Seamers Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Shami have been recalled to the Indian ODI squad that has been picked for the six-match ODI series in South Africa. Virat Kohli, who who was rested from the team’s most recent limited-overs assignment against Sri Lanka, returns as captain. Kedar Jadhav, who suffered a hamstring injury in early December and has not played any cricket since, has also been picked. India ODI squad: Virat…

3:00 AM ET Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 141 for 4 (Ifthikar 55*, Rizwan 54*, Maqsood 2-21) and 259 lead Water and Power Development Authority 271 for 5 (K Akmal 67, Raees 65, Abbas 4-57) by 129 runsScorecard Azhar Ali reaches out to defend AFP The Quaid-e-Azam trophy final still remained tantalisingly poised at the end of the third day. It was a day of two halves, with WAPDA initially appearing…

Dasgupta: India should look to give youngsters a chance (1:37) Deep Dasgupta believes that the third T20I could be a good stage to try out Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi, Washington Sundar or Deepak Hooda (1:37) 7:46 AM ET Big picture Sri Lanka keep offering gifts this festive season, and India keep lapping it up. Their bowlers regularly send down half-volleys and half-trackers, wrapped up in ribbons. Their batting line-up continues…

7:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sarfraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Aamer Yamin, Rumman Raees In: Azhar Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir Out: Ahmed Shehzad, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan A knee injury has ruled the Pakistan allrounder Imad Wasim out of contention for the five-match…

6:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff 2:25 Trent Boult’s career-best 7 for 34 set the record for the best ODI returns by a New Zealand bowler against West Indies. Trent Boult said he didn’t feel like it was one of those days when the ball “comes out of the hand well” but that didn’t stop him from wrecking West Indies with a career-best 7 for 34 to set up a 204-run…

3:00 AM ET Melbourne Renegades 3 for 137 (Cooper 52*, White 51) beat Brisbane Heat 8 for 132 (Ross 48, Wildermuth 3-16) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Cameron White prepares to reverse sweep Getty Images The Melbourne Renegades have a dreadful record in the Big Bash, with just one semi-final appearance in six seasons. Yet they are the first team in the 2017-18 season to win two games, and, brimming…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Khulna Division completed a hat-trick of National Cricket League titles after crushing Dhaka Division by an innings and 49 runs. They have now become the country’s most successful first-class team having eclipsed five-time champions Rajshahi Divison. Mehidy Hasan set up the victory at the BKSP-3 ground with a seven-wicket haul in the first innings as Dhaka were bowled out for 113 in 38.4 overs. Mehidy’s…

3:00 AM ET Perth Scorchers 4 for 136 (Turner 52*, Abbott 3-28) beat Sydney Sixers 132 (Maddinson 31, Tye 4-21) by six wickets 1:25 A poor batting performance from the Sydney Sixers resulted in a comfortable six-wicket win for the Perth Scorchers There is a reason the Perth Scorchers have won three BBL titles, out of six. Even without Australia’s previous T20I new-ball pairing in Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jason Behrendorff,…

Can England avoid a whitewash? (1:37) Ahead the Tests in Melbourne and Sydney, Mark Butcher says England have to raise their game and maybe take advantage of Australian complacency (1:37) 5:02 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has suggested that the England dressing room is “soft” and Joe Root has looked like “a little boy” in charge of the side. England relinquished the Ashes with an innings…