3:00 AM ET Toss New Zealand chose to bat v India Readers from the US can watch the 3rd ODI LIVE here, on ESPN+ On a “used” surface, Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bat first and see if their batsmen and then their spinners could put India under pressure. Accordingly, they replaced
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2:11 PM ET Richard Pybus has urged his West Indies team to “keep their feet on the floor” after a thumping victory over England in Barbados. West Indies defied the Test rankings to inflict a 381-run win over England. But while Pybus, the interim head coach, was full of praise for the performance, he has
6:33 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The PCB has expressed disappointment over the ICC’s decision to suspend Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed for four matches after he had issued an apology on Twitter and in person to Andile Phehlukwayo – the player who was the subject of his racist taunt at Kingsmead. South Africa captain Faf du
2:55 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has been suspended for the racially-charged comments he seemingly directed at South Africa’s Andile Phehlukwayo during the Durban ODI. Remarkably the news is yet to be announced officially by either the ICC or the PCB and was instead revealed during the fourth ODI’s toss by the
5:41 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Roston Chase saluted the efforts of his captain and fellow Bajan Jason Holder, after helping to secure an emphatic victory over England in the first Test. Chase claimed a career-best eight-wicket haul as West Indies wrapped up a crushing win to go 1-0 up in the series, but said there
3:00 AM ET Rajshahi Kings 198 for 5 (Charles 55, Jonker 37, Khaled 2-32) beat Chittagong Vikings 191 for 8 (Yasir 58, Shahzad 49, Mustafizur 3 for 28) by seven runs How the game played out Rajshahi Kings’ excellence at the death in both innings proved to be the difference in a seven-run win over
2:19 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka fast bowler Lahiru Kumara has been ruled out of the second Test against Australia, in Canberra, with a hamstring injury, and is also in serious doubt for the Tests against South Africa next month. Kumara had sustained the injury on day two of the first Test in
3:00 AM ET Lunch West Indies 289 and 237 for 6 (Holder 80*, Dowrich 61*) lead England 77 (Jennings 17, Roach 5-17) by 449 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Day two was a raucous beach party and, on day three, Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich resembled those most hardy of revellers, intent on hanging around
11:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bismah Maroof has been named Pakistan women’s captain for both the ODI and T20I series against West Indies women. The three-match T20I series will take place in Karachi from January 31 to February 3, and will mark the resumption of women’s international cricket in Pakistan since they hosted Bangladesh for
shares Umesh Yadav is congratulated after one of his wickets © KCA Vidarbha 208 (Fazal 75, Jaffer 34, Warrier 5-57, Thampi 3-64) beat Kerala 106 (Umesh 7-48, Gurbani 3-38) and 91 (Umesh 5-31, Thakur 4-28) by an innings and 11 runs Umesh Yadav took his best-ever match figures as Vidarbha stormed into the Ranji