Tasmania 236 & 43 for 1 (Weatherald 26*, Ward 13*) lead Victoria 258 (Dixon 66, K. Elliott 4-55) by 21 runs First-class debutant Harry Dixon has blasted three huge sixes on his way to a brisk half-century that helped Victoria to a narrow first-innings lead over Tasmania in their Sheffield Shield clash. Dixon was the star with the bat on day two in Hobart, belting 66 from 73 deliveries in…

England won the toss and chose to bat vs India England won the toss and will bat first on a black-soil surface in Cuttack, where they hope to bounce back from their heavy loss in Nagpur on Thursday, and square the ODI series against India. They will be taking on an India side with two notable changes, including the return of Virat Kohli. He missed the first ODI after sustaining…

Australia 414 (Carey 156, Smith 131, Jayasuriya 5-151) and 75 for 1 (Khawaja 27*, Labuschagne 26*) beat Sri Lanka 257 (Kusal 85, Chandimal 74, Starc 3-37) & 231 (Mathews 76, Kusal 50, Kuhnemann 4-63, Lyon 4-84) by 9 wickets Steven Smith completed an outstanding series at the helm with his 200th Test catch, but he wasn’t needed with the bat as Australia clinically sealed a rare series victory in Asia…

MI Cape Town 181 for 8 (Esterhuizen 39, Brevis 38, Gleeson 2-22) beat Sunrisers Eastern Cape 105 (Abell 30, Rabada 4-25, Boult 2-9, Linde 2-20) by 76 runs Rashid Khan’s MI Cape Town have been crowned the new champions of the SA20, after they denied Aiden Markram’s Sunrisers Eastern Cape a three-peat and decimated them for the third time this season, in front of a packed crowd at the Wanderers….

Mumbai Indians Cape Town said that things had changed from the first two seasons of the SA20, but now we know by how much. After finishing at the bottom of the points table in seasons one and two, MICT are season three’s champions, and the first team other than beaten opposition Sunrisers Eastern Cape to win the title. Theirs was a campaign of near-total dominance, with seven group stage wins…

Fielding at deep square leg in the 37th over, Ravindra steadied himself to take a catch as Khushdil Shah slog-swept Michael Bracewell towards the on side. But Ravindra seemed to lose the ball in the lights, and took no evasive action as it struck him square on the forehead. He was seen staring at the ground, apparently in a daze, as blood streamed down his face while medical staff rushed…

Whatever happens on what is likely to be the final day of the series, it is clear that Australia’s spinners have been spectacular in Sri Lanka. So far, the hosts have lost 37 of the 40 wickets they can lose in two Tests. Of those, Australia’s two frontline spinners – Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann – have taken 29 wickets. Left-arm Kuhnemann has been especially impressive, taking 16 wickets at…

Zimbabwe 267 and 38 for 3 (Bennett 15*, Humphreys 1-4, McCarthy 1-14) need another 254 runs to beat Ireland 260 and 298 (Balbirnie 66 Tucker 58, Ngarava 4-55, Gwandu 2-28, Madhevere 2-48) Ireland are well placed to complete a hat-trick of Test wins after setting Zimbabwe a target of 292 and reducing them to 38 for 3 at stumps. Andy Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker struck fifties with contributions all the…

Big picture: Kohli fit again Cricketers. They’re just like us, from having kadhi chawal for lunch to cueing up Netflix with dinner. This deeply normal kind of life may be beckoning a first-choice Indian team member as they continue on their Champions Trophy fact-finding mission. Shreyas Iyer usually plays entertainer, and he did this on Thursday night, his strokeplay containing everything but a backwards step even against extreme pace. He’s…

India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak confirmed his availability on the eve of the match. “Kohli is fit …yes…. he is practicing with us today,” Kotak said in Cuttack. “He is good to go.” Kohli had suffered swelling on his right knee on the eve while training a day before the series opener in Nagpur. He was replaced in the XI by Shreyas Iyer, who revealed after scoring a half-century that…