12:24 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Watson has ended his professional career in Australia by announcing his retirement from Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash and been praised as “one of the most exciting short form players ever.” Watson, who retired from international cricket in 2016, joined the Thunder four years ago having previously been
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3:28 PM ET Annesha Ghosh No players from Australia and South Africa feature in the three squads that will take part in the four-match women’s T20 exhibition that will be held in Jaipur from May 6 to 11 on the sidelines of the IPL playoffs. South Africa’s players are unavailable because of their home series
8:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sam Billings‘ return to action for Kent lasted just a matter of minutes against Glamorgan at Cardiff, as he suffered a shoulder injury that may rule him out of England’s ODI trip to Ireland next week. Billings, Kent’s captain, had returned to the team for his first county fixture of
3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes at Hove Somerset 283 for 8 (Hildreth 81, Azhar 68, Gregory 50) beat Sussex 62 for 4 by 68 runs (DLS method) Chris Jordan said before the start of the season he was keen to show what he could do with the bat and for a while it looked like
3:00 AM ET Toss: Kings XI Punjab chose to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore Kings XI Punjab have opted to field in Bengaluru after winning the toss against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Royal Challengers have been on an upswing with two wins on the bounce after just one in their first eight games, and need to
4:33 PM ET Oman 177 for 3 (Jatinder 65, Nadeem 31*, Kinchit 1-25) beat Hong Kong 176 (Babar 56, Bilal 4-30) by seven wickets Left-arm swing bowler Bilal Khan bagged four wickets on one of his favourite hunting grounds at Wanderers before Jatinder Singh‘s half-century paced a simple chase. Oman thus continued their undefeated run
3:00 AM ET Chennai Super Kings decided to bowl after winning the toss, the home side looking to all but guarantee their place in the play-offs with a win today after being thwarted by Royal Challengers Bangalore by just one run on Sunday. They take on a Sunrisers Hyderabad team that will miss their captain
2:53 PM ET Hemant Brar in Bengaluru It’s difficult to get noticed in a team that contains Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, but Moeen Ali has definitely made his presence felt at Royal Challengers Bangalore this season. While Kohli (387), de Villiers (332) and Parthiv Patel (283) have more runs than Moeen (216), his
shares Soumya Sarkar drives powerfully © AFP Soumya Sarkar‘s record-breaking unbeaten 208 propelled Abahani Limited to their 20th Dhaka Premier League title on the last day of action in Bangladesh’s domestic season. Thanks to Soumya’s blazing innings, Abahani topped Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club‘s 317 for 9 easily, winning by nine wickets and getting there
shares Steven Smith started his latest Royals captaincy stint with a match-winning half-century © BCCI The World Cup and the Australia A tours of England are edging closer, as planning steps up for Australia’s massive next five months. An enormous number of Australians are playing in overseas competitions in the lead up to those