3:00 AM ET Toss Pakistan opt to bat v Australia Usman Khan in his delivery stride AFP Pakistan will bat first in the third and final T20I in Dubai. Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and decided Pakistan would set a target for the third consecutive match, noting it looked like a good wicket on which they “wanted runs on the board”. They make two changes to their side, one forced, with…
Richard Ngarava conceded the joint second-most expensive ODI figures by a Zimbabwean with 1 for 96 11:07 AM ET Liam Brickhill Left-arm seamer Richard Ngarava has been ruled out of Zimbabwe’s two-Test series against Bangladesh after he sustained a groin injury during the third one-day international on Friday. Ngarava, 20, was in line to make his Test debut, but his injury means that Chris Mpofu has been called up as…
Dasgupta: Jadhav as sixth bowling option is important (3:32) Deep Dasgupta previews the fourth ODI between India and West Indies at the Brabourne Stadium (3:32) 3:00 AM ET Big Picture As West Indies ambled across the finish line in Pune, India ought to have wondered where their own finisher was. Did he not oscillate between Nos. 5 and 6 once upon a time? Is that now a fable from a…
3:00 AM ET Queensland 231 & 357 for 6 (Heazlett 118, Neser 57, Mennie 3-55) drew with South Australia 505 (Cooper 178, Lehmann 126, Doggett 4-82) Queensland’s Sam Heazlett walks off the field after scoring 45 Getty Images Sam Heazlett and Michael Neser followed the example set by Australia’s batsmen in the drawn Dubai Test with a Queensland rearguard that denied South Australia outright points on the final day of the…
Mushfiqur Rahim goes for a reverse sweep © Getty Images Minutes before the player draft for the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League on Sunday, Mushfiqur Rahim was picked up by Chittagong Vikings from the A+ category (the top category). On the day before, the governing council had informed that as an A+ player (TK 40 to 75 lakh or approx USD 47,000 to 90,000) in the list, any…
1:32 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Although New Zealand are coming out of cricketing hibernation – they last played as a team in March – the batting coach Craig McMillan believes they’d have a couple of things going for them when they play the top-ranked Pakistan in the first of three T20Is on Wednesday. First – a squad that has experience playing franchise T20s – and second – good memories of…
1:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff On the eve of the public airing of Cricket Australia’s cultural dirty laundry, the Board director Mark Taylor has declared that the state associations are welcome to decide on whether they want to dismiss the Board now that they have been given access to the reviews commissioned in the wake of the Newlands scandal. Numerous questions were raised about the timing of events around CA’s…
12:55 AM ET Varun Shetty in Pune Four of India’s five bowlers went at more than five per over, and no one from No. 6 in the batting line-up could make a score greater than 20 during India’s loss in the third ODI. But that wasn’t a full indication of India’s depth, said returning fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who was by far the best bowler of the match with 4…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Victoria 9 for 445 dec (Harris 250*, Handscomb 48, Copeland 3-74) beat New South Wales 159 (Patterson 63, Tremain 5-47) & 179 (Larkin 53, Patterson 50, Boland 6-49) by an innings and 107 runs Marcus Harris celebrates his century Getty Images Victoria moved a game clear at the top of the Sheffield Shield table by claiming the last New South Wales wicket for an innings and…
10:53 PM ET Andrew McGlashan Melinda Farrell Former Australia captain Steve Waugh believes the previous lack of stringent punishments for ball-tampering manifested itself in things getting “out of control” with the Newlands controversy that led to the suspensions of Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft. The trio were handed severe sanctions by Cricket Australia earlier this year after sandpaper was used on the ball during the Cape Town Test…