England will defend their World Cup title in New Zealand next year © Getty Images England will begin the defence of their Women’s World Cup title against Australia in Auckland the day after New Zealand open the tournament on February 6, Waitangi Day. The 30-day, 31-match tournament concludes with the final at Hagley Oval in

1:49 PM GMT Lahore Qalandars will field first, having won the toss. Sohail Akhtar believed dew would play a part later on in the evening, and Lahore will look to keep up the momentum that they have built up over the last two games, which they won. Lahore have only ever won three games in

1:44 PM GMT Ireland 142 for 8 (Delany 37, Naveen 3-21, Ahmad 3-25) tied with Afghanistan 142 for 7 (Gurbaz 42, Delany 2-21)Ireland won the Super Over Kevin O’Brien smashed Rashid Khan for a six on the last ball of the Super Over to give Ireland their first win over Afghanistan in last 13 T20Is

6:02 AM GMT Andrew Fidel Fernando Kusal Perera is likely to receive substantial compensation over his 2015-16 doping suspension, as settlement negotiations with the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) reach their final stages. The final amount has not yet been pinned down. But Perera is seeking compensation not only for the roughly $100,000 he and

10:25 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Victoria 292 and 6 for 320 dec (Dean 92, Maddinson 66, Agar 3-62) beat South Australia 214 and 216 (Head 60, Sutherland 6-67) by 182 runs Scorecard Will Sutherland took a career-best 6 for 67 to help Victoria skittle South Australia and continue their remarkable run towards the Sheffield Shield

2:57 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Andy Flower has been named as St Lucia Zouks’ new head coach for the 2020 CPL season. The Zouks were sold to KPH Dream Cricket Private Limited, the owners of Kings XI Punjab, last month, and Flower was named as Kings XI’s new assistant coach on Saturday. ALSO READ: St

4:02 AM GMT It’s early days yet but part of South Africa’s trip to India for a whistle-stop three-match ODI series starting this week could serve as a recce of sorts of the next 50-over World Cup, in 2023. Having won their first series in a year in ODIs, against Australia who they swept 3-0,

2:50 PM GMT Lahore Qalandars captain Sohail Akhtar won the toss and chose to field against Karachi Kings in Lahore in the second half of Sunday’s PSL double-header. Lahore are seeking to build on a resounding eight-wicket win over Quetta Gladiators in an effort to dig themselves out of the cellar on the PSL points

1:27 PM GMT Tamim Iqbal has been appointed Bangladesh’s ODI captain, it was announced after a BCB meeting on Sunday. He takes over from Mashrafe Mortaza, who finished his five-year stint with the recently concluded Zimbabwe series. Bangladesh’s next ODI assignment is a one-off game against Pakistan in Karachi on April 1. The other one-cricket