4:52 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff In his drive to be as fit as possible for the summer, Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine has left himself nursing some hamstring tendonitis but confirmed he will be available for Tasmania’s opening Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide next week. Paine, who has spent the winter in Hobart amid the Covid-19 restrictions, revealed he had actually lost a bit too much weight during his fitness…

2:39 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mitchell Marsh will have to wait until later this month to find out whether he will require surgery on the ankle problem he suffered at the IPL after scans showed “a moderate to high grade” injury. Marsh is unable to see a specialist under he completes his 14-day quarantine period on October 10. Speaking earlier this week he was hopeful he would be able to…

12:25 AM GMT The Sheffield Shield will look different this season, at least for the first part of the competition, as it’s being played entirely in an Adelaide hub for the initial four rounds. Justin Langer, the Australia head coach, has said it’s unlikely there will be many changes to the Test squad when India arrive, but a larger group of players will be needed due to various Covid-19 restrictions….

9:27 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Courtney Walsh has been named head coach of West Indies’ women’s team and, according to a Cricket West Indies statement “will lead the preparation and development of the women’s team at least up until the end of 2022”. Walsh, who is West Indies’ leading wicket-taker in Test cricket with 519 scalps, had worked with the women’s team during the T20 World Cup held in Australia…

2:52 AM IST Nottinghamshire 139 for 7 (Clarke 35, Griffiths 3-21) tied with Leicestershire 139 for 7 (Swindells 58, Christian 2-24) – Notts won higher Powerplay score Leicestershire let a golden opportunity slip through their grasp – literally as well as figuratively – to allow Nottinghamshire to book their place in a Vitality T20 Blast semi-final against Lancashire. With 17 runs required from the final seven balls, it seemed Leicestershire…

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Shan Masood, 0.6 ov), 2-71 (Umar Siddiq, 6.6 ov), 3-129 (Sohaib Maqsood, 12.1 ov), 4-137 (Zeeshan Ashraf, 12.5 ov), 5-147 (Hussain Talat, 14.4 ov), 6-148 (Khushdil Shah, 15.2 ov), 7-149 (Aamer Yamin, 15.6 ov), 8-161 (Bilawal Bhatti, 17.4 ov), 9-163 (Umer Khan, 18.5 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo

12:05 AM IST Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians 191 for 4 (Rohit 70, Pollard 47*, Hardik 30*, Cottrell 1-20) beat Kings XI Punjab 143 for 8 (Pooran 44, Bumrah 2-18, Chahar 2-26) by 48 runs After Rohit Sharma made his second half-century in his last three innings in IPL 2020, Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya went on a boundary-hitting spree to launch the Mumbai Indians to 191 for 4, which proved…

6:11 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan have hired former Bermuda batsman David Hemp as the head coach of the national women’s side. He takes over from Iqbal Imam, who was temporarily working in the role. Hemp is the second foreigner roped in by the PCB to take charge of the women’s cricket team after New Zealander Mark Coles, who spent two years in the job before resigning in October last…

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Sharjeel Khan, 3.1 ov), 2-37 (Saud Shakeel, 4.3 ov), 3-48 (Khurram Manzoor, 6.1 ov), 4-86 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 11.5 ov), 5-111 (Asad Shafiq, 14.1 ov), 6-121 (Azam Khan, 15.3 ov), 7-165 (Anwar Ali, 18.5 ov), 8-178 (Hassan Khan, 19.5 ov), 9-178 (Mohammad Hasnain, 19.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo