The England tour of South Africa has been canceled following the Covid-19 outbreak between the camps and the staff of both teams at their hotel. All three ODIs have been officially postponed, with the possibility that they can be played at a later date. The decision was made after the …
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The first ODI between South Africa and England in Cape Town has been canceled, less than an hour before the draw. ESPNcricinfo understands that the postponement is related to the positive tests for Covid-19 in the South African camp, amid suggestions that protocols were violated during the T20I series. All …
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Shreyas Iyer sees Australia’s short-ball strategy against him as an opportunity to score runs. In the first two ODIs, Iyer has faced fast bowlers who, both times, have thrown him with a short leg and a leg caught in ravine and a clear plan to launch increasing deliveries into his …
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Big picture The SCG. Australia and New Zealand played an ODI here in March, in eerie silence. It would be the last international action in four months. Cricket has been back for a while, but the silence hasn’t gone away. On Friday, however, we were able to witness something close …
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Melbourne’s closure, in the cause of stopping the Covid-19 pandemic, has taken much of a previously vibrant city. However, one thing that he has gifted Australian cricket with is clarity about the role Glenn Maxwell is playing for the ODI team, just over a year after his absence contributed to …
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If some of the art of success in limited-limit cricket is peaking at the right time, England hasn’t timed its decline in results that badly. There is never a good time to lose to Australia, of course. Especially considering that the result was 5-0 against England the last time they …
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For years to come, when we reflect on ODI’s great finishes, this game hardly deserves a mention. After all, there was no World Cup at stake. No Super Over breathless or no final delivery. The final margin of victory, 24 races, might even convince those flipping through Wisden’s pages 30 …
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