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England's Stuart Broad became the seventh bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket. The 34-year-old paceman reaches the milestone when he dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite on the final day of the third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford. Broad made his Test debut in 2007, now has joined one of cricket's most exclusive clubs of 500 Test wickets. He made the history in his 140th Test match.  He is the second Englishman to reach the milestone, after James Anderson. Broad has also been a useful tailender batsman and has scored over 3,000 Test runs, including a century and 13 half-centuries.

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir will join the national squad for the upcoming tour to England. The 28-year-old had previously made himself unavailable for the series in oder to be with his wife for the birth of their second daughter. Much like others, the left-arm seamer will have to be tested negative twice for COVID-19 before traveling to England. If cleared, Amir will feature in the three T20 Internationals against England, starting August 28 at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Pakistan is scheduled to play three Tests and three T20s during the tour. The three-Test match series gets underway on 5 August at Old Trafford. Eng vs Pak Test series 1st Test: Emirates Old Trafford, August 5-9 2nd Test: The Ageas Bowl, August 13-17 3rd Test: The Ageas Bowl, August 21-25 Eng vs Pak T20I series 1st T20I: Emirates Old Trafford, August 28 2nd T20I: Emirates Old Trafford, August 30 3rd T20I, Emirates Old Trafford, September 1

Cricket Australia have named the preliminary 26-man squad to tour of England in September for a three-match ODI and T20 series. Uncapped trio Daniel Sams, Riley Meredith and Josh Philippe are some of the prominent names in the squad for a potential late summer tour. The left-handed batsman Usman Khawaja and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis have been included in the limited-overs squad despite dropped from the list of nationally contracted players in the winter. The 5-time World Cup champions were initially scheduled to tour England for three one-day internationals and three T20Is in July but the series was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Australia’s squad : Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Michael Neser, Josh Philippe, Daniel Sams, D’Arcy Short, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Andr...

New Zealand Cricket has refused to host the Indian Premier League Twenty20 mega-rich tournament in the midst of speculation the competition could be played here. Earlier it was reported that an unnamed Indian cricket official saying New Zealand is the latest nation after UAE and Sri Lanka which has offered to host the billion-dollar league in case the tournament can't be held in India because of a surge in the coronavirus cases. The competition has been postponed indefinitely although the BCCI is hopeful of playing it from the end of October. "Staging the event in India has to be the first choice but in case it is not safe to have it, then we will look at the overseas options. After UAE and Sri Lanka, New Zealand has also offered to host the IPL," a senior BCCI official told the newspaper. "We will sit down with all stakeholders (broadcaster, teams, etc) and take a call. The safety of the players is paramount. There will be no compromise on that". India is the...

Former England all-rounder Tim Bresnan has signed a two-year deal with the Warwickshire County Cricket Club that will keep him at Edgbaston until the end of the 2022 season. Bresnan, 35, enjoyed a 19-year career at Yorkshire and helped the White Rose that won back-to-back County Championships in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. The veteran all-rounder is all set to join the Bears and will spend the rest of the 2020 county campaign on loan, subject to the England and Wales Cricket Board clearance. ⚡ T I M B R E S N A N ⚡️ Welcome to the Bears, @timbresnan ! 🐻 #YouBears #WelcomeBrez pic.twitter.com/8NzPavHE6S — Warwickshire CCC 🏏 (@WarwickshireCCC) June 30, 2020 Bresnan played 142 games for England in all formats, impressing during the 2010/11 Ashes series victory in Australia. The 2020 county season gets underway on August 1.

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic - New Zealand tour of Bangladesh has been postponed on Tuesday. Black Caps were slated to play two Tests in August-September this year as part of the ICC World Test Championship. Three Bangladeshi players, including Nazmul Islam, Nafees Iqbal and the former ODI skipper Mashrafe Mortaza, have tested positive for the deadly contagion. “In the present COVID-19 pandemic scenario, hosting a full cricket series in August 2020 will be a challenge in terms of preparations,” BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said in a statement. “Under these circumstances, the BCB and NZC (New Zealand Cricket) have felt that the best way forward would be to defer the series,” he added. The governing bodies from both sides were working on a new schedule for the Test series. Bangladesh has so far reported more than 100k coronavirus cases with over 1,500 mortality.

Former England captain Andrew Strauss has emerged as a surprise candidate to become CEO of Cricket Australia following the resignation of Kevin Roberts. Cricket Australia has been in a financial loss since the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a report in The Australian , Strauss could be the next CEO of Cricket Australia. The 43-year-old had represented the county cricket for Middlesex and captained the England national team in all formats of the game. He served England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for three years as a director of cricket between 2015 to 2018. After Roberts resigned from his position of CEO, Nick Hockley was named in as an interim replacement with the governing body searching for the ideal candidate to serve as a full-time CEO. Strauss has scored 7,037 runs in 100 Tests and 4,205 runs in 127 ODIs during his playing career with England. The South Africa-born also played a crucial role as ECB director, which lead the national side to claim their maiden World Cup title la...

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic followed by lockdown across the globe, cricketing boards are considering all options to organise tournaments or bilateral series.  Recently, the West Indies team touched down in the UK to prepare for the Test series against England which gets underway on July 9. However, cricket fans are keeping a close eye on the 2020 biggest competition - the T20 World Cup, in Australia later this year. But the Cricket Australia (CA) chairman Earl Eddings gave hints that the event may face hurdles. He spoke to local media and stated that it would be ‘unrealistic’ to organise the T20I World Cup this year in the midst of a global coronavirus pandemic. The tournament slated to be played from October 18 to November 15 in Downunder.

The West Indies cricket team have departed for the three-match Test tour of England starting from July 8. The tourists will be tested for COVID-19 again upon arrival in the UK ahead of the seven-week tour. Windies became the first international team to travel overseas after the coronavirus pandemic had suspended cricket for more than two months. West Indies depart the Caribbean for Sandals Tour of England. #ENGvWI #MenInMaroon Read more⬇️ https://t.co/ycf4XHBeZC pic.twitter.com/aQkMNLice9 — Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) June 8, 2020 The first Test to be played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on July 8 with the second and third Test at Old Trafford in Manchester from July 16 and then July 24. There will be no spectators allowed at the venues, which will be held in a "bio-secure" environment. West Indies Squad : Jason Holder (captain), Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Kraigg Brathwaite, Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, Shan...

Cricket Australia have confirmed that India will travel to Down Under starting October this year comprising four Tests, ODIs as well as T20 Internationals.  The tour will begin with a T20 match, on October 11 at Brisbane followed by other two games on October 14 (Canberra) and October 17 (Adelaide), the CA announced on its official website .  India are then scheduled to play a four-Test match series, beginning on December 3 at Brisbane. The second, third and fourth Tests will be held in Adelaide (December 11-15), Melbourne (December 26-30) and Sydney (January 3 to 7). The ODI series is set to begin in Perth on January 12 and it will be followed by matches on January 15 (Melbourne) and January 17 (Sydney).  Schedule: Australia v India 11 October: 1st T20I, Gabba, Brisbane 14 October: 2nd T20I, Manuka Oval, Canberra 17 October: 3rd T20I, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 3-7 December: 1st Test, the Gabba, Brisbane 11-15 December: 2nd Test, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 26-30 December: 3rd ...