12:24 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A wider pool of contracted players, extending to the domestic level for the first time, and a significant pay hike for centrally contracted New Zealand women players are among the key features of the new Women’s Master Agreement. When finalised, the agreement will replace the previous Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),

2:19 PM ET One minute, the stadium was abuzz with chatter. West Indies were very much in the game – their death bowling had limited India to under 300 and with Nicholas Pooran and Roston Chase on the field, it looked like they had it under control. Then wickets fell like a pack of cards.

7:02 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 The Blast has enjoyed a considerable uplift from England’s World Cup-winning campaign with the competition poised to reach 1 million spectators for the first time (David Hopps writes). Hopes that the 1 million mark could be breached

9:37 PM ET Five minutes was all it took for Bhuvneshwar Kumar to flip the game in India’s favor. 35th over. Nicholas Pooran, the form batsman, made it look like the West Indies had the game in their pocket. They needed 92 off 12 overs, perfectly doable. The ball was on the shorter side and

3:00 AM ET India chose to bat v West Indies Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat in the second match of the three-ODI series in Port-of-Spain, reasoning that the Queen’s Park Oval pitch would slow down in the second half. India fielded the same XI as in the washed-out first ODI, with

Aug 10, 2019 Tamim Iqbal has requested for a break from cricket. The 30-year-old opener had gone to the Bangladesh Cricket Board in early August to seek time off, and ESPNcricinfo understands that it has now been approved. As a result, he will miss next month’s one-off Test against Afghanistan and the T20I tri-series which

1:32 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff St Lucia Stars have been axed from the Caribbean Premier League, and the team will not be participating in CPL 2019. On August 7, CPL Limited terminated the participation agreement between it and the Royal Sports Club, LLC, the entity that operated the St Lucia franchise. While announcing the decision

2:43 PM ET In the rained-out first ODI in Guyana, Chris Gayle played the slowest innings of his career, scoring 4 off 31 balls. This was perhaps an extreme case of it, but West Indies captain Jason Holder has said his batsmen will be looking to start their innings cautiously through the ODI series. “I

1:08 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Rahkeem Cornwall has finally made it to the West Indies Test squad. The 26-year old hard-hitting offspinning allrounder was among the 13 men picked to play the two-match series against India starting on August 22. Jason Holder (capt), Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall,