8:00 AM GMT West Indies chose to bowl v Afghanistan West Indies captain Kieron Pollard opted to bowl in the third and final ODI in Lucknow as they look to complete a whitewash. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said he anyway would have liked to bat. West Indies made two changes to their playing XI: they

Nov 10, 2019 South Australia 1 for 359 (Weatherald 195*, Hunt 132, Neil-Smith 1-74) against Tasmania Openers Jake Weatherald and Henry Hunt both made centuries as they broke a 52-year-old South Australia record with an opening stand of 293 runs to put the Redbacks in command against Tasmania at Adelaide Oval. Hunt made his maiden

6:28 PM GMT The central crime branch of Karnataka Police has arrested Sanyam, an alleged bookie, in relation to the corruption scandal in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). Sanyam was booked under Section 420 of the India Penal Code which pertains to cheating. According to Sandeep Patil, the Deputy Comissioner of Police (CCB), Sanyam is

3:12 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies’ captain Stafanie Taylor has been ruled out of the ongoing women’s T20I series against India after sustaining a ligament sprain last week. She will be replaced in the squad by Guyanese allrounder Cherry-Ann Fraser, while Anisa Mohammed will stand in as captain for the remainder of the series.

7:17 AM GMT Australia A’s match against Pakistan is being framed as a contest for the last couple of open spots in the Australian Test batting order, with the likes of Travis Head, Will Pucovski, Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja all in competition with one another to set themselves up for strong international summers. Yet,

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl v West Indies Rashid Khan won the toss in the second ODI and elected to bowl as Afghanistan looked to stop a ten-match ODI losing streak. To that end, they chose to tweak the side that lost in the first ODI. Allrounder and former captain

11:15 AM GMT Graeme Smith, South Africa’s former captain, is in the running to be South Africa’s first full-time director of cricket, a position created in the aftermath of the World Cup. Smith confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that he was interviewed for the position this week. He is among at least two others in line for

3:37 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Nic Maddinson has withdrawn from the Australia A team to face Pakistan a three-day tour match in Perth for mental-health reasons. Maddinson, 27, has become the second player in recent weeks to step down from an Australian representative team due to mental-health issues after Glenn Maxwell stepped away from the

8:00 AM GMT Cape Town Blitz 213 for 3 (Malan 99*, de Kock 35, Moeen 25) beat Jozi Stars 198 for 5 (Hendricks 80, Bavuma 38, Steyn 3-25) by 15 runs The season premiere of MSL 2019 was an evening to remember, as defending champions Jozi Stars nearly went the distance in their chase in

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand win toss, bowl against England New Zealand captain Tim Southee has won the toss and sent England in to bat with the tourists facing a must-win clash in the fourth T20I in Napier. Trent Boult comes in for Lockie Ferguson in a New Zealand side, which has had