5:27 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Six weeks into IPL 2020, Chris Morris has been hailed as the change Royal Challengers Bangalore needed. He provides spark with the new ball, cleans up lower orders at the death, gives them an imposing presence on the field with his rocket arm, and brings with him the potential to

1:49 AM IST Hemant Brar Big picture The first half of IPL 2020 might not have been as closely fought as in some of the previous editions, but with no team completely out of the playoffs race yet, it has become competitive in the last few days. The Kings XI Punjab, who were languishing at

Yorkshire have announced an investigation into Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of racism during his time at the club © Getty Images Gulfraz Riaz, the chairman of the National Asian Cricket Council, has voluntarily stepped down from the independent panel convened to investigate allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire. Mesba Ahmed, the NACC’s vice-chair, has taken over

4:41 AM GMT The opening two rounds of the Sheffield Shield being played in an Adelaide hub are completed and they have produced some compelling cricket. Here’s a few things that have stood out and a quick look at what’s to come Allrounders galore The multi-skilled players have been making their mark everywhere you look

12:54 AM IST Hemant Brar Sunrisers Hyderabad 156 for 2 (Pandey 83*, Shankar 52*, Archer 2-21) beat Rajasthan Royals 154 for 6 (Samson 36, Stokes 30, Holder 3-33) by eight wickets Manish Pandey‘s counter-attacking 83 not out off 47 balls, studded with four fours and eight sixes, nullified Jofra Archer’s opening burst in the second

1:13 PM GMT Just 12 months after Azhar Ali replaced Sarfaraz Ahmed as Pakistan’s Test captain, there could be another change on the way, with increasing murmurs in the executive corridors of the PCB’s headquarters about a younger replacement. ESPNcricinfo understands Mohammad Rizwan is at the top of the list of potential replacements for the

11:05 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 6 for 443 dec (Henriques 167, Solway 86) and 2 for 107 drew with Western Australia 534 (Green 197, Whiteman 114, Kelly 89, Abbott 6-89) The final day between Western Australia and New South Wales became notable for two near-misses of personal milestones by Cameron Green and

Coaches Brendon McCullum and Abhishek Nayar look on © BCCI Brendon McCullum, the Kolkata Knight Riders coach, has said the team “just wasn’t good enough” with the bat and had shown a “timid” approach in their eight-wicket loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Knight Riders were undone by Mohammed Siraj’s 3 for 8 in

8:37 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2020 woes have deepened with Dwayne Bravo ruled out for the rest of the season. The Super Kings’ chief executive officer Kasi VIswanathan told ESPNcricinfo that Bravo has suffered a Grade 1 tear to his right groin and will be leaving the UAE on Thursday. Bravo

5:23 AM GMT Outspoken Seven chief executive James Warburton has backed away from a months-long campaign against Cricket Australia, stressing to advertisers that the free-to-air network “love cricket” even as they sit in the midst of an arbitration process geared at shaving a huge chunk off the rights fees due to the governing body. Ever