3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India women 248 for 5 (Raj 66, Raut 65, Khaka 3-69) beat South Africa women 247 for 6 (Wolvaardt 69, Pandey 2-38) by five wickets In a reprise of her match-winning knock in the 2017 Women’s World Cup Qualifier final, against South Africa, that secured India the title off the

2:38 AM ET Anil Kumble is set to take over as head coach of Kings XI Punjab in the IPL from the upcoming season, while also being put in charge of “all cricket-related affairs” of the team for the foreseeable future, co-owner of the franchise Mohit Burman has confirmed. With the update, Kumble becomes the

10:01 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket Australia has launched a parental leave policy which guarantees players who become pregnant 12 months of paid leave along with three weeks for partners and other support including addition funding for tours. CA and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) have been working on the policy for two years and

11:16 AM ET The BCCI’s electoral officer has upheld the decision taken by the Committee of the Administrators (CoA) to disqualify three key state associations from participating in the BCCI elections, scheduled for October 23. On Thursday N Gopalswami, the board’s electoral officer, removed Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Maharashtra from the final electoral roll, thus taking

5:07 AM ET Alex Malcolm Incumbent Australia opener Marcus Harris knows his Test spot is up for grabs but he views his lean Ashes series as a positive learning experience rather than a negative. Harris managed just 58 runs in six innings after coming in for the last three Tests of the series as the

2:16 PM ET In what is likely to have a bearing on the BCCI elections, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has disqualified three key state associations – Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Maharashtra – for failing to comply with the board’s new constitution. These three states have been declared non-compliant and are barred from participating in

3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka have made a whopping five changes to the XI that won them the first two T20Is in Lahore, as they bat first for the third time in the series, after winning the toss. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama, batsmen Oshada Fernando and Angelo Perera, allrounder Lahiru Madushanka, and fast bowler Lahiru Kumara

4:58 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mo Bobat, the man whose analytical approach helped to change the way that England’s squads are selected, has been named as the ECB’s new Performance Director for men’s cricket. Bobat, who is currently the board’s Player Identification Lead, will take charge from David Parsons, who left the post in July.

7:45 PM ET Australia’s selection chairman Trevor Hohns feels Alex Carey should be given more leadership exposure so that he may be a legitimate captaincy contender whenever Tim Paine’s time is up, even if he is doubtful whether there would be room for both to play in the Test team this summer. Having successfully retained

11:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England Women’s search for a permanent replacement for Mark Robinson could yet result in the appointment of their first female head coach, according to the ECB’s director of women’s cricket, Clare Connor. Speaking at the launch of the ECB’s new £20 million investment into women’s and girls’ cricket, Connor confirmed