3:00 AM ET India opt to bowl v West Indies (43 overs a side) A shortened game, together with a fresh pitch, was the primary reason why India captain Virat Kohli chose to field in the opening ODI against West Indies in Providence. The plan for India, according to Kohli at the toss, was to
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6:56 AM ET Liam Brickhill Gary Kirsten will coach the Durban Heat in the second edition of the Mzansi Super League in South Africa. Kirsten will be back in a coaching capacity in South Africa – a country he both played for and coached – with a wealth of experience in having handled international and
10:55 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket Australia has announced its first transgender policy for top-level cricket and guidelines for the community game to support players electing to participate in line with their gender identity, whether or not this aligns with the sex they were born with. CA’s elite cricket policy, which was launched at the
Jofra Archer put down a sharp caught-and-bowled chance © Getty Images Jofra Archer got through 19 overs for Sussex’s 2nd XI on Wednesday to further emphasise his readiness for a likely Test debut at Lord’s next week. With James Anderson already ruled out of that Test, Warwickshire confirmed today that Olly Stone would miss at
6:50 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rahul Dravid is the latest big-name Indian cricketer to be served a notice by the BCCI’s ethics officer for conflict of interest. This was in response to a complaint which pointed out that Dravid was both National Cricket Academy director – as well as coach of the India Under-19 and
4:01 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff “We are looking at Rishabh Pant as the future.” This was Virat Kohli, point-blank, when asked about the 21-year old’s role in the Indian set-up going forward. Batting at No. 4 in each of the three T20Is, Pant repaid the team management’s faith following two poor outings in Lauderhill. On
2:35 PM ET Liam Brickhill The messy fallout from South Africa’s disastrous World Cup campaign is now out in the open. Various internal communications leaked to the media over the last few days have hinted at a somewhat fractious end to the tenures of both Ottis Gibson, the head coach, and Mohammad Moosajee, the long-standing
12:46 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, has called time on his cricket career four years after his international retirement. The ongoing Global T20 Canada, where he is representing the Toronto Nationals, will be his last. This means McCullum will not turn up for Glasgow Giants as one of the
4:31 PM ET Melinda Farrell Close Melinda Farrell is a presenter with ESPNcricinfo On the first morning of the Test they were primed. This was Fortress Edgbaston after all, a fortress that has long felt like a football ground; Tim Paine had dismissed, dismissed this as the 16th-most hostile venue in the world. The first
1:22 PM ET The PSL franchises have reaffirmed PCB’s commitment to stage the fourth edition in Pakistan. Four venues – Lahore, Karachi, Multan and Rawalpindi – have been nominated to cover the entire tournament spanning 34 games, though the UAE remains as a back-up option. The PCB chairman met all franchise owners on Monday to