10:20 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Northern Diamonds 229 for 8 (Gunn 50*) beat Lightning 226 (S Bryce 51) by two wickets Northern Diamonds maintained their 100 per cent record in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy after veteran former England star Jenny Gunn rolled back the years to drag a victory from what had looked like a losing position at the Fischer County Ground, Leicester. Chasing 227 to win, Diamonds…

9:38 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Western Storm 265 for 6 (Luff 85) beat Sunrisers 179 (Gardner 54, Morris 5-26) by 86 runs Skipper Sophie Luff‘s elegant half century led Western Storm to a crushing 86-run victory over hosts Sunrisers at Chelmsford. Luff stroked nine fours in an innings of 85 from 115 balls, sharing stands of 80 – in just 61 deliveries – with Alex Griffiths and 55 with…

9:27 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Southern Vipers 209 for 8 (McCaughan 50) beat South East Stars 98 (Norris 3-27) by 111 runs Southern Vipers remained on course for the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy when they made it three wins out of three by defeating South East Stars by 111 runs at Hove. The Stars, chasing a target of 210, never came to terms with a difficult…

9:16 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Central Sparks 167 for 2 (Jones 90) beat Thunder 166 for 8 (Boycott 4-40) by eight wickets Central Sparks emerged victorious against North West Thunder by eight wickets, chasing down 167 in 39 overs at New Road thanks to four wickets from Clare Boycott and Eve Jones making 90 to see her side over the line. The emphatic victory puts Sparks second in the…

8:50 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Kent 192 for 6 (Bell-Drummond 81, Blake 52*) beat Essex 163 for 7 (ten Doeschate 42, Chopra 41, Qayyum 3-25) by 29 runs Daniel Bell-Drummond continued his awesome Vitality Blast campaign with an impeccable 81 as Kent Spitfires thrashed Essex Eagles at the Kia Oval to hold onto top spot in the South Group. Spitfires skipper Bell-Drummond is now the second-highest scorer in the…

7:16 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Yorkshire’s racism furore has deepened after a leading administrator in the region launched a personal attack on Azeem Rafiq. Roger Pugh, the chairman of ECB Yorkshire South Premier League, described Rafiq as “discourteous and disrespectful” in his chairman’s blog dated September 3 and posted the following day. It followed Rafiq’s interview with ESPNcricinfo, published on September 2, in which he claimed his experiences of “institutional…

Jordan pleased to see Archer get his smile back (2:09) Chris Jordan thanks Jofra Archer for presenting him with his 50th T20I cap, and shares the advice he gave Archer (2:09) 5:29 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Death-bowling plans in T20 cricket tend to be straightforward: bowl yorkers to stop batsmen getting any elevation, and vary your pace…

12:01 PM IST Deivarayan Muthu Lasith Malinga, the highest wicket-taker in the IPL, and Suresh Raina, the second-highest run-getter in the league, have both opted out of the 2020 season in the UAE. In addition to these two and Harbhajan Singh, who are all such huge IPL icons, Chris Woakes and Jason Roy have also pulled out of the tournament. ESPNcricinfo looks at how their absence could impact their franchises….