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Ged Stokes, a former New Zealand rugby league international and father of England’s all-rounder Ben, has died at the age of 65 after a year-long battle with brain cancer. The news was announced by Ged Stokes’ former rugby league club Workington Town, for whom he played a season in 1982-83, …

The West Indies will be without the services of Kemar Roach and Shane Dowrich for the second test against New Zealand, which begins Friday at Basin Reserve in Wellington. They both return to the Caribbean: Roach due to the death of his father and Dowrich for personal reasons. Roach, the …

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 …

The use of a previously banned networking facility in Newlands has emerged as a possible source of the Covid-19 infection within England’s camp, as the ECB responded to claims by western province officials that its players had violated the biosecurity of the equipment. setting for a practice session on the …

Australia will reconsider its plans for Test series preparation with the possibility of more team members playing in the pink ball warm-up game against the Indians at SCG following injuries and absences. The initial plan had been for most of the test team to join in Adelaide shortly after the …

1:44 a. M. GMT Saurabh somani Close Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo West Indies captain Jason Holder has asked his teammates, particularly hitters, to “look in the mirror” after their toughest loss to New Zealand in Test 1, by one inning and 134 careers. The West Indies were …

By the time India begins their second T20I on Sunday, their test specialists will have played the first day of their three-day warm-up match against Australia A at Drummoyne Oval. It is not ideal that some of the players of all formats have to choose between the T20I and test …

The relentlessness of India’s attack is what lingers on Travis Head’s mind from his 2018 test series experience, as he prepares for the rematch that will begin by captaining Australia A, which has national captain Tim in its ranks. Paine, in the three days. match at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney …

Moisés Henriques has said Australia has no problem with Ravindra Jadeja being replaced for a concussion, but has questioned whether Yuzvendra Chahal was a similar replacement for him. A combination of Jadeja, the batsman, and Chahal, the bowler, knocked out Australia in a T20 international that they controlled for long …

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 …