10:07 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando In general, umpires do not need an excuse to do their job badly in Sri Lanka. Over the last four years, there has been an abundance of botched decisions, over-officiousness, as well as a banning of papare bands in the stands while the over is in motion, so that

9:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Indian women team’s decision to drop their senior-most player Mithali Raj for their semi-final against England on Thursday – a match they lost – has sparked a controversy with Raj’s manager publicly criticising captain Harmanpreet Kaur on various fronts on Twitter. Raj’s manager, Annisha Gupta, called Harmanpreet a “manipulative,

  shares Jonny Bairstow roars after reaching a hundred © Getty Images Jonny Bairstow insisted that his instant success as England’s new No.3 would not distract him from his ultimate goal of winning back the Test wicketkeeper’s role, after his emotionally charged century had underpinned England’s batting on the first day of the third Test

9:00 AM ET West Indies’ target on Saturday is to keep Bangladesh’s lead below 200 runs, and they plan on doing that by “going hard at them” in the morning session. Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich, who battled hard with an unbeaten 63, admitted that West Indies will need to pick up early wickets on day three

  shares Play 01:11 ‘Pakistan won’t take us lightly now’ Big Picture Even the most ardent Pakistan supporters will have struggled to suppress a grin at their team’s comedy of errors on a fantastical fourth afternoon in Abu Dhabi. The humour is unlikely to have spread to the dressing room, however, where a devastated set

5:44 AM ET Liam Brickhill Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi will be out of action for a minimum of three months after sustaining a knee injury during the T20I against Australia last Sunday. The injury means Ngidi will be unavailable for South Africa’s upcoming home summer series against Pakistan, as well as dropping out of Tshwane