Matt Walker, the batsman who enjoyed a 19-year career in county cricket, is returning to his old club Kent as part of their new coaching setup for 2014. Walker, who scored over 12,000 first-class runs, returns to Canterbury to become assistant coach under Jimmy Adams, leaving Essex where he held the same role for the past three seasons having finished his playing days at Chelmsford. The change comes...
BCCI's demand for more revenue justified - Patel
Sanjay Patel, the BCCI secretary, has said that the BCCI's demands for a larger share of the ICC's revenue are justified given India's commercial pull in world cricket. The BCCI, along with Cricket Australia and the ECB, had drafted a "position paper" that stressed on a new revenue distribution model favourable to the Big Three boards. The "position paper" also suggested a new model of governance...
Surrey hope to bring ICC to London
The Oval has emerged as another potential administrative base of the ICC as the organisation considers a partial relocation. ESPNcricinfo understands that Surrey have joined forces with the Mayor of London's office in an attempt to persuade the ICC of the attraction of a London base. The bid includes providing office space within the Oval ground with views of the pitch. The club are understood to...
Taylor, Williamson rebuild after slow start
25 overs New Zealand 120 for 2 (Taylor 42*, Williamson 39*) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details India got off to their best start of the series, keeping the New Zealand openers quiet with tight lines, but ran into the in-form pair of Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson, who rebuilt with an unbeaten partnership of 79 at 6.23 an over to take New Zealand to 120 by the end of 25 overs. This...
Jan
30
ACF launches North American Championship
The American Cricket Federation (ACF) has announced that it will stage a North American Cricket Championship in Phoenix, Arizona from March 7-9. The championship will consist of a three-match, 40-over series played between a team representing the Midwest Cricket Conference, winners of the ACF Twenty20 National Championship in Florida last October, and a team from the prestigious Toronto Cricket,...
'Big Three were more likely to make progress' - Isaac
Alan Isaac, the ICC president, has said that he pushed the three financially strongest boards to collaborate on the revolutionary proposals, instead of involving all Full Members, as they "were more likely to make progress more quickly". Isaac also said the Big Three have been working on draft proposals that called for sweeping changes in world cricket since last July. "We've been working for some...
Veteran Hodge called up for second Twenty20
Brad Hodge could play his first match for Australia in nearly six years after being called into the squad for the second Twenty20 in Melbourne on Friday. At 39, Hodge is Twenty20 cricket's leading run scorer of all time, with 5844 at an average of 36.98 from his 209 matches in the format, and could be a valuable player at the upcoming World T20 in Bangladesh if the selectors chose to utilise his...
Departing Rixon takes a swipe at Cricket Australia
Steve Rixon, Australia's outgoing assistant coach, has declared that he had "very little respect" for Cricket Australia and in particular what saw as interference with cricket decisions from above. Rixon has been axed from the coaching staff, although he said he had no problem with head coach Darren Lehmann's desire to build his own coaching group and he would have finished his tenure before this...
Jan
28
Faulkner ruled out of South Africa Test tour
James Faulkner has been ruled out of Australia's Test tour of South Africa due to a knee injury and Shaun Marsh and Jackson Bird are still in doubt and will remain in Australia for further assessment while the rest of the squad departs on Wednesday. Faulkner has been replaced in the squad by fellow allrounder Moises Henriques, who played his only three Tests on the tour of India early last year and...
ZC close to clinching sponsorship deal
Zimbabwe Cricket are close to clinching a sponsorship deal which could lead to the resumption of domestic cricket in the next few weeks. ESPNcricinfo understands ZC have been in positive talks with Lay's, the potato chip company, who are interesting in backing them. Although the deal will not cover the total cost of salaries ZC owes their players, it is expected to provide a portion of it. ZC are...
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