1:53 PM ET In its bid to bring international cricket back to Pakistan, the PCB has been spending substantially on players and boards over the years. Whenever international or PSL games have been played in the country since 2015, the PCB has spent millions of dollars to make some headway towards changing perceptions of visiting

5:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The improved fitness levels of Mohammed Shami. Jasprit Bumrah‘s outswinger to right-hand batsmen. Also, India’s fast-bowling bench strength, and the facilities now available in the country; all these are indicators of Indian fast bowling’s great health, according to former pace spearhead Zaheer Khan. Still, Zaheer would like to see Navdeep

3:00 AM ET Durham 197 for 6 (Watling 83*) v Glamorgan Before Marnus Labuschagne came to wider attention in the Ashes series, he set an unlikely event in motion: a Glamorgan promotion challenge. Few would have predicted that a year ago after they finished bottom of the heap in Division Two. Those of fiercely patriotic

September 23, 2019 Calum Trenaman at The Oval Scott Borthwick pushes into the off side © Getty Images Surrey 246 for 2 (Borthwick 109*, Pope 78*) v Nottinghamshire A century from Scott Borthwick and a strong batting performance from Ollie Pope on the day of his England Test recall defined proceedings before cloud, gloom and

Sep 22, 2019 Alex Malcolm Victoria 185 (Sutherland 53, Ellis 3-35) beat Tasmania 184 (McDermott 78, Tremain 4-36, Coleman 4-46) by one run A staggering, scarcely believable, collapse from Tasmania, who lost 6 for 12 in 12 balls, handed defending champions Victoria their first win of the Marsh Cup at the WACA. Tasmania needed 14

Sep 21, 2019 Guyana Amazon Warriors 81 for 2 (King 51*) beat Barbados Tridents 138 (Duminy 38, Green 4-14, Tahir 2-22) by 12 runs (DLS method) Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their perfect season rolling with an eight-wicket win in a shortened chase against Barbados Tridents. Their win was built on yet another impressive performance from

3:00 AM ET Karthik Krishnaswamy Toss India chose to bat v South Africa With one eye already on next year’s T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli’s India have chosen to bat first at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, a venue where teams usually prefer to chase. In fact, this was the first time in seven T20Is at the

5:29 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes India could send Rishabh Pant in at No. 5 in limited-overs cricket to allow the wicketkeeper-batsman to play his aggressive, natural game. Pant was the subject of a debate last week, after India’s newly appointed batting coach Vikram Rathour said the wicketkeeper-batsman was among

3:00 AM ET Essex 148 for 6 (Westley 36, Bopara 36*) beat Worcestershire 145 for 9 (Harmer 3-16) by four wickets Eight hours earlier, Wayne Parnell had successfully defended Notts’ requirement of a single off the final ball to take Worcestershire into the final of the Vitality Blast. Now, at the end of English cricket’s

Mohammad Nawaz celebrates a wicket © Associated Press Batsman Iftikhar Ahmed and spin-bowling allrounder Mohammad Nawaz have made comebacks to Pakistan’s ODI squad. Both were part of the first squad announced by Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s new coach and chief selector, ahead of the three-match series against Sri Lanka that is due to take place later this