Big Bash League franchise Sydney Sixers have now signed Jake Ball as a replacement for Tom Curran who pulled out of the league citing bubble fatigue. Nottinghamshire skipper Dan Christian pushed Jake Ball’s cause for a spot in the BBL side after playing with him in the Vitality Blast.

Rashid Khan, who is currently ranked number 1 in the T20 internationals, is set to join Sussex for the upcoming season of Vitality Blast, where he first arrived in 2018. After the confirmation of the news, Rashid confessed that playing on the South Coast has always felt like home for him.

After facing backlash for wearing an alcohol brand on the shirt during a net session, a source has revealed that Azam will not wear the logo of any alcohol brand during the Vitality Blast for Somerset. Many Muslim players in the past have objected to wearing the alcohol brands as endorsements.

The top cricketers of England - such as Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jos Buttler - are expected to be taking pay-cuts in order to curb financial losses for the ECB. The ECB are set to incur substantial losses due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak that has brought the world of sport to a halt.