© AFP Imad Wasim, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Amir were among a group of Pakistan’s cricketers on the verge of a strike last week, until a meeting with PCB chief executive Wasim Khan averted the threat – for now. Frustration and discontent with the PCB’s restrictive participation policy on foreign leagues had been rising among

3:17 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England batsman Joe Denly has been sidelined after damaging a ligament in his ankle during practice. The 33-year old picked up the injury on Thursday, prior to the first of the five T20Is against New Zealand, and will play no further part in the limited-overs series. The England management has

12:31 PM GMT Sidharth Monga in Delhi The best allrounder in the world. Bangladesh’s best player ever. Friend. Mentor. At times, the voice of Bangladesh cricket. Two players in one. Now a banned cricketer because he didn’t report suspect approaches, something you are obliged and taught to do. As the Bangladesh team began its preparations

7:00 AM GMT Toss Australia chose to bowl v Sri Lanka Aaron Finch won the toss and Australia opted to bowl first in the third and final T20I at the MCG. Finch believed the surface wouldn’t play a big part but wanted to make first use of it with the ball. Australia made two changes.

7:00 AM GMT England won the toss and chose to bowl first against New Zealand England have picked three debutants in their team for the opening T20I of their tour to New Zealand. Seamer Pat Brown joins all-rounders Lewis Gregory and Sam Curran in the first international England side named under new head coach, Chris

Nashra Sandhu gets a hug from captain Sana Mir © ICC Pakistan have made three changes to their squad that beat Bangladesh 3-0 in the T20I series earlier this week for the ODIs. Fifteen-year old legspinner Syeda Aroob Shah has earned her maiden Pakistan call-up, figuring in the 15-member squad for the two-match series against

Corrie van Zyl addresses a press conference © Getty Images The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) has called on Cricket South Africa to launch an independent investigation into the Mzansi Super League dispute that has resulted in the suspension of three senior CSA staff members, including interim director of cricket Corrie van Zyl. In a

3:19 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Returning West Indies coach Phil Simmons has backed his two captains’ ability to get the most of their players, and suggested that Jason Holder will benefit from the decision to hand the white-ball reins to Kieron Pollard. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Simmons said that Pollard – who was appointed captain of

7:00 AM GMT Scotland 198 for 6 (Munsey 65, Berrington 48, Mustafa 2-38) beat UAE 108 all out (Shahzad 34, Sharif 3-21) by 90 runs After a lacklustre group stage, defending co-champions Scotland showed they still had enough left in the tank after two off days to see off the tournament hosts as George Munsey‘s

10:39 AM GMT Derbyshire have signed former South Africa U19 seamer Michael Cohen. Cohen, who qualifies for EU citizenship and is therefore not considered an overseas player, has played 15 first-class games – mostly for Western Province – and claimed 50 wickets at an average of 26.12. He bowls left-arm, is 21 years old and