8:00 AM GMT England won toss and elected to field vs South Africa England have signalled their intentions to continue to use Jos Buttler as an opening batsman in T20I cricket, after picking him at the top of the order for the first game of their three-match series against South Africa in East London. Buttler
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8:20 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Bangladesh Cricket Board has declined the Pakistan Cricket Board’s proposal to play their second and final Test in early April as a day-night affair, saying that the team is not prepared for it at the moment. “We have spoken with our team management and they are not ready to
6:54 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Tom Abell, Brydon Carse and Tom Kohler-Cadmore will remain with the England Lions in Australia for their upcoming red-ball matches to cover for players departing for, or already on, England duty. None of the three were in the Lions’ original red-ball squad named to tour Australia but all were
4:43 PM GMT Ben Foakes says he has got his “enjoyment and determination back” ahead of England’s Test series in Sri Lanka next month, after feeling like he had lost his love for the game during a difficult 2019 season. Foakes starred on England’s last trip to Sri Lanka, hitting 107 on Test debut and
6:13 AM GMT Tanbir Hayder‘s 177 went in vain as North Zone fell just six runs short of the 330-run target set by Central Zone in Sylhet, but it still gave Tanbir the record for the highest individual score in the fourth innings in Bangladesh’s domestic history. More importantly, it was an innings that played
10:56 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Silverwood concedes that England may need to manage Jofra Archer‘s workload in a similar way to that of Mark Wood if he is to preserve his prime pace-bowling assets. With Archer facing three months on the sidelines recovering from a stress fracture in his right elbow, questions have been
3:33 PM GMT Pakistan had often been criticised for their slow scoring rate whenever they played Test cricket in the UAE. In the 31 Tests they played there over the past decade, they scored at under three runs an over. However, since bringing Test cricket back home, Pakistan’s scoring rate has suddenly jumped to 3.76
8:38 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Matt Renshaw has been dropped from the Queensland squad for the resumption of the Sheffield Shield against Tasmania. Renshaw, who has played 10 Tests for Australia and was back among the squad last season for the series against Sri Lanka before being overlooked, made just 182 runs in 10 innings
7:07 PM GMT Bangladesh’s long wait for a maiden global title ended when Rakibul Hasan flicked Atharva Ankolekar over midwicket to seal their victory at the 2020 U-19 World Cup, ending a 20-plus-year-long search for a crown. But according to their captain Akbar Ali the victory has just set the ball rolling for the future
1:05 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Naseem Shah, the 16-year-old Pakistan fast bowler, became the youngest player to take a Test hat-trick when he dismissed Najmul Hossain Shanto, Taijul Islam and Mahmudullah on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. Shah’s feat saw him surpass the former Bangladesh legspinner Alok Kapali, who