7:27 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Follow all the news updates in the lead-up to the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy here December 3 Suryakumar Yadav is the new Mumbai captain Mumbai, Ranji Trophy champions on 41 occasions, will begin the 2019-20 season with a new captain. The Mumbai Cricket Association announced in-form top-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav as

8:00 AM GMT Durban Heat 197 for 4 (Hales 97*, Miller 40, Shamsi 2-37) beat Paarl Rocks 195 for 2 (Delport 84, du Plessis 66) by six wickets After three washouts and two losses in their first five games, Durban Heat have reeled off three successive wins, the latest coming in a high-scoring chase on

11:25 AM GMT Just a day after Karnataka State Cricket Association president Roger Binny said his administration was striving to keep cricket “clean”, a senior official of the state’s managing committee has been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into corruption in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). Sudhindra Shinde, a former Karnataka player, was

11:00 PM GMT Jeetan Patel has been appointed as England’s spin-bowling consultant for the tours of South Africa and Sri Lanka. Patel, who performed a similar role during the T20I leg of England’s tour of New Zealand, will join the England squad on December 24 ahead of the first Test in Centurion on Boxing Day.

6:44 PM GMT Mickey Arthur is set to take over as Sri Lanka’s head coach. SLC has agreed a two-year contract with Arthur, the former South Africa, Australia and Pakistan coach, with a formal announcement to be made shortly. Joining his backroom staff will be Grant Flower as batting coach, David Saker as bowling coach,

11:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Green, the globetrotting Australian offspinner, has signed a deal to return to Birmingham Bears for the 2020 Vitality Blast, and will captain the side in the format. Green, who has made his name as one of the best Powerplay spinners on the T20 circuit in recent years, played six

Dec 1, 2019 New Zealand 375 (Latham 105, Mitchell 73, Watling 55, Broad 4-73) and 96 for 2 (Williamson 37*, Taylor 31*) trail England 476 (Root 226, Burns 101, Pope 75, Wagner 5-124) by five runs Joe Root confirmed his return to form with a masterful innings of 226, and Ollie Pope passed his own

6:15 PM GMT Mohammad Isam Close Bangladesh correspondent, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi Close News editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo BPL side Chattogram Challengers expect Chris Gayle to be available for them after he recovers from a hamstring injury. Gayle is likely to play in the BPL after January 4, after which Chattogram

Australia 3 for 589 dec (Warner 335*, Labuschagne 162) beat Pakistan 302 (Yasir 113, Azam 97, Starc 6-66) and 239 (Masood 68, Shafiq 57, Lyon 5-69) by an innings and 48 runs There was resistance, as there had been before, but it came when the game was so far beyond saving it seemed futile. Pakistan

8:00 AM GMT England 379 for 5 (Root 178*, Pope 46*) lead New Zealand 375 (Latham 105, Mitchell 73, Watling 55, Broad 4-73) by four runs Joe Root was closing in on his second Test-match double century by lunch on the fourth day in Hamilton, as he and Ollie Pope ticked off their team’s primary