8:50 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Somerset 229 for 8 (Davies 60, Mitchell 3-35) beat Worcestershire xxx for x (Libby 75*, Davey 4-41) by 16 runs Somerset achieved their highest T20 score away from Taunton as they defeated bottom placed Worcestershire Rapids by 16 runs in a Central Group encounter at Edgbaston. Steven Davies continued

11:52 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Former Maharashtra Ranji player Shekhar Gawli has died after falling in a 250-feet-deep gorge in Maharashtra”s Nashik district, Press Trust of India reported on Wednesday. Gawli, 45, played two first class matches for Maharashtra in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He had gone for trekking in the Western Ghat

3:05 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 157 for 3 (Cockbain 84*) beat Birmingham Bears 100 (Smith 5-16) by 57 runs Gloucestershire brushed Birmingham Bears aside by 57 runs in a truncated Central Group thrash in the Vitality Blast at Edgbaston. In a game shortened to 12 overs per side by rain, Gloucestershire piled up

7:57 PM IST Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians fast bowler Lasith Malinga, the highest wicket-taker in the IPL, has pulled out of the 2020 season in the UAE owing to personal reasons. Australia fast bowler James Pattinson, who is yet to play an IPL game, has been named as his replacement. It is understood Malinga’s father

11:56 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Game one Finch XI 166 for 8 (Finch 53, Wade 50, Agar 3-26) beat Cummins XI 143 for 6 (Carey 50*) by 23 runs Game two Finch XI 229 for 3 (Carey 107, Labuschagne 100) beat Cummins XI 197 (Stoinis 68, Lyon 4-29) by 32 runs Alex Carey enjoyed a

4:19 AM IST Moeen Ali has praised the leadership of Eoin Morgan for providing him with the confidence to rediscover his form with the bat. Moeen went into the final match of the T20I series against Pakistan having reached double-figures only five times in 19 innings across international formats. But although his 61 at Emirates

8:16 PM IST Ian Watmore, the ECB’s new chair, has admitted the current make-up of the board is “not acceptable” and insisted there must be more diversity within the administration of cricket. Watmore, who officially replaced Colin Graves as ECB on September 1, believes the ECB can’t lead the sport effectively unless its leadership is

4:59 AM IST Cricket South Africa have been forced to postpone their Annual General Meeting scheduled for Saturday, during which they were due to elect a new president and at least two other board members. The postponement comes after CSA were due to meet with the country’s minister of sport, Nathi Mthethwa, who demanded to

12:29 AM IST ECB Reporters Network Sparks 136 for 6 (Kelly 59*) beat Thunder 135 (Cross 45, Wong 3-26) by four wickets Central Sparks secured their first win of the tournament against North West Thunder by 4 wickets, thanks to an all-round performance, especially from the bowlers that saw them chase down 136 in 44

7:21 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Jos Buttler, Mark Wood and Jofra Archer have been recalled to England’s T20I and ODI squads for the forthcoming series against Australia, but there is no return for the Test captain Joe Root, nor for Jason Roy, who is yet to recover from a side strain. The exclusion of Root