shares Pat Cummins made a rare appearance for Sydney Thunder © Getty Images Sydney Thunder 6 for 166 (Ferguson 47) beat Hobart Hurricanes 4 for 166 (Bailey 53, Wade 45, McDermott 44*) by four wickets After the astonishing display by Brisbane Heat on Friday, it was always going to be an uphill struggle for
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10:42 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Daniel Vettori has departed from another T20 coaching role after he quit as head coach of Brisbane Heat to continue the end of strong New Zealand links to the club following Brendon McCullum’s decision to finish his BBL career. Vettori, the former New Zealand captain, informed the Heat management earlier
3:02 PM ET Had talk at the Darren Sammy ground in St Lucia been of miners’ strikes, war in the Falklands and the plotline of Neighbours, the sense could not have been clearer: England are back in the 1980s. Here we are, after all, watching them try to avoid a whitewash at the hands of
shares Daryl Mitchell was non-plussed after a contentious lbw dismissal © Getty Images For once, DRS was unable to prevent a contentious dismissal. In fact, it only added to the confusion during the second T20I between New Zealand and India. Daryl Mitchell was given out lbw off Krunal Pandya despite HotSpot showing a clear
10:48 PM ET Nathan Lyon hopes to use his belated availability for the Big Bash to kick start a bid to cement a place in Australia’s World Cup squad as he embarks on the most sustained period of white-ball cricket in his career. Lyon is available for the remainder of Sydney Sixers’ campaign which will
2:54 PM ET Jos Buttler has admitted the reaction to England’s defeat in the Caribbean has left the players with “hurt pride”. Buttler, England’s vice-captain, conceded it had been a “really disappointing tour” from an England perspective and accepted that Darren Bravo’s determined innings in Antigua had been “a good example” to England’s batsmen. But
shares © Getty Images Big Picture On this tour of New Zealand, India have suffered their biggest defeat in ODIs – in terms of balls left – and T20Is – in terms of runs they fell short by – but it has unequivocally been an impressive tour for India so far. Before that Hamilton
6:48 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff David Saker, Australia’s assistant coach, has resigned with immediate effect meaning there will be changes to the coaching set-up ahead of the World Cup and Ashes. Saker joined Australia in 2016 following spells with England and Victoria and though designated as assistant coach continued to work closely with the pace
3:00 AM ET Toss South Africa chose to bowl v Pakistan In a compromise that suited both sides, South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl. Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said he would have batted anyway. On the face of it, this might have been a slightly surprising decision from David Miller. South Africa
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Lunch: Vidarbha 312 and 126 for 6 (Satish 35, Kale 30*, Sarwate 5*, Jadeja 4-69) lead Saurashtra 307 by 131 runs Vidarbha held a slight upper hand when play began on the fourth day in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final, but Saurashtra clawed back well courtesy their spinners, led by