12:02 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff What players, coaches and other voices from the cricket world have said about India potentially boycotting their World Cup meeting with Pakistan Ravi Shastri, India head coach (to Times Now) “It’s entirely left to the BCCI and the government. They know exactly what is happening and they will take a

3:50 AM ET Umar Farooq in Sharjah Aaqib Javed, the former Pakistan fast bowler and current coach of Lahore Qalandars, believes Salman Butt is a “changed man”, having served a five-year ban for his lead role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. Earlier this week, Butt was picked to replace the injured Mohammed Hafeez in the

6:25 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Legspinner Todd Astle has been recalled to the New Zealand Test squad for the series against Bangladesh. He has been preferred ahead of left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel in what is otherwise a very settled group. Astle has played just three Tests since his debut in 2012, the most recent being

3:00 AM ET Afghanistan 136 for five (Nabi 49*, Najubullah Zadran 40*, Rankin 2-39) beat Ireland 132 for six (Dockrell 34*, Poynter 31*, Nabi 2-16, Rashid 2-21) by five wickets History should have little bearing on T20 encounters but Afghanistan keep debunking that truism every time they meet Ireland, this time edging them by five

2:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Alyssa Healy has had a memorable season and now she has added a world record to her list of accolades after claiming the highest catch of a cricket ball. The feat, released to mark tickets going on sale a year out from the Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia, took

3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes West Indies won the toss and elected to bat v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Whether the teams like to admit it or not, eyes are already on the World Cup, where No.1 team England are favourites, while No.9-ranked West Indies have not won a bilateral one-day series in 11

11:08 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Coming into last week’s Oman T20I Quadrangular series, Ireland were winless

  shares Irfan Ansari, the Sharjah-based cricket coach who Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed had reported for making an approach with a view to engaging him in corruption, has been banned from all cricket-related activity for ten years. Sarfaraz had reported the approach – made during Pakistan’s series against Sri Lanka in the UAE in late

  shares Rubel Hossain celebrates Rovman Powell’s wicket © Getty Images Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza decided to field first against New Zealand in the third ODI at the University Oval in Dunedin. The visitors have brought in Rubel Hossain to replace the injured Mohammad Mithun, who is out for at least ten days with a

11:08 AM ET The ICC and the 2019 World Cup organising committee remain confident that the tournament’s biggest match, to be played between India and Pakistan on June 16 in Manchester, will go ahead despite the volatile situation between the two countries in the wake of a terrorist attack in Kashmir last week. With the