4:00 PM GMT Toss Karachi chose to bowl v Islamabad Karachi Kings have won the toss and will bowl. This is a game that has severe ramifications for both sides, with Islamabad United guaranteed elimination if they fail to win today. On the other hand, victory for Islamabad will virtually ensure they reach the semi-finals,

Marnus Labuschagne goes inside out against spin © EPA The remaining two matches of the Chappell-Hadlee one-day series will not take place along with the three-match T20I series between the two teams in New Zealand later this month due to new travel restrictions imposed by the New Zealand government amid the coronavirus pandemic. More to

3:09 PM GMT Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and chose to bowl first vs Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi captain Wahab Riaz won the toss and elected to bowl first against Multan Sultans in Karachi in one of the few matches on the T20 franchise and international circuit that hasn’t been cancelled or postponed due to

4:19 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes For Sophie Devine, the lesson of how a team’s success or failure in short-form cricket can hang on a single instant is still raw. So the New Zealand captain fully expects her nation’s group-stage exit at the recent Women’s T20 World Cup, shaped by narrow defeats to India and Australia,

8:02 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Three more captains have been appointed ahead of the inaugural season of the Hundred, with Nat Sciver and Lewis Gregory leading Trent Rockets and Sophie Devine skippering Birmingham Phoenix. Sciver and Devine both starred in the Women’s T20 World Cup, finishing the tournament as England and New Zealand’s leading run-scorers

10:49 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s one-day series against New Zealand will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic while the T20I matches at the end of the month in New Zealand are in doubt. A few hours previously it had been confirmed that the Australia Women’s tour of South Africa would

9:53 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff March 10 South Africa and India are likely to avoid shaking hands with each other during their three-match ODI series, which starts on Thursday, and will exchange fist bumps instead as a precaution against COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). The 11-day tour is going ahead after CSA conducted an expert assessment of

7:55 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ajinkya Rahane feels that India’s issues against the short ball are being spoken about “too much”, adding that their 2-0 Test series defeat in New Zealand came about mainly due to their opposition’s skilful use of home conditions. New Zealand’s bowlers have used the short ball liberally in recent years,

2:11 PM GMT Cheteshwar Pujara is unlikely to feature in the remainder of the Ranji Trophy final because of back spasms. India’s Test No. 3 felt some stiffness in his back prior to taking the field on Wednesday, the third day of the ongoing final against Bengal, in Rajkot. He eventually didn’t take the field

12:07 PM GMT Toss Bangladesh opt to bowl v Zimbabwe Bangladesh won the toss in the second T20I at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, and for the first time during the white-ball leg of their tour, Zimbabwe will bat first and set a total. Having swept Zimbabwe 3-0 in the ODIs, and cruised to a