2:32 PM GMT Sidharth Monga India’s captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain KL Rahul have both admitted that the team needs to get better on flat batting wickets, following their series defeat to Australia. India conceded 374 and 389 on consecutive games, leaving their batsmen unrealistic targets to chase. Over a patchy press conference line, Rahul

8:11 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff For Glenn Phillips, who has had a stop-start international career, smashing a 46-ball century – the fastest in T20Is by a New Zealand batsman – against West Indies was “absolutely massive”. No, it won’t make him believe his future with the national team is all sorted out, but “you don’t

11:38 AM IST Alagappan Muthu Big Picture The thrill of a fast start. The chaos of a collapse. A fast bowler breathing fire. A T20 maverick standing tall. There were so many good things about the first T20I in Auckland – not least the return of people in the stands and the death of the

4:08 PM GMT Nicholas Pooran has been given the opportunity to stake his claim for future involvement in West Indies’ Test squads, after his inclusion in a 14-man ‘A’ squad to play a pair of first-class matches in New Zealand next month. Pooran, 25, has asserted his position as one of the most exciting young

7:21 AM GMT A seventh positive Covid-19 test has emerged from Pakistan’s touring contingent in New Zealand. The identity of the squad member is not yet clear. Six players – Sarfaraz Ahmed, Rohail Nazir, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Abid Ali and Danish Aziz – had returned positive results from the first tests conducted upon Pakistan’s

9:23 PM GMT Jonny Bairstow insists he doesn’t mind where he bats for England, as long as he has a role in the team. Bairstow hit an unbeaten 86 from 48 balls – his highest score in T20I cricket – to carry England to a narrow victory with four balls of the game remaining in

9:29 PM IST England won the toss and chose to bowl vs South Africa England have won the toss and inserted South Africa in the first T20I of their series in Cape Town. England have, as expected, opted to open their innings with Jason Roy and Jos Buttler, with Jonny Bairstow moved down to No.

6:43 PM IST Sruthi Ravindranath Big Picture International cricket is back in New Zealand. The last time they played at home – the Christchurch Test against India that ended on March 2 – the coronavirus had just started to send shockwaves across the globe. And things spiralled very quickly. Their tour to Australia later that

3:48 AM IST Madushka Balasuriya Colombo Kings 219 for 7 (Chandimal 80) tied with Kandy Tuskers 219 for 3 (Perera 87, Gurbaz 53) Super Over Colombo Kings 16 for 1 beat Kandy Tuskers 12 for 0 How the game played out After what seemed like endless setbacks, the first game of the Lankan Premier League

Jaffna Stallions vs Galle Gladiators, Match 2, Hambantota Pro tip: Avishka Fernando scored a scintillating 127 against West Indies in the only ODI which happened at this venue in the last three years. Our XI: Avishka Fernando (capt), Hazratullah Zazai, Snehan Jayasuriya, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shoaib Malik, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Akila