8:13 PM ET Alex Malcolm Sydney Thunder have signed England batsman Alex Hales for the upcoming BBL season. Just a day after it was announced that AB de Villiers would be joining Brisbane Heat, the Thunder have signed Hales to bolster their top order. The Thunder had Jos Buttler and Joe Root for the early
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3:00 AM ET India women 140 for 4 (Shafali 46, Rodrigues 33) beat South Africa women 89 for 7 (Woolvardt 23, Poonam 3-13, Radha 2-16) by 51 runs South Africa women dropped three catches in the first four overs. India women nailed a direct hit with their very first opportunity through Pooja Vastrakar in the
2:24 PM ET In a bid to reduce losses incurred by PSL franchises, the PCB has reduced the salary cap to assemble a full squad from USD 1.38 million to USD 1.1 million. PSL franchises have struggled to turn a profit ever since the start of the tournament in 2016. In January this year, the
AB de Villiers enjoyed a sparkling Middlesex debut © Getty Images AB de Villiers will be playing in the BBL after all with Brisbane Heat securing one of the biggest signings in the recent history of the competition. De Villiers had attracted huge interest from BBL clubs earlier this year but pulled back from committing
1:17 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jasprit Bumrah will travel to the UK in October to receive treatment for the stress fracture on his lower back that forced him out of the Test series against South Africa. A BCCI official confirmed the development to ESPNcricinfo but they didn’t put a timeframe on his recovery. However, last
3:00 AM ET Western Australia 6 for 210 (Shaun Marsh 82, Nair 2-18) beat New South Wales 7 for 235 (Hughes 112*, Henriques 75, Coulter-Nile 3-47) by eight runs (DLS method) Nathan Coulter-Nile and Andrew Tye used all their experience to secure Western Australia a nail-biting eight-run win over New South Wales on the DLS
9:05 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia batsman Ashton Turner has been ruled out for at least a month with a broken finger which means he is unlikely to be in contention for Australia’s T20Is against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Turner, who returned from shoulder surgery at the beginning of the season, picked up the
3:00 AM ET Singapore 181 for 9 (Manpreet 41, David 41, Burl 3-24) beat Zimbabwe 177 for 7 (Williams 66, Chakabva 48, Mahboob 2-20, Prakash 2-34) When Tony Munyonga cut teenager Sidhant Singh for only a single in the game’s final ball at the Indian Association Ground in Singapore, history was made as the hosts
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Queensland 9 for 322 (Khawaja 138, Heazlett 88, Pattinson 3-56) beat Victoria 168 (Sutherland 66, Steketee 4-25) by 154 runs Usman Khawaja made a commanding start to his season with 138 off 126 balls as Queensland secured a handsome bonus-point victory over Victoria in Melbourne. Khawaja and the in-form Sam
1:34 PM ET The BCCI Ethics Officer, Justice (retd.) DK Jain, has served a notice to all three members on the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) led by Kapil Dev, asking them to explain the alleged conflict of interest charge pressed by Sanjeev Gupta, a life member of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association. Justice Jain has