12:39 AM IST Vishal Dikshit Rajasthan Royals 186 for 3 (Stokes 50, Samson 48) beat Kings XI Punjab 185 for 4 (Gayle 99, Rahul 46, Archer 2-26, Stokes 2-32) by seven wickets A breath-taking half-century from Ben Stokes and a perfectly-paced 48 from Sanju Samson trumped a belligerent 99 from Chris Gayle to keep the

3:38 PM GMT George Dobell Close Senior correspondent, ESPNcricinfo Senior correspondent, ESPNcricinfo Umar Farooq Wasim Khan, the PCB chief executive, has admitted he is undecided about his future in the position beyond his initial term. While there is more than a year to run on Wasim’s original three-year contract – it is due to expire

1:13 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Tasmania 0 for 6 trail Western Australia 302 (Marsh 115, Gannon 58, Inglis 51, Ellis 4-76) by 296 runs Shaun Marsh produced a magnificent century in testing conditions to rescue Western Australia on the opening day against Tasmania. Marsh’s innings – which included reaching his century with a six –

8:51 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff For Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2020 has been a season of what-ifs. And the latest of those questions seemingly is: would their season have been any different had Ruturaj Gaikwad played more than just the five matches he has so far? Following Gaikwad’s second match-winning fifty in a row, MS

7:51 PM IST Debayan Sen Big picture When the Kings XI Punjab met the Rajasthan Royals the first time this season a little over a month back, we witnessed one of the games of the tournament, but Steven Smith and his men go into Friday’s return fixture in Abu Dhabi knowing nothing less than a

7:10 AM GMT If the message about multi-year cycles, expected revenue dips and the need to smooth out cricket’s funding in Australia to cater for year-on-year fluctuations was more or less the same, the difference of medium provided a stark reminder of the new world into which cricket boards must now operate. Cricket Australia’s AGM

12:28 AM IST Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians 166 for 5 (Suryakumar 79*, Kishan 25, Siraj 2-28, Chahal 2-37) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 164 for 6 (Padikkal 74, Philippe 33, Bumrah 3-14, Pollard 1-5) by five wickets A death-bowling masterclass from Jasprit Bumrah, followed by a rollicking unbeaten 79 from Suryakumar Yadav, ensured the Mumbai Indians

3:14 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Last year at the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, only 10 matches in the entire season produced results. The opening round saw all two off three matches drawn, with huge scores dominating games and little chance of a result in sight. The signs this time indicate this could be a very different QeA

3:04 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff South Australia opener Jake Weatherald has withdrawn from Friday’s Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria for mental health reasons. Weatherald opened the season with a century against Western Australia, but SACA Sports Science and Sports Medicine Manager John Porter revealed that Weatherald spoke with the SACA medical team about his mental

11:09 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The schedule for India’s tour to Australia has been confirmed with Adelaide to host a day-night Test as part of the four-match series that is also set to take in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane following three ODIs and three T20Is. The ODIs will be played on November 27, 29 and