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The ECB is investigating a “breach of team protocols” involving England men’s Test captain Ben Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson following an incident at a nightclub.In January, ECB chief executive Richard Gould said England players would be subjected to a midnight curfew, among other restrictions, following incidents in New Zealand and during the Ashes last winter. An ECB statement read: “The ECB is currently investigating a breach of team protocols following the conclusion of the first Men’s Test against New Zealand. “Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson were present at a nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning when an…
England’s Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson breached the team’s new midnight curfew and were at a nightclub when an altercation took place with a Saracens player.Saracens rugby players were out celebrating their end-of-season party at Rex Rooms nightclub in Chelsea, where Stokes and Atkinson were also present. Sky Sports News understands the unnamed rugby player threw a punch at Atkinson but hit a security guard who was supervising the players. It’s not clear at this stage whether further punches were thrown.The ECB security officer is believed to have required stitches, but Stokes and Atkinson were not injured. The Daily Telegraph…
Manav Suthar took seven wickets on debut to spur India to their largest Test victory, defeating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in three days in New Chandigarh.Centuries from KL Rahul and Shubman Gill saw the hosts bring up a first-innings total of 564 runs, before they declared with two wickets remaining. India then unleashed their dangerous spin attack, with 23-year-old debutant Suthar taking six wickets for 33 in the first innings as Afghanistan were bowled out for 152. The hosts then enforced a follow-on and dismissed the visitors again for 112. Image: Suthar, 23, is only the fifth…
England head coach Brendon McCullum is “hopeful” Jofra Archer will be available for the second Test against New Zealand as he reflected on Emilio Gay’s “super-impressive” display in the first Test after feeling the Durham batter was “spinning” ahead of his debut.Fast-bowler Archer missed the 115-run rout of the Black Caps’ at Lord’s, with England leaving him out of their squad after feeling he was not yet ready for a red-ball return following a stint in the IPL – a situation Sky Sports’ Simon Doull branded “ludicrous”. The 31-year-old has been training back in his native Barbados and could now…
Following all the pre-match talk about whether England’s style would change in the wake of the Ashes debacle, a quick scour of the Lord’s scorecard post their rout of New Zealand would suggest more of the same.Another wildly quick match (after a couple of Ashes two-dayers, the first Test against the Black Caps could potentially have gone the same way but for wet weather on Thursday and Saturday) and some dramatic batting collapses (England lost three wickets for three runs in their first innings and four for one in their second). But the awful Lord’s pitch, not reckless batting from…
An introduction to international cricket that’s been as hard as they come will continue for newcomer Ollie Peake, the teen batting star who is set for more Australia opportunities with Travis Head and Mitch Marsh confirmed to miss another ODI series. Peake will be joined in Bangladesh for this week’s three-match ODI series by off-spinner Todd Murphy, who has seven Test caps but is yet to play limited-overs cricket for Australia, as well as Matt Short, who has also been retained from the Pakistan series given the absence of Marsh (ankle) and Head (personal leave). Head will also be absent…
‘Exciting prospect: Inglis rates Tigers bowling threats Rana, Rishad Australia will get their first look at Bangladesh’s Shaun Tait-inspired fast-bowling phenom, likely on pace-friendly surfaces for an ODI series that shapes as an intriguing preview to the teams’ long-awaited Test campaign later this year. The Aussies are expecting to face far more seam-up for their three 50-over matches in Dhaka than they did in their spin-dominated recent 1-2 series defeat in Pakistan, and plenty more than they saw in their most recent visit to the country’s main stadium in Mirpur back in 2021. While Nathan Ellis has fond memories of…
Australia have little time to lick their wounds from losing an ODI series in Pakistan, hopping across the subcontinent to begin a six-game white-ball tour of Bangladesh that continues a hectic start to what will be one of the busiest 18-month stretches the men’s national side has ever had. The Australians have landed in Dhaka after Thursday night’s third ODI against Pakistan in Lahore, and now face three ODIs and three T20Is in 13 days, all in a much-more friendly time zone for Australian viewers. Bangladesh v Australia schedule June 9: First ODI, Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, 3pm AEST June 11: Second…
Sophie Molineux came through the South Africa matches unscathed and is feeling free and ready to make an impact in the tournament proper Sophie Molineux has declared herself fully fit, and satisfied with how her return to bowling is progressing as Australia enter the next phase of their T20 World Cup preparations. Molineux made a successful return with the ball in Australia’s two completed warm-up matches against South Africa in Arundel last week, having shaken off the back injury that interrupted the start to her tenure as national skipper. She sent down six overs across the two games for economical…
Lessons learned from consecutive World Cup heartbreaks driving Molineux’s crew in the UK Sophie Molineux says Australia can harness the freedom that comes with being the hunters, rather than the hunted, at the T20 World Cup as they seek to replenish their trophy cabinet. Australia will go into the tournament in England as one of the favourites, having maintained the No.1 T20I team ranking that they have held since March 2018, but will not have the tag of ‘defending champions’ after their semi-final exit in 2024.It’s a position they have not been in since 2018, when they held neither World…