3:50 AM GMT Mumbai opener Prithvi Shaw is likely to return to the squad as early as November 16, a day after serving his suspension for a doping violation. Shaw is expected to turn out for Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the Indian domestic T20 tournament. On July 30, Shaw had been handed

8:00 AM GMT Toss India chose to bowl v Bangladesh India have chosen to bowl in the second T20I in Rajkot. Rohit Sharma, their captain, expected dew to set in later in the evening and make batting easier on a hard surface with a few cracks on it. Mahmudullah, the Bangladesh captain, said he would

Shane Bond worked as a bowling consultant with England on the 2017-18 Ashes tour © Getty Images Shane Bond has registered his interest in becoming England bowling coach, with the role currently vacant following Chris Silverwood‘s promotion to head coach. Bond, who is currently filling in for Shane Jurgensen as New Zealand’s bowling coach for

5:44 AM GMT Srinath Sripath Adam Gilchrist believes Tim Paine is still the best available wicketkeeper and captain for Australia’s Test team. Paine’s batting form in the Ashes – one fifty from ten innings at an average of 20 – has led to concerns about whether he merits selection in Australia’s first-choice Test XI, with

6:02 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Shakera Selman is back in West Indies’ squad for the five-match women’s T20I series against India, which begins on Saturday in St Lucia. Selman, according to a CWI release, sat out the ODI series as an injury precaution, “to ensure her full fitness and availability for the T20I

12:54 PM GMT Sruthi Ravindranath India are the top-ranked Test side in the world, and only behind England in ODIs, but they haven’t quite been up there in T20Is, where they are currently fifth in the ICC rankings. For India’s stand-in captain Rohit Sharma, though, it’s not something to lose sleep over. With the next

12:27 PM GMT Mahedi Hasan put on a superb all-round show in Khulna Division’s nail-biting one-wicket win over Rangpur Division at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. No 11 Abdul Halim hit the winning runs after he and Moinul Islam kept their cool in a last-wicket stand that lasted 7.5 overs. But it was Mahedi who

11:10 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff It’s the vicious circle that confronts young aspirants to any plum job anywhere: must have experience but can’t get it without working in the field. Now that they’ve been handed the opportunity to gain valuable experience on England’s tour of New Zealand, Eoin Morgan wants his fringe T20 World Cup