Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Devdutt Padikkal, 0.4 ov), 2-3 (Josh Philippe, 1.3 ov), 3-4 (Virat Kohli, 2.4 ov), 4-53 (Aaron Finch, 7.5 ov), 5-57 (AB de Villiers, 8.2 ov), 6-83 (Shivam Dube, 12.6 ov), 7-88 (Umesh Yadav, 13.6 ov), 8-101 (Washington Sundar, 15.2 ov), 9-106 (Navdeep Saini, 16.2 ov), 10-109 (Yuzvendra Chahal, 16.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo

3:28 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Teams in the Hundred will be able to retain as many men’s players as they wish for the 2021 competition, as details for next season’s draft were revealed on Thursday. The Hundred, the ECB’s new flagship 100-ball competition, was due to be staged for the first time this summer before the Covid-19…

2:50 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, IPL Match 7, Dubai Pro tip Have a couple of top-order batsmen but go big on middle-order batsmen. Our XI: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Faf Du Plessis (c), 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Shimron Hetmyer, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk & vc), 6 MS Dhoni, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Lungi Ngidi, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Kagiso Rabada Substitutes:…

1:18 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the sixth IPL 2020 match, between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Tonight, it’s the likes of KL Rahul, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Shami on the one side, and Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Yuzvendra Chahal on the other. Who will come out on top? If the blog doesn’t load for you, please refresh your page or…

Darren Sammy, Sohail Akhtar, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim pose with the PSL trophy  1:17 PM GMT All six Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises have collectively sought legal action in a bid to force the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to change the financial model of the league. They have submitted a law suit in the Lahore High Court over the long-running dispute because the franchises claim the PSL…

KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, two of the many Karnataka boys in the Kings XI Punjab team  1:13 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Do the Royal Challengers Bangalore have enough lower-order firepower to balance their solid top order, and if so, do the top-order batsmen trust that lower order enough? Do Kings XI Punjab have a death-bowling problem, and do they have solutions for it within their squad? Those are some…

12:58 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chennai Super Kings have played their first two matches in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Having won one game, the opener against Mumbai Indians, they head into their third fixture against Delhi Capitals with some questions over their team composition. Stephen Fleming, the head coach, spoke to the Super Kings website about the challenges his side faces ahead of the Friday’s clash in Dubai. Excerpts: On…

12:50 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo West Indies are taking a cautious approach to Deandra Dottin‘s bowling return as she continues her comeback from a serious shoulder injury. Andre Coley, West Indies women’s interim head coach, has revealed that Dottin, who is yet to bowl in the T20I series against England and sent down just two overs in the tourists’ two intra-squad…

Faisal Iqbal has been denied NOC by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for the National T20 Cup  12:47 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The PCB has withdrawn Balochistan head coach Faisal Iqbal from the upcoming National T20 Cup after he was unable to find an NOC from his parent organisation, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). ESPNcricinfo understands that he is presently facing an inquiry about discrepancies between his date of birth and his…

10:31 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former Australia batsman Dean Jones has died on Thursday after a heart attack in Mumbai. He was 59. Jones, who was is in India as a commentator for the IPL, is understood to have suffered a massive heart attack around noon IST. “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing away of Mr. Dean Mervyn Jones AM,” Star India, who…