6:32 AM GMT Temba Bavuma will captain Jozi Stars in the second edition of the Mzansi Super League, which starts on Friday. Bavuma joined the squad this season after playing for Durban Heat in the inaugural edition and succeeds Dane Vilas, who led the Stars to the title last summer. Bavuma’s appointment is another nod

8:00 AM GMT Toss New Zealand chose to bat first against England Tom Banton and Matt Parkinson have been handed their England debuts and the chance to impress ahead of the T20 World Cup next year. Banton, whose cavalier stroke-making at the top of the Somerset order saw him win both the PCA and Cricket

6:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Yuvraj Singh believes that an Indian player would have felt insecure and found no support if he had experienced the mental health issues that recently forced Glenn Maxwell to take a break from cricket. It is for this reason that Yuvraj feels the players “deserve” to form an association because

1:02 PM GMT Quinton de Kock believes Faf du Plessis will still lead South Africa in next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia but said he would probably not turn down the opportunity if asked to captain in the format. The wicketkeeper-batsman, who captained South Africa in their recent T20I series in India, has been

5:57 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mushfiqur Rahim and Bangladesh have had a complicated relationship with India. There was the 2016 T20 World Cup match where he celebrated too early only for Bangladesh to lose by one run. Then came India’s semi-final loss to West Indies the following week, where Mushfiqur taunted India on social media.

7:00 AM GMT Bangladesh 154 for 3 (Mushfiqur 60*) beat India 148 for 6 (Dhawan 41, Aminul 2-22) by seven wickets Mushfiqur Rahim‘s perfectly paced, unbeaten 60 took Bangladesh to a seven-wicket win over India, their first against these opponents in nine attempts. Mushfiqur’s late charge against Khaleel Ahmed completely changed the game in Delhi,

Nov 2, 2019 Alex Malcolm Western Australia 7 for 255 (Marsh 77, Green 50*, Gannon 4-74) against Queensland Shaun Marsh continued his tantalising form with another half century but a skilful spell of seam bowling from Cameron Gannon helped Queensland restrict Western Australia on an even first day of the Sheffield Shield clash at the

7:00 AM GMT England won the toss and chose to bowl v New Zealand Saqib Mahmood, the Lancashire fast bowler, has been handed the chance to impress in the second T20I against New Zealand in Wellington, as England seek to build on their seven-wicket victory in Friday’s opening fixture in Christchurch. Saqib, whose natural fast-bowling

7:00 AM GMT Netherlands 134 for 3 (Cooper 41, ten Doeschate 34*, Ackermann 29*) beat Papua New Guinea 128 for 8 (Siaka 39, Bau 29, Kila 27*, Glover 3-24) by seven wickets The upstart Papua New Guinea juggernaut finally ran out of steam on Saturday night at Dubai International Stadium as the defending co-champions Netherlands