5:24 AM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Toss West Indies chose to bowl v New Zealand /b> Jason Holder won an important toss and chose to bowl against New Zealand in the first Test. The pitch at Seddon Park in Hamilton was lush green, almost indistinguishable from the

4:44 PM GMT Rahul Maniraja December 3: Galle Gladiators vs Jaffna Stallions, Hambantota Pro Tip: In the last four games, only two openers managed to score 30-plus runs. So, pick more middle-order batsmen and allrounders in your XI. Our XI: Avishka Fernando, Danushka Gunathilaka, Azam Khan, Dhananjaya de Silva, Shoaib Malik, Thisara Perera, Milinda Siriwardana*,

9:45 AM IST Sidharth Monga Toss India chose to bat vs Australia India won the toss in the third and final ODI against Australia and decided to bat, which has been the way to go in the series. The visitors lost chasing in Sydney in the first two games, but were on the right side

12:59 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Will Young has been handed his Test debut against West Indies in Hamilton after BJ Watling was ruled out with a hamstring injury. Tom Blundell will take the wicketkeeping gloves and move down the order with Young partnering Tom Latham at the top. Young, 28, has been close to a

4:39 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kagiso Rabada has been ruled out of South Africa’s ODI series against England with a right adductor (groin) strain. Rabada was left out of the third T20I at Newlands due to the injury, with Lutho Sipamla taking his place in the playing XI. A CSA release said that his injury

6:47 AM GMT Private dialogue between Seven executives and Cricket Australia has been divulged by the network as part of its ongoing argument for a discount to their rights fees in what has become an increasingly ugly spectacle for the two parties. An affidavit lodged with the Australian Federal Court on Monday, written by Seven’s

9:41 PM GMT It seems there’s little room for brotherly love in the cut and thrust world of competitive cricket. Certainly it seemed that way in Barbados on Monday when Dwayne and Kemar Smith found themselves on opposite sides in a club game at Eden Lodge on the outskirts of Bridgetown. Dwayne, the former West

1:27 PM GMT Gazi Group Chattogram continued their early dominance of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup, clinching their third consecutive win. This time they beat Fortune Barishal by 10 runs, a slightly tighter contest than their two big wins previously over Beximco Dhaka and Gemcon Khulna. Chattogram’s left-arm duo of Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam strangled

8:36 AM GMT Press Trust of India Greg Barclay, the new ICC chairman, has conceded that the ambitious World Test Championship (WTC) hasn’t quite achieved what it intended to, and the disruption caused by Covid-19 has only highlighted its “shortcomings”. Barclay suggested going “back to the drawing board” after getting the latest – maiden –

6:40 PM GMT Eoin Morgan credited England’s experience of holding their nerve in close games as a key factor behind their four-wicket win in Paarl. For the second game in succession, England clinched a last-over victory after South Africa had appeared to be in the stronger position deep into the run-chase. It gives them an