Temba Bavuma picked up the injury during the third T20I against England © Getty Images Australia won the toss and chose to bat v South Africa On a hot day in Bloemfontein, Aaron Finch opted to make the hosts chase in their bid to win a first series this summer. The dry appearance of the

1:12 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff March 5: Women’s T20 World Cup – Australia v South Africa, 2nd semi-final, SCG, Sydney Our XI: Alyssa Healy (capt & wk), Dane van Niekerk (vice-capt), Beth Mooney, Marizanne Kapp, Mignon du Preez, Meg Lanning, Laura Wolvaardt, Rachael Haynes, Shabnim Ismail, Megan Schutt, Georgia Wareham Note: South Africa are monitoring

5:01 AM GMT There’s never a bad time to hit career-best form, but finding it at a World Cup is especially handy. England allrounder Nat Sciver is playing as well as she ever has in the T20 format, having ended the group stage in Australia as the leading run-scorer in her new role at No.

6:32 PM GMT Former India players L Sivaramakrishnan, Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil Joshi and Rajesh Chauhan have been shortlisted by the BCCI’s cricket advisory committee (CAC) to fill the two vacant positions on the men’s national selection committee. The five candidates were chosen out of a pool of 40 applications forwarded by the BCCI to the

Play 06:44 Fantasy Picks: Allrounders Mohammad Hafeez and Shadab Khan should shine March 4: PSL – Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United, Lahore Our XI: Luke Ronchi, Colin Munro/Dawid Malan, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Lynn, Rizwan Hussain, David Wiese, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Dale Steyn, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Muhammad Musa Captain: Mohammad Hafeez It feels like Hafeez’s

6:53 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Australia’s star allrounder Ellyse Perry suffered a right hamstring injury while fielding during the winner-takes-all clash with New Zealand at the Junction Oval. Perry fielded a ball at mid-off and threw in one motion, off balance, trying to run out New Zealand captain Sophie Devine. She immediately crumpled to the

1:46 PM GMT Karachi Kings will bowl first after winning the toss in Rawalpindi. Imad Wasim’s side will look to carry on with the momentum they built after beating Islamabad United on Sunday, and make one change to that side, with Aamer Yamin replacing Umaid Asif. There are more significant developments with the Peshawar side,

12:37 PM GMT Rohit Balaji March 3: Lahore Qalanders vs Quetta Gladiators in Gadaffi Stadium Our XI: Azam Khan, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez, Jason Roy, Ben Cutting, David Wiese, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi, Dilbar Hussain, Mohammad Hasnain, Anwar Ali Captain: Chris Lynn A curtailed game in which you could berserk from ball one was probably

© Getty Images New Zealand took 47 minutes to take India’s four remaining wickets, but Ravindra Jadeja continued to justify his selection with a 16-run last-wicket partnership with Jasprit Bumrah. On paper, New Zealand had “only” 132 to get, but there was enough seam and swing in the conditions to keep India interested. That is

Quinton de Kock flays one through the covers © AFP via Getty Images Big picture After a topsy-turvy T20I series, in which South Africa’s heaviest-ever short-form defeats were punctuated with a from-behind win at Port Elizabeth, these two sides head into a three-match ODI series devoid of any context in contrasting shape. Australia have picked