was a thing (“I’m not playing for a bloody carton of milk” one player said).
W/BBL Draft info confirmed:
The draft for both leagues will take place this Sunday, September 1, in Melbourne.
This year will be the third season the KFC BBL has held an overseas player draft, and the second for the Weber WBBL.
The drafts will be broadcast live across The Seven Network, 7plus, Fox Sports and Kayo Sports. The WBBL|10 Draft will begin at 3pm AEST, with the BBL|14 Draft to follow immediately after.
Tom Morris reported on 9News Melbourne tonight that Will Pucovski will retire due to a recommendation from a panel of medical experts. Pucovski had suffered a series of head knocks in recent years while batting.
Unfortunate but necessary. Life is more important than cricket. Hope 7 can keep him on as a commentator as he’s incredibly well spoken and knowledgeable.