4:54 PM IST Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo England will hold talks with Adil Rashid about the possibility of returning to the Test arena for proposed tours of Sri Lanka and India once their ODI series against Australia is over, Chris Silverwood says. Leg-spinner Rashid, who has not played a Test since January 2019 on England’s tour of the Caribbean, claimed 3 for 21…

3:51 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Yorkshire has appointed a sub-committee including prominent figures in the British-Asian cricket community, as it launches its review into allegations of institutional racism from their former player Azeem Rafiq. Dr Samir Pathak, a Trustee of the MCC Foundation, has been co-opted as chair, while Gulfraz Riaz, the chairman of the National Asian Cricket Council (NACC) has also been invited to serve, along with Stephen Willis,…

3:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand captain Sophie Devine is putting a positive spin on the two-week quarantine period that her team will have to undergo on their tour of Australia. Devine said the isolation will allow the players to spend time together ahead of the limited-overs series starting September 26, and said they were “in a really fortunate position” to be able to get back on the park…

2:20 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Dawid Malan is the new man at the top of the ICC rankings for T20I batsmen, his 129 runs in the three-match series against Australia, which England won 2-1, pushing Pakistan’s Babar Azam down to No. 2 in the latest update. Malan, who has a remarkable T20I record – 682 runs from 16 matches, with an average of 48.71 and a strike rate of 146.66,…

12:59 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Peter Handscomb has completed a move to the Hobart Hurricanes for the BBL, after he was not offered a new deal with the Melbourne Stars following nine seasons with the club, in what could be one of the higher profile moves ahead of the new season. In 51 matches for the Stars, who he has played for since the BBL launched, Handscomb scored 834 runs…

Marcus Stoinis ended the series at No. 3  10:16 AM IST At the third time of asking in a tight chase, Australia’s middle order got them across the line. After making a mess of things in Port Elizabeth back in February and the opening match of this series they threatened a repeat as Adil Rashid spun them round corners, but Mitchell Marsh overcame a jittery start to see them home….

10:08 AM IST Shashank Kishore Virat Kohli thinks this is the most balanced Royal Challengers Bangalore set-up since 2016, both in terms of personnel and the support group. The Royal Challengers had finished runners-up to the Sunrisers Hyderabad that season, and haven’t come close to the play-offs since. Having finished with the wooden spoon in two of the last three IPL editions, they overhauled their support staff group entirely, while…

Sep 8, 2020 Danyal Rasool St Lucia Zouks 56 for 0 (Cornwall 32*) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 55 (Deyal 2-2, Zahir 2-12, Kuggeleijn 2-12) by 10 wickets The Guyana Amazon Warriors may have picked up momentum with three straight wins to storm into the semifinals, but they came unstuck in staggering fashion against the St Lucia Zouks in the contest that really counted. Put in to bat by Daren Sammy,…

12:43 AM IST Paul Edwards Lancashire 219 and 312 for 6 (Davies 86, Jennings 81, Balderson 56*; Critchley 4-126 ) lead Derbyshire 195 (Hosein 84, Lamb 4-60, Balderson 3-63) by 336 runs Barring a second epic run-chase in six weeks and a change of mind by the ECB, Derbyshire will not win the Bob Willis Trophy, but the next know-nowt pundit who patronisingly groups them among the “smaller” counties should…

11:48 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 203 (Root 51*) and 9 for 0 need 322 to beat Warwickshire 186 (Bell 50) and 347 for 7 dec (Bell 90, Mousley 71, Hain 65) The third day of Warwickshire’s Bob Willis Trophy match against Glamorgan at Cardiff will be remembered as the day when Ian Bell left the batting crease for the final time at the end of an illustrious 20-year…