4:51 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Gautam Gambhir has questioned Virat Kohli‘s tactical nous in the lead-up to the latest edition of the IPL, a tournament Kohli’s side Royal Challengers Bangalore have never won. Gambhir said Kohli should be thankful that his IPL franchise has not sacked him as captain despite his continued failure to win
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5:03 PM ET Kent want to be at heart of discussions about a joint-venture team with Surrey in The Hundred to ensure their fans can identify with a club based at The Oval. Kent chief executive officer Simon Storey, who joined the club in January after a six-year stint as chief executive at Derbyshire, saw
12:43 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Dimuth Karunaratne’s forthcoming stint with the Hampshire county side may be cancelled, with Sri Lanka’s selectors now strongly considering handing the ODI reins to Karunaratne for the World Cup. Hampshire had signed Karunaratne as their overseas player in February, but Karunaratne has now been asked to remain in Sri
3:00 AM ET Toss Quetta Gladiators opt to field v Peshawar Zalmi Despite the side batting first having won five of the seven matches in Karachi this year, Quetta Gladiators opted to stick to the formula that has served them so well. Sarfraz Ahmed called correctly at the toss, and decided to stick Peshawar in
shares ICC CEO David Richardson addresses a press conference © Getty Images Over the last two years, Pakistan has made serious strides towards bringing big cricket back to the country in a significant way. The PCB has successfully hosted various international teams over the last 20 months as well as the high-profile PSL. All
10:40 AM ET Umar Farooq in Karachi All matches of the next edition of the PSL will be held in Pakistan, and not around UAE, PCB chairman Ehsan Mani said at the opening ceremony ahead of the PSL 2019 final at Karachi’s National Stadium. “Today for Pakistan, especially for Karachi, it’s a historic day. Since
shares © Getty Images/Sportsfile Lunch Ireland 172 and 124 for 2 (Balbirnie 73*, McCollum 35*) trail Afghanistan 314 by 18 runs It was quite the session for Ireland on the third morning in Dehradun. They lost just one wicket for the addition of 102 to narrow down the deficit to 18. They also had
7:36 PM ET Steven Smith and David Warner have said it felt like they had never been away from the Australia set-up having been welcomed back with “open arms” during the first part of their reintegration with a series of meetings in Dubai before heading to the IPL. The pair, whose international bans expire on
3:00 AM ET Umar Farooq in Karachi Big Picture Pakistan has moved on from the narrative of cricket coming home, now that cricket has begun to trickle back to Pakistan for the last three years. The story is larger than that this time. Pakistan’s appetite for international cricket has begun to increase over the past
3:47 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Following Australia’s stunning 3-2 win in the ODI series in India, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels Steven Smith and David Warner now have to show that they remain among the best players available by making a mark in the upcoming IPL. The banned duo have been briefly reunited with