8:30 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Northern Diamonds 145 for 1 (Winfield 72, Armitage 54) beat Central Sparks 144 (Brunt 5-20) by nine wickets Northern Diamonds got their Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy campaign off to a near-perfect start with a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Central Sparks at Edgbaston. The visitors comfortably chased down a target of 144 thanks to a 139-run opening partnership between Lauren Winfield and Hollie Armitage. Katherine…

8:23 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 128 for 1 (Stirling 80*) beat Worcestershire 124 for 7 (Haynes 41) by nine wickets Paul Stirling delivered a superb match-winning debut for Northamptonshire Steelbacks who overwhelmed Worcestershire Rapids by nine wickets in a Vitality Blast encounter at New Road. Stirling had showed his awesome power earlier in the month when smashing 142 for Ireland in their ODI triumph over England at the…

Fantasy pick – Take a chance with Tom Banton as captain (7:42) Ramiz Raja joins Nikhil Naz to pick a fantasy XI for the second T20I between England and Pakistan  (7:42) 8:03 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff England v Pakistan, 2nd T20I, Manchester NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates, so do wait for the toss before finalising your XI….

6:57 PM IST Shashank Kishore Virat Kohli said that his first net session in five months “went much better than expected” after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s first training session on Friday in the UAE. The team trained in batches and Kohli was part of the first set of players who underwent a full session at the ICC Academy. “[It went] much better than expected, to be honest,” Kohli told the franchise…

Marcus Stoinis has returned to the set-up for the first time since last year’s World Cup  3:45 PM IST Marcus Stoinis is aiming to bring some inventiveness back into his batting if he gets the chance to resume his Australia career on the tour of England. Stoinis has returned to the set-up for the first time since last year’s World Cup as part of the 21-man squad for the T20I…

2:50 PM IST Craig McMillan has said that in his new role as Bangladesh’s batting consultant he would look to build relationships with the players rather than making wholesale changes. McMillan, who was appointed on Bangladesh’s support staff last week for the upcoming three-match Test series against Sri Lanka, will be joining the squad next month during the tour’s preparatory phase. McMillan, who was New Zealand’s batting coach for five…

Newsroom: This will make people more careful going forward in the tournament (6:45) At least ten members of the CSK contingent including one India international have tested positive for Covid-19 (6:45) 1:12 PM IST Press Trust of India A day after news that one India international was among at least ten people in the Chennai Super Kings camp to test positive for Covid-19, it has emerged that a second player…

‘Are you serious!’ – Maitlan Brown reacts to Australia call-up (1:10) Maitlan Brown talks about her emotions after getting her maiden national call-up (1:10) 7:30 AM IST Victoria and New South Wales-based players from the Australia Women’s squad will undergo a 14-day quarantine period in Brisbane next month alongside their New Zealand counterparts ahead of the T20I and ODI series which will be played at Allan Border Field. It is…