As things stand, Bangladesh are set to play a Test series in Sri Lanka from late October  10:33 AM GMT SLC has told the BCB that the Bangladesh contingent will have to be quarantined for a week on reaching Sri Lanka, before they can step out of their hotel to train, according to BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury. Initially there had been reports of the team perhaps not having to…

9:42 AM GMT The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), which instructed Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Board and Executive to step aside on Thursday evening, has written to the ICC emphasising that its intervention cannot be considered government interference and is based in South African law. SASCOC’s communication with the game’s global governing body comes even as CSA seeks legal advice on the validity of SASCOC’s involvement in…

Ali Khan finished CPL 2020 with eight wickets in eight games for Trinbago Knight Riders  6:15 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kolkata Knight Riders have roped in USA’s 29-year-old fast bowler Ali Khan as a replacement for the English seamer Harry Gurney. Gurney is scheduled to have surgery related to a shoulder injury, and has pulled out of both the IPL and England’s Vitality Blast last month. Khan’s signing will make…

1:45 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Members of the Australia squad who will return straight home following the England tour will quarantine at the Adelaide Oval for two weeks after an agreement was reached between Cricket Australia and the South Australia government which will allow players to train during that period. The squad, which will leave the UK on Thursday, will make use of the newly completed Oval Hotel at the…

2:22 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Durham 223 for 2 (Lees 77, Raine 71) beat Derbyshire 168 for 5 (du Plooy 53*, Coughlin 2-20) Ben Raine smashed eight sixes to power Durham to their first win of the 2020 season, defeating Derbyshire Falcons by 55 runs in their Vitality Blast contest at Emirates Riverside. Raine scored 71 from only 39 balls, equaling John Hastings’ record for most sixes in a…

2:22 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 192 for 7 (Delany 64, Ackermann 58, Fisher 3-35) beat Yorkshire 188 for 6 (Lyth 71) by three wickets Leicestershire moved ahead of Yorkshire into third place in the North Group after a thrilling last-ball Vitality Blast victory at the Fischer County Ground. The home side started slowly in pursuit of 189 to win before half-centuries from Gareth Delany and Colin Ackermann swung…

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dom Sibley, 0.4 ov), 2-29 (Ed Pollock, 4.2 ov), 3-32 (Sam Hain, 5.2 ov), 4-55 (Adam Hose, 7.5 ov), 5-71 (Michael Burgess, 9.4 ov), 6-72 (Tim Bresnan, 10.1 ov), 7-108 (Will Rhodes, 14.2 ov), 8-114 (Henry Brookes, 15.6 ov), 9-125 (Jake Lintott, 17.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Babar Azam, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (Will Smeed, 1.4 ov), 3-30 (Steven Davies, 5.1 ov), 4-73 (Lewis Gregory, 9.5 ov), 5-94 (Eddie Byrom, 12.5 ov), 6-121 (Tom Lammonby, 15.5 ov), 7-134 (Tom Abell, 17.1 ov), 8-164 (Roelof van der Merwe, 19.5 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo

8:26 PM GMT There’s a key reason performances against Australia remain the barometer of health for England sides. It’s not just history or tradition. And it’s not just that there’s no such thing as a dead encounter involving a side which appears to have a love of beating England in their DNA. It’s that, however much it may be unpalatable to many, the base level of cricket in Australia is,…

1:38 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 169 for 4 (Clarke 77) beat Lancashire 169 for 4 (Patel 2-19) by six wickets A destructive innings of 77 from Joe Clarke maintained Notts Outlaws’ unbeaten start to the Vitality Blast competition and strengthened their lead at the top of the North Group. Clarke scored his runs from only 36 balls as the Outlaws defeated Lancashire Lightning by six wickets at Trent…