8:55 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Faf du Plessis has stepped down as captain of South Africa’s Test and T20I sides with immediate effect. However, the 35-year-old remains fully committed to playing all three formats for the time being. Du Plessis cited a need to give the next generation of leaders within the team a chance

10:39 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel has been recalled to the New Zealand squad for the Test series against India while there is a place for uncapped seamer Kyle Jamieson and Trent Boult has recovered from his broken hand. Boult picked up his injury in the Boxing Day Test against Australia in

Dale Steyn celebrates dismissing Jos Buttler © Getty Images South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first vs England Quinton de Kock opted to “put the English under pressure first,” and asked Eoin Morgan’s men to chase in the series decider at SuperSport Park. With matters level at 1-1, de Kock put faith

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Colin Munro‘s 60-ball 104 put Auckland briskly on course to chase down the 284 they needed to win the Ford Trophy title before Mark Chapman anchored an unbroken 32-run stand for the ninth wicket to help them seal it. Otago’s Jacob Duffy took a four-wicket haul, which included the wicket

8:00 AM GMT Big picture Two games, three runs between the teams, and one more clash to come. The T20Is have served up a buffet of belligerent boundary-hitting, as well as some nerveless death bowling and two of the closest finishes possible this side of a Super Over. Given England’s recent form in white-ball deciders,

© BCCI The first match of the 2020 IPL will be a repeat of last year’s final with defending champions the Mumbai Indians taking on the Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium on March 29. The tournament will start only 11 days after India’s home ODI series against South Africa ends on March 18

8:00 AM GMT New South Wales 4 for 201 (Patterson 54) trail 7 for 431 (Gotch 100*, Maddinson 95, Dean 71) by 230 runs Wil Parker, the 17-year-old debutant legspinner, claimed two big scalps to keep Victoria on top against New South Wales at the SCG after Seb Gotch had scored his maiden first-class century.

9:14 AM GMT Umar Farooq Firdose Moonda South Africa have withdrawn their interest from touring Pakistan for three T20Is considering their players’ workload following the India tour next month. The proposed tour will be rescheduled later after both boards find a new window this year. South Africa’s tour to Pakistan was mainly facing logistical challenges

8:00 AM GMT South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first against England Dale Steyn was a notable absentee as South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second T20I at Durban, where they have a chance to close out the three-match series after Wednesday’s thrilling one-run win at

8:00 AM GMT South Australia 8 for 352 (Cooper 99, Weatherald 60, Nielsen 53, Paris 3-70, Moody 3-70) lead Western Australia Tom Cooper fell agonisingly short of his second Sheffield Shield century of the season, but his 99 helped South Australia to a strong position on day one against Western Australia at Adelaide Oval. Cooper