Diana Baig is congratulated by her team-mates © Getty Images Pakistan opened their T20 World Cup campaign with a comprehensive win against a sloppy West Indies at Manuka Oval in Canberra, only their second win over the opponents in the format. Diana Baig and Nida Dar did the job first up, rattling the West Indies’ line-up to restrict them to 124 for 7. It was then chased down with ten…
Keshav Maharaj in, Faf du Plessis rested for South Africa's ODIs against Australia
11:20 AM GMT Keshav Maharaj, South Africa’s premier Test spinner, has been included in the ODI squad to face Australia in a three-match series which starts on Saturday. Maharaj, who has four ODI caps to his name, is currently the joint-leading wicket-taker in the domestic one-day competition and will be pushing Tabraiz Shamsi for a spot from in the white-ball XI. Maharaj last played ODI cricket in 2018, when he…
ECB recruit David Court from FA to fill Mo Bobat vacancy
10:01 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The ECB have announced the appointment of David Court as player identification lead, filling the vacancy left by Mo Bobat’s promotion to the role of performance director in October. Court, who will work closely with Bobat and with Ed Smith’s selection panel, has spent the last four years at the FA as performance education lead, having previously worked for the ECB as a regional performance…
Steven Smith back as No. 1 Test batsman as Virat Kohli slides
The top spot among Test batsmen has been a Steven Smith v Virat Kohli contest for a while 9:58 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli‘s match aggregate of 21 runs in the Wellington Test against New Zealand, which went the way of the home team by 10 wickets, has allowed Steven Smith to reclaim the top spot in the Test rankings for batsmen, the Australian getting to No. 1 for…
Sheffield Shield round-up: Webster's stunning 187 gives Tasmania a chance
9:07 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff South Australia 207 (Copeland 5-63) & 1 for 40 need 363 more runs to beat New South Wales 373 & 2 for 236 dec (Hughes 136) by 363 runs Scorecard Trent Copeland took his 300th Sheffield Shield wicket for New South Wales and claimed his 20th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket while Daniel Hughes made his second century of the match leave South Australia with…
West Indies bowl as Fabian Allen replaces Hayden Walsh
8:56 AM GMT Toss West Indies chose to bowl v Sri Lanka West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second ODI, in Hambantota, perhaps expecting their quicks to get something out of a surface that has at times been one of the fastest in the country. Only one change was made to their XI – left arm spinner Fabian Allen coming in to displace legspinner…
Heather Knight, Anya Shrubsole hand England emphatic win
Heather Knight struck her maiden T20I century, completing the feat of scoring a century in each international format 7:19 AM GMT England 2 for 176 (Knight 108*, Sciver 59*) beat Thailand 7 for 78 (Chantam 32, Shrubsole 3-21) by 98 runs Heather Knight took England’s early World Cup campaign by the scruff of the neck after an early fright against Thailand with a maiden T20I hundred as her team secured…
DRS to make Ranji Trophy debut
The decision to implement the limited version of the DRS was approved by the Committee of Administrators in June 7:10 AM GMT Varun Shetty The Ranji Trophy will feature the Decision Review System (DRS), although in a “limited” capacity, for the first time in the upcoming semi-finals and finals rounds of the tournament, which begins from Saturday. It is understood that each team will have four reviews per innings, and…
Steven Smith named Welsh Fire captain for The Hundred
6:14 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Steven Smith, the former Australia captain, will skipper Welsh Fire in The Hundred this year. Smith was stripped of the Australian captaincy following the Newlands ball-tampering scandal in 2018, banned from playing cricket for year and barred from leading any side under Cricket Australia’s jurisdiction for a further year after his playing ban expired. The leadership sanction will be lifted at the end of March,…
'Dry him up' – Neil Wagner's plan for Virat Kohli
Neil Wagner’s return will only make the New Zealand bowling attack more formidable 5:42 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli has endured one of his quietest tours in recent memory, with scores of 2 and 19 in the first Test in Wellington following seven limited-overs innings with only one half-century. New Zealand are determined to ensure his lean run continues into the last match of India’s tour as well, the…