10:46 AM GMT Despite the tough stance adopted by the PCB on Bangladesh’s unwillingness to play Test cricket in Pakistan, the BCB has reiterated that as things stood, it could only give the go-ahead to a T20I series in the country. In what could be seen as a slight softening of position on the Tests,

6:36 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Vitality Blast champions Essex have re-signed Australia legspinner Adam Zampa for their 2020 campaign. Zampa will return for his third consecutive season at Chelmsford. Although Zampa missed 2019 Finals Day, having already gone back to Australia for the start of the domestic season, he was Essex’s leading wicket-taker during the

6:10 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff December 24: Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades in Hobart Our XI: D’Arcy Short, James Faulkner, Qais Ahmad, Riley Meredith, Caleb Jewell, Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Sam Harper, Dan Christian, Harry Gurney NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other

9:39 AM GMT How’s this for a #10yearchallenge? In 2009, Rassie van der Dussen was a change-room attendant for the South African team that was playing England in a Test in Centurion. In 2019, Rassie van der Dussen is on the cusp of a Test debut for South Africa, against England in Centurion. Social media

Dec 21, 2019 Toss India elected to bowl v West Indies After having beaten the conditions in the must-win second ODI to keep the series alive, India won the toss in the decider in Cuttack, in whose last ODI India had to fight hard to defend 381. Virat Kohli didn’t mind not having to bowl

5:41 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff India finished 2019 on a high, sealing a 2-1 victory over West Indies in front of a packed crowd playing a game that see-sawed this way and that. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were front and centre in a chase of 316, much as they have been all year in

10:02 AM GMT Jofra Archer and Joe Root are the two English players that South Africa will be targeting this summer as they seek to get their first World Test Championship points on the board. While South Africa are primarily concerned with getting their own confidence back after a humbling tour to India where the

8:25 PM GMT Danyal Rasool in Karachi Very little is worth toiling away on the Pakistan domestic circuit for, but, the fact this comes close is the greatest compliment you could pay Abid Ali. The start of an international career – that for the best part of a decade looked destined not to materialise –

8:00 AM GMT Pakistan 191 (Shafiq 63, Babar 60, Kumara 4-49, Embuldeniya 4-71, Vishwa 2-31) and 395 for 2 (Abid 174, Masood 135, Azhar 57*, Kumara 2-88) lead Sri Lanka 271 (Chandimal 74, Afridi 5-77, Abbas 4-55) by 315 runs This is what you’re supposed to do to an opposition at home. In Rawalpindi, Pakistan