5:49 AM ET Bangladesh are headed for New Zealand next month, but might not have the ideal preparation for the tour, according to their coach Steve Rhodes. Their top players currently engaged in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which is being played in conditions vastly different from those they will encounter on their travels. The

3:00 AM ET India chose to bowl v Australia India have made three changes for the series decider against Australia at the MCG including handing a debut to allrounder Vijay Shankar. Kuldeep Yadav has been rested with legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal taking his place while Kedar Jadhav replaces Ambati Rayudu. ALSO READ: Vijay Shankar ready for

1:39 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A Mumbai age-group player has been banned for three years for “gross misconduct” towards a team-mate during an all-India tournament in December. The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) took the decision after a complaint was raised against the player by his team-mate on December 22. The ban will last till January

  shares © BCCI Any imminent return of Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul to the Indian set-up has been ruled out with the Supreme Court on Thursday adjourning till next week the case pertaining to the Lodha Committee reforms. Several issues, including the fate of the cricketers and elections to the BCCI, are due to

Jan 15, 2019 Tim Paine is not part of Australia’s selection panel but he will have the chance to cast his eye over the new faces in the Test squad if he so wishes when the CA XI take on the Sri Lankans in the day-night tour match starting in Hobart on Thursday. The contest

  shares AB de Villiers gets down to scoop over short fine leg © BCCI AB de Villiers, the former South Africa captain, has suggested that the ECB is right to experiment with a new format and said he would “love to be part of” the proposed 100-ball competition due to be launched next year.

1:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Martin Crowe and Jonah Lomu, the late New Zealand sporting heroes, have been commemorated with a cricket trophy named after them. Christchurch’s Hagley Oval will bring together cricket and rugby players for the inaugural Black Clash Twenty20 match on January 25. Team Rugby: Kieran Read (capt), Richie McCaw, Israel Dagg,

3:00 AM ET England XI 312 for 10 (Root 87) v WI President’s XIScorecard As the scorecard took on an unusual look – it was 284 for 10 when Keaton Jennings came out for a second bat of the innings – you couldn’t help but wonder what Sir Frank Worrell and Sir Clyde Walcott might

6:06 AM ET Senior media professional Manu Sawhney has been appointed the next chief executive officer of ICC. Sawhney will join the organisation in February and take formal charge of his position in July, once incumbent David Richardson steps down following the World Cup. Indian-born Sawhney was the unanimous choice of the nomination committee, which

3:00 AM ET Australia won the toss and decided to bat against India India have handed an ODI debut to seamer Mohammed Siraj as they aim to level the one-day series against Australia on a hot day in Adelaide. They will have to bowl in the highest temperatures after Aaron Finch won the toss and

5:26 PM ET The future of cricket in England and Wales depends on its ability to reach out to people and communities that have never previously considered the sport was for them, according to Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, at the unveiling of the board’s strategic plan for 2020-24. Speaking at the launch of

3:00 AM ET Hobart Hurricanes 2 for 185 (Short 96*, O’Connell 1-17) beat Melbourne Stars 126 (Gotch 35, Meredith 4-21) by 59 runs D’Arcy Short was robbed of a second BBL century but no one can steal top spot from the Hobart Hurricanes, as they opened up a four-point at the top of the BBL

  shares © Getty Images Former South Africa batsman AB de Villiers will play two matches in Lahore for Lahore Qalandars in the upcoming Pakistan Super League on March 9 and 10. De Villiers, who said he had “a role to play in helping international cricket return to Pakistan,” will be one of the most

1:43 PM ET Annesha Ghosh in Mumbai Mithali Raj has said that the acrimony that followed India’s semi-final exit in the Women’s World T20 is a thing of the past, even though she felt the episode did “hamper” the profile of the Indian women’s team. “I don’t know how controversies help the profile of the

12:23 PM ET Quinton de Kock‘s fourth Test hundred gave South Africa a dominant lead of 380 over Pakistan in the third Test at the Wanderers, and the visitors would not have been chasing nearly as much had de Kock not been able to string together some vital partnerships down the order. Occupying the No.

3:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ambati Rayudu was reported for a suspect action during the first ODI between Australia and India in Sydney on Saturday. The part-time offspinner now has to get his action tested within 14 days, but can continue bowling in international cricket until the results are known. Rayudu is primarily a batsman

India’s ODI vice-captain Rohit Sharma believes No. 4 is the “ideal” position for MS Dhoni as India continue to jostle with their middle-order combinations ahead of the World Cup. Dhoni made 51 off 96 balls in the first ODI against Australia at the SCG. He added 137 in 28 overs with Rohit to repair the

3:00 AM ET Lunch Pakistan 111 for 5 (Babar 41*, Sarfraz 8*) trail South Africa 262 (Markram 90, Ashraf 3-57) by 245 runs South Africa created more than enough chances to have bowled out Pakistan on the second morning at the Wanderers. Instead, thanks to a combination of bad catching, good fortune and no little