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The full tour includes three Tests, five ODIs and three T20s and runs from January to March

ESPNcricinfo staff31-Aug-2018England will play their first Test match in St Lucia as part of a two-month tour of the Caribbean early next year.The other two venues for the three-match Test series, which is the first part of the trip, are Barbados and Antigua.England’s previous Test series in the Caribbean finished 1-1 after West Indies levelled the series in Barbados following England’s win in Grenada.A five-match one-day series will follow with matches in Barbados, Grenada and St Lucia before the tour wraps up with three T20s which also includes a match at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.England arrive in Barbados on January 11 and have one four-day tour match pencilled in ahead of the opening Test on January 23.A tour by England remains very important for the West Indies board because of the number of travelling supporters they are likely to bring. This is the first time all three formats have been played on the same tour since 2009.ItineraryWed Jan 23-Sun Jan 27 – 1st Test, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu Jan 31-Mon Feb 4 – 2nd Test, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
Sat Feb 9-Wed Feb 13 – 3rd Test, Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia
Wed Feb 20 – 1st ODI, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri Feb 22 – 2nd ODI, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Mon Feb 25 – 3rd ODI, National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
Wed Feb 27 – 4th ODI, National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
Sat Mar 2 – 5th ODI, Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia
Tue Mar 5 – 1st IT20, Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia
Fri Mar 8 – 2nd IT20, Warner Park, St Kitts
Sun Mar 10 – 3rd IT20 Warner Park, St Kitts

Key highlights from the second ODI between West Indies and India

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Jun-2017When West Indies won the toss, they looked at damp conditions underfoot and heavy skies overhead. It was atmosphere that called for length bowling to use the conditions: slowness, possible seam movement and variable bounce. However, the West Indies opening bowlers failed to get the length right, bowling either too short or two full. The result: eight fours, one six and 63 runs in the first 10 overs without even a half chance created.Ajinkya Rahane hasn’t had a great relationship with limited-overs international cricket. He starts off well, but hasn’t converted many of those starts into performances that guarantee him a spot in the XI. Before today he had crossed 50 19 times, converting them into hundreds only twice. Now, as KL Rahul nears fitness, this could be Rahane’s last chance in a while if he doesn’t grab it. He was predictably nervous as he neared his hundred before finally getting there in style.

High humidity, drizzle around, high pressure of bowling to Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, with floating yorkers as your weapon of choice, you leave yourself a low-percentage game as a bowler. Jason Holder realised that as three of his attempted yorkers at the death ended up as high full tosses. One of them was so slow Dhoni had time to rock back and pull it away for four. Another front-foot no-ball added insult to injury; fact that he got Kedar Jadhav out on that ball berated it further.Virat Kohli started off circumspectly but accelerated dramatically, scoring his last 50 runs in 25 balls. Hitting wasn’t that easy on a slow pitch with the humidity sapping players. There was an extra effort to set that solid base and concentrate on the swing of the bat and not the power. The head stayed down in all four of his sixes, none of which he over-hit.Wristspinners make the ball turn both ways legally, and the variation is harder to pick than the carrom ball – which is legal – from fingerspinners. That is why wristspinners have become an important part of limited-overs sides. Bowling for the first time in ODIs, Kuldeep Yadav – left-arm bowler to boot – showed what difference the variation could make, with West Indies left-hand batsmen failing to pick the one turning back into them

Dolphins CEO Pete de Wet, who has only been in the job for 16 months, is leaving South Africa at the end of July to head the Central Districts Cricket Association in Napier

Firdose Moonda07-Jun-2016Not only will the Dolphins franchise begin the new season with a new coach and a new set of players following months of major change, but they will also do it with a new CEO. Pete de Wet, who has only been in the job for 16 months, is leaving South Africa at the end of July to head the Central Districts Cricket Association in Napier.”The decision to leave the Sunfoil Dolphins is a purely personal one and has been an extremely difficult one that I, together with my young family, have thought long and hard about,” de Wet said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Dolphins and believe our plans to achieve our ultimate goal is starting to gather momentum, so it is disappointing to hand over the reins so soon.”De Wet, who was appointed in April 2015, took over from Jesse Chellan, who moved to Port Elizabeth, to the Warriors, in September 2014. He oversaw a period of instability at the franchise in the 2015-16 season which followed their biggest success – winning the 2013-14 20-over tournament. The Dolphins were unable to replicate that success, opted not to renew coach Lance Klusener’s contract with games still to be played in the season, and lost international players Kyle Abbott and David Miller along with several others ahead of the 2016-17 summer.Under de Wet, they appointed Grant Morgan as coach but failed to make any big name signings this winter. De Wet believed he was ushering in a new era which would build the Dolphins into the top franchise in the country but he won’t be around to see the results.”Despite not being a part of that journey with the Dolphins any longer, I wish everyone everything of the best for the future and look forward to seeing the great results that I’m sure will be achieved shortly, both on and off the field,” he said. “There have been some great highs and a few challenges during my time here in Durban but on a whole I am confident that the pathway the franchise is on is one that will ultimately see the Dolphins become a force to be reckoned with.”De Wet will work with the Dolphins board as they begin their search for his successor.

In-form James Hildreth has given Somerset a good chance of victory on the final day as the Taunton wickets show signs of not being the featherbeds of old

Alex Winter at Taunton28-Apr-2015
ScorecardJames Hildreth has given Somerset the upper hand at Taunton•Getty Images

The Taunton wickets are much loathed for not being conducive enough to results – no-one drew more matches than Somerset’s 10 in 2014 – but the opening two matches of this season have seen a more even contest between bat and ball and, with 30 wickets falling in the opening three days of this match, a second consecutive positive result is possible.Somerset are the favourites after setting Middlesex 402 to win but Middlesex have a sporting chance following a third afternoon where they chipped away at the hosts’ second innings and took the final five wickets for 50. In the final analysis, James Hildreth’s 86 was a vital innings as the middle order fell away. It was no bad thing for the match.To win, Middlesex need to make their fourth-highest fourth-innings total but they can take some confidence from the 472 for 3 they made last season to beat Yorkshire at Lord’s – their second-highest fourth-innings total – albeit the architect of that chase, Chris Rogers who made 241 not out, is no longer at the club.They will hope Rogers’ replacement, fellow Australian Adam Voges, can create something similar. Or indeed, Nick Gubbins and Sam Robson who played carefully to reach the close unscathed.The danger for Middlesex is the fragile nature of their line-up. They lost 8 for 118 in the first innings and this wicket has offered assistance to the seamers throughout the match. Somerset will hope to probe that weakness and have in their attack two young Devonians showing the best form of their fledgling careers.Jamie Overton, who turned 21 at the start of the month, is a big and genuinely quick bowler who appears to have calibrated his radar over the winter. A quick spell on the second evening whittled out the Middlesex lower order. But it appears his injury worries, having blighted his career since breaking into the Somerset first XI, are not yet behind him. He limped off after seven balls of the chase. More will be revealed later.Lewis Gregory has his own injuries last season but, fit for the start of 2015, has been rewarded for his progress over the last 12 months with a call up to England’s squad for the ODI against Ireland next week. He celebrated by taking two wickets in five balls, both lbw, to see off the Middlesex first innings in the fourth over of day three.The swift end gave Somerset a 102-run first-innings lead, which was comfortably built on in a stand of 82 for the second wicket between Marcus Trescothick and Tom Cooper. The latter’s ill-advised reverse sweep, to be bowled for 42, did not appear crucial at the time but it ended what turned out to be the highest stand of the innings.Trescothick looked set for a second century in the match, having twice played the deftest of late cuts off Steven Finn to take boundaries fine of third man, and looked to have successfully covered a Rayner delivery on 76, only to lose his off stump. Again, the bounce Rayner generates created problems. The dismissal should encourage Somerset’s Abdur Rehman on day four.Thereafter only James Hildreth spent significant time at the crease. He passed fifty in 109 balls with five fours – a far more sedate effort than the first innings – but, as Finn returned from the River End, he pulled his first ball down the throat of deep midwicket to be ninth out. Overton then clubbed a six but Finn cleaned him up next ball.There were three more wickets for James Harris, who continued his impressive form, bringing a beauty into the off stump of Tom Abell. Two other middle order wickets followed as Middlesex kept themselves in the match.

Ireland and Northamptonshire wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien is in talks with Leicestershire

George Dobell26-Sep-2012Ireland and Northamptonshire wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien is in talks with Leicestershire. While O’Brien is contracted to his current club until the end of 2013, the county have made it clear that his contract will not be renewed and have allowed him to talk to other teams.O’Brien, 30, has a fine record in all formats of the game – he averaged 38.66 in first-class cricket for the club this year – but his availability is compromised by his Ireland commitments and Northamptonshire are hoping to free up resources to bring in new players. Steven Crook, the Middlesex allrounder, is believed to be a primary target with negotiations at an advanced stage.Northamptonshire also have high hopes for their 17-year-old wicketkeeper, Ben Duckett, who played for England in the recently concluded Under-19 World Cup. He made his first team debut for in 2012, playing one Twenty20 match, with the club hoping to fast track his progress in the coming years.While David Murphy would be the senior keeper in the absence of O’Brien, he has recently been included in the Scotland squad so his availability could be compromised in 2013.

Varun Aaron has said he won’t compromise on his pace because it is his strength and he loves bowling fast

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Aug-2011Varun Aaron, the Jharkhand fast bowler who has replaced Ishant Sharma in India’s ODI squad for the England series, said he will not cut back on his pace as his career progresses because he loves bowling fast. Indian fast bowlers have a history of dropping their pace dramatically as their careers take off – Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel and to some extent Ishant Sharma – but Aaron, who regularly clocks over 140kph and impressed for India Emerging Players during the recent tournament in Australia, said he will not go down that road.”It’s an individual thing, I guess. I don’t know why they decided to give up on their pace. I love bowling fast, and it is my strength. I will never compromise on my pace,” he told the . “And it’s a lot of fun to hit people on the head.”Aaron, who played for Delhi Daredevils in this year’s IPL, does know the value of accuracy too. “Speed is okay; you have to bowl quick. But it troubles international batsmen only to a certain extent. After that, they adjust pretty easily,” he told . “You have got to have a few tricks up your sleeve and you have got to bowl a good line and length consistently to get wickets. Even genuine fast bowlers have to have the right line and length.”With India struggling in the pace department in England, there were calls for Aaron, who is just 21, to be drafted into the national team, and when Ishant sustained an ankle injury, Aaron was called up to the one-day squad. He, however, said he would not be bogged down by the pressure of expectation. “It’s tough to ignore the expectations that people have. But I don’t want to think about that and I’m concentrating on bowling as fast and as well as I can.”One thing that could work in Aaron’s favour is that the assistant coach at Delhi Daredevils is Eric Simons, who is also India’s bowling coach. “Working with Eric was great,” Aaron said. “Generally, he just tells you to do the most basic of things perfectly or a small little change here or there which somehow you fail to notice. But I am always open to advice.”Aaron took 13 wickets for Jharkhand during last year’s Ranji season, followed by another nine in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, during which he reportedly bowled a 153-kph ball. He took 10 wickets in three games in the three-day leg of the Emerging Players Tournament , including 4 for 40 in the first innings against Australia Institute of Sport.

Lalit Modi has filed in a petition in India’s supreme court, seeking the removal of IPL chairman Chirayu Amin and BCCI vice-president Arun Jaitley from the disciplinary committee

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Sep-2010Lalit Modi, the suspended IPL chairman, has filed a petition in India’s Supreme Court seeking the removal of his successor Chirayu Amin and BCCI vice-president Arun Jaitley from the disciplinary committee investigating charges against him. Modi’s plea for the recusal of these two members, on grounds of bias against him, had been rejected by the Bombay high court earlier this month.Modi also challenged his suspension from the BCCI and sought a free and fair inquiry into all the charges against him, as well as into the issue of conflict of interest regarding N Srinivasan, who is BCCI secretary and the owner of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings.The BCCI had suspended Modi immediately following the conclusion of IPL 3 in April and charged him with financial irregularities relating to the bidding process for IPL franchises, the mid-over ad sales and the sale of theatrical rights. He was also charged with colluding to set up a rebel league in England.

They are the only two names featuring in the final list of contesting candidates at the election on January 12

PTI07-Jan-2025Devjit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia will be elected unopposed as BCCI secretary and treasurer, respectively, on January 12, as the only two names featuring in the final list of contesting candidates.The list of contesting candidates was prepared by the BCCI electoral officer and former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Achal Kumar Joti, on Tuesday.The window to file the nominations ended last week while the deadline to withdraw nominations ended at 2pm on Tuesday. Since there were no withdrawals, the electoral officer published the list of contesting candidates at 5pm on Tuesday.The election will be held on the sidelines of the BCCI’s SGM on January 12 and the result, which is now a formality, will be announced on the same day.Saikia has been working as the interim secretary of the BCCI since Jay Shah took over as the ICC chairman on December 1.Bhatia filed the nomination for the treasurer’s post after the post was left vacant by Ashish Shelar, who recently took oath as a cabinet minister in the Maharashtra government.

George Bell, Dane Vilas, George Balderson add fifties against unconvincing defending champions

ECB Reporters Network09-Aug-2023England Lions batter Josh Bohannon’s excellent 105 represented his maiden List A century as Lancashire brushed Kent Spitfires aside by 125 runs at Blackpool to gain revenge for last year’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup final defeat.Kent have now lost two of their first three games in an unconvincing title defence, with Bohannon’s 117-ball innings underpinning 328 for 5.George Bell, Dane Vilas and George Balderson also added half-centuries after Lancashire were inserted. Kent List A debutant seamer Jas Singh returned an encouraging 3 for 74 from 10 overs.Lancashire then defended 329 with ease on a Stanley Park pitch not entirely straightforward for batting. They put two rainy no results behind them as new-ball bowler Jack Blatherwick claimed a career best 4 for 52 from 10 overs in Kent’s 203 all out inside 40 overs.Bohannon moved through the gears following a circumspect start. Kent were at their best with the new ball and deserved more early rewards. But they became increasingly ragged.They conceded only 34 runs from the first 10 overs and ensured Bohannon didn’t hit a boundary until his 36th ball – a six over long-on against Hamidullah Qadri’s off-spin.Bohannon’s quartet of sixes were all hit down the ground, an area opener Bell was particularly strong in en-route to 71. The two shared 112 for the second wicket from 15 for 1 after James Bazley had Keaton Jennings caught at second slip.That was one of four catches for Spitfires skipper Jack Leaning. Two of them helped debutant seamer Singh remove Vilas and Balderson, caught for 51 and 57 trying to attack late on. The 20-year-old had earlier bowled Bell following a heave to leg.Bohannon reached his century – his ninth in all senior cricket – off 113 balls shortly after Lancashire had moved to 250 for 3 in the 44th over.After navigating early challenges against Bazley and new-ball partner Grant Stewart, who surprisingly only bowled six overs for 17, the home innings was filled with fearless strokeplay.Balderson reached his fifty in only 25 balls, and right at the death, rookie pro Matty Hurst scooped his first ball over the wicketkeeper’s head for one of three fours in a six-ball unbeaten 15.Kent then made a troubled start to their chase, slipping to 97 for 4 inside 20 overs.Ben Compton miscued a wide ball from Tom Bailey which seemed to stop on him to cover in the third over before Leaning was bowled by one which kept low from Blatherwick.Alex Blake drove to mid-off against Balderson, who then had Daniel Bell-Drummond caught behind for 38 by Hurst off a skied miscue. Bell-Drummond had been released from Hundred duty with London Spirit to play and finished as Kent’s top-scorer.Fifth-wicket pair Harry Finch and Joey Evison then steadied with a 51-run stand, with the latter whipping a six off Tom Aspinwall’s seam. But their hopes were dashed by Blatherwick, who returned to the attack and claimed three wickets in eight balls, including two in two, to leave Kent floundering again at 153 for 7 in the 34th over.Finch was caught behind for 31 off an inside-edge in the 32nd before a pulling Australian Bazley top-edged his first ball to mid-off. In the next over, Evison was lbw for 30.Left-arm spinner Jack Morley then struck twice before some entertaining hitting from last-wicket pair, Singh and Matt Quinn, was ended by Aspinwall’s maiden senior wicket – Quinn caught at deep cover by Blatherwick.

Turner will stay at the club but has been sidelined by a shoulder injury

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Jun-2022Durham have brought in Andrew Tye, the Australian seamer, for the rest of the Vitality Blast after Ashton Turner, their new T20 captain, suffered a shoulder injury.Turner was forced to retire hurt during Durham’s defeat to Northamptonshire on Friday night, his second game as captain, after jarring his left shoulder while diving to make his ground.The club said in a statement that Turner has “begun a process of rehabilitation” with their medical staff and that he will be regularly assessed with the hope that he will be fit enough to play a part later in the group stages.Related

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Tye, Turner’s Perth Scorchers team-mate, is by no means a like-for-like replacement but will bolster a bowling attack that has leaked 9.42 runs an over across the opening three games of the season. Matthew Potts, who will make his England Test debut on Thursday, has been a big miss.Tye is available to make his debut against Worcestershire on Wednesday night. “There are still lots of games to play and having lost Ashton Turner to injury we were keen to act quickly on a replacement,” Marcus North, Durham’s director of cricket, said.Tye played several seasons of club cricket for Chester-le-Street as a young player and also appeared for Durham’s second XI. He has previously appeared in the Blast for Gloucestershire, where he played in 2016, 2018 and 2019.Counties are allowed to have three overseas players registered simultaneously but can only pick two in a single game. Durham already have David Bedingham on their books, who may miss out if Turner and Tye are both available later in the group stages.Liam Trevaskis captained Durham on Sunday in their defeat to Birmingham Bears and is expected to continue in the role.