7:51 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Shane Watson has announced his retirement from all cricket, bringing an end to a nearly 20-year career during which he was of the world’s premier white-ball allrounders. Watson had already retired from international cricket in March 2016, and had only been playing in overseas T20 leagues since his retirement from

11:36 PM GMT Joe Clarke, the Nottinghamshire batsman, is set to sign for Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League. Clarke, 23, was the fifth highest run-scorer in this year’s Vitality T20 Blast. His strike-rate – 175.00 runs per 100 balls – was better than anyone else in the top 50 run-scorers in the competition.

4:06 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ron Kalifa, a financial and digital specialist, has joined the ECB board as an independent non-executive director, while current incumbents Lucy Pearson and Martin Darlow have been re-appointed for additional two-and-a-half-year term. Kalifa, who currently sits on the board of the Hundred, is also a member of the ECB’s Audit

7:46 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England allrounder Lewis Gregory has signed with the Brisbane Heat for the BBL, joining Somerset team-mate Tom Banton at the club. Gregory has played eight T20Is, the most recent during the series against Pakistan in September, and has also had spells at the Pakistan Super League and Bangladesh Premier League.

9:12 PM GMT Deivarayan Muthu Chennai Super Kings have had their worst season, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in the 11 years they’ve been part of the IPL. When the Super Kings stumbled with the bat and fumbled in the field in the first half of the season, the usually

9:12 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Chennai Super Kings 154 for 1 (Gaikwad 62*, du Plessis 48, Jordan 1-31) beat Kings XI Punjab 153 for 6 (Hooda, 62*, Ngidi 3-39, Jadeja 1-17) by nine wickets After messing with the playoff chances of the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kolkata Knight Riders, the already-ousted Chennai Super Kings

1:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia 302 and 0 for 232 (Bancroft 103*, Whiteman 117*) lead Tasmania 431 (McDermott 90, Wade 83, Morris 5-94) by 102 runs While nowhere near the record-breaking efforts seen at Glenelg, Western Australia’s opening pair of Cameron Bancroft and Sam Whiteman formed a notable stand of their own by

2:46 AM IST Hemant Brar Mumbai Indians 111 for 1 (Kishan 72*, Nortje 1-25) beat Delhi Capitals 110 for 9 (Iyer 25, Pant 21, Bumrah 3-17, Boult 3-21) by nine wickets The Mumbai Indians finally broke their Dubai hoodoo, and how! First, Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult combined to take 6 for 38 in eight

3:26 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab, Abu Dhabi Pro Tip: Expect KL Rahul and Chris Gayle to step it up given it is a must-win game for the Kings XI. Our XI: KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Chris Gayle, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shane Watson, Sam Curran, Ravi

10:41 AM IST Alex Malcolm Tea Victoria 0 for 233 (Pucovski 112*, Harris 111*) lead South Australia 200 (Hunt 50, Sutherland 3-26) by 33 runs Victoria opening pair Marcus Harris and Will Pucovski each sent a reminder to Australia’s Test selectors with centuries during a double-century opening stand that gave the visitors the first innings