3:00 AM ET Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 143 for 9 (Marais 47, Mendis 4-22, Sipamla 3-29) beat Tshwane Spartans 35 for 3 (5.1 overs) by seven runs (DLS method) Jeevan Mendis celebrates a wicket Associated Press The arrival of a highveld thunderstorm, and the threat of lightning that came with it, brought Tshwane Spartans’ game against
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9:28 AM ET There was no brotherly support for Krunal Pandya after his torrid start to the T20I series against Australia, but then he wouldn’t have expected any. Krunal and Hardik Pandya are more used to ribbing each other when things go badly than taking the arm-round-the-shoulder approach, but when they next speak Krunal will
9:19 AM ET A spin-friendly pitch in Chattogram is as acceptable as a green and bouncy track in Antigua, said Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes. He said that visiting teams are not surprised with these conditions when they come to play in the subcontinent, adding that batsmen didn’t quite manage to play well under pressure against
3:00 AM ET England 336 (Bairstow 110, Stokes 57, Sandakan 5-95) and 110 for 4 (Stokes 32*, Buttler 38*) lead Sri Lanka 240 (Karunaratne 83, Dhananjaya 73, Rashid 5-49, Stokes 3-30) by 206 runs The sight of Suranga Lakmal throwing his water bottler to the ground in frustration spoke volumes for Sri Lanka’s fortunes on
3:00 AM ET Lunch Pakistan 274 for 4 (Sohail 110*, Azam 52*) v New Zealand Haris Sohail punches with a high elbow AFP They might have had a night’s sleep, but Pakistan and New Zealand might have carried on unbroken by stumps last night, so similar was the tempo of the morning’s play. The frustration continued
3:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia captain Meg Lanning described her team’s eight-wicket win in the Women’s World T20 final as among the “most satisfying” she had been involved in, particularly because it came on the back of bitter disappointments in the past two ICC events. “It’s definitely the most satisfying win I’ve been involved
11:22 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Heather Knight, England’s captain, said that her overwhelming emotion was one of pride at reaching another world final, as her new-look side missed out on the chance to emulate the team of 2009 and add the World T20 title to last year’s 50-over World Cup win. Knight, who was one
3:00 AM ET Australia won the toss and decided to bat against India Mitchell Starc will play his first T20I in more than two years – and his first at home in more than four – as Australia hunt the victory that would give them a series win over India. They clung on for the
1:49 AM ET Alex Malcolm Victoria captain Peter Handscomb has all but confirmed that Aaron Finch will not open the batting in this week’s Sheffield Shield clash against Queensland at the Gabba, despite Finch looking set to open for Australia in the first Test against India. Handscomb, who himself has been named in Australia’s 14-man
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India A 7 for 0 trail New Zealand A 303 for 7 dec (Young 123, Van Woerkom 54, Siraj 4-59) by 296 runs Only 17 overs of play were possible on the third day of the second unofficial Test between New Zealand A and India A in Hamilton, with rain