1:33 AM ET Australia are finding a way. As the group stage of the World Cup nears its halfway mark the defending champions are at the top of the table. They face Bangladesh next and if they win it will take them to 10 points, which could already be enough for a semi-final spot before

6:44 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Don’t do this, Afghanistan. There is another way. There are alternatives to letting chaos overwhelm you. There are brighter timelines, waiting to be seized, in which dysfunction does not define your World Cup. Your opponents, South Africa, might be battling demons from their past. Elsewhere, the likes of Sri

3:00 AM ET South Africa 131 for 1 (de Kock 68, Amla 40*) beat Afghanistan 125 all out (Rashid 35, Tahir 4-29, Morris 3-13) by nine wickets South Africa have finally won one. So far have the Proteas’ stocks fallen in this tournament after three defeats and an unconvincing outing against West Indies, that an

3:00 AM ET Big picture South Africa know what they have to do: win every game. You might call that a ‘known known’. Then, there are the known unknowns, the things South Africa do not, or cannot know. Would AB de Villiers have made a difference? What if Dale Steyn had never gone to the

3:00 AM ET England 213 for 2 (Root 100*, Bairstow 45) beat West Indies 212 (Pooran 63, Wood 3-18, Archer 3-30) by eight wicketsAs it happened This was supposed to be a 350 meets 350 match. At least 300 versus 300. And, for those who dared hope, 400 from both teams. In the end, the

2:14 PM ET The West Indies’ first two was in the 17th over of the innings. Some of that is down to the fact that Chris Gayle is ancient, and they have replaced his hamstrings with biscuits. They are stiff, but they also crumble. But it’s also about the way the West Indies play. Since

3:31 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Papua New Guinea cricket board has suspended 10 of its Under-19 players for a year for bringing the game into disrepute. The sanction is in relation to their conduct in Japan, where they were favourites to win a qualifying tournament for the Under-19 World Cup in 2020; however, 10

8:57 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shikhar Dhawan‘s fractured left hand will be assessed after 10-12 days and India captain Virat Kohli hopes the batsman’s positive mindset will help his recovery. Dhawan was injured in the match against Australia played on June 9, during which he scored a century, and therefore the earliest he will go

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 504 for 4 (Godleman 211*, Lace 143) lead Glamorgan 394 (Wagg 100, Carey 62*) by 110 runs After Glamorgan’s batsmen had set new batting records yesterday, Billy Godleman followed suit in Derbyshire’s first innings as they ended the third day’s play on 504 for 4 – a lead

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India A 208 for 4 (Anmolpreet 85*, Gaikwad 84, Kumara 2-34) v Sri Lanka A 10 for 1 Match abandoned Maharashtra batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad extended his rich run of form – he fell 16 short of his third successive hundred – before rain forced the abandonment of the fourth one-dayer