3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Victoria 167 (Handscomb 81, Finch 50, Steketee 4-52) lead Queensland 2 for 120 (Burns 71*, Khawaja 41, Tremain 2-20) by 47 runs Queensland’s pacemen razed Sheffield Shield leaders Victoria on day one at the Gabba to put the Bulls in command at stumps and in position to establish a big

3:00 AM ET Lunch New Zealand 222 for 4 (Nicholls 31*, Watling 16*) and 90 trail Pakistan 418 for 5 dec. by 106 runs Perhaps the biggest surprise this session was that Yasir Shah was kept quiet throughout. Two New Zealand wickets did fall, bringing Pakistan closer to a series-levelling victory, but they went to

3:18 AM ET Australian cricket’s governing body and players union will enter the holiday season by being back on each other’s Christmas-card lists for the first time in several years, after a somewhat amorphous but fruitful meeting in Melbourne on Tuesday. Led by the interim chairman Earl Eddings, members of Cricket Australia’s board and senior

2:52 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Yuvraj boost for Punjab Yuvraj Singh, who had initially relinquished his spot in the Punjab side to make way for youngsters, has returned to the squad for their clash against Delhi at the Feroz Shah Kotla. In the absence of Yuvraj, Punjab ended up conceding the first-innings lead in both

2:51 AM ET Opener Imrul Kayes is out of Bangladesh’s second Test against West Indies in Dhaka with a shoulder injury. The home side didn’t include any player in his place, making it likely that Shadman Islam will have a Test debut. “The physio report says that Imrul has injuried in his shoulder and toe.

3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm Tasmania 185 (Wade 43, Worrall 4-42) lead South Australia 0 for 0 by 185 runs A four-wicket haul to in-form swing bowler Daniel Worrall put South Australia in a strong position at stumps on day one of their Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Worrall bagged