10:10 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka limited-overs captain Lasith Malinga has announced his decision to retire from the game after next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. The 35-year-old fast bowler, who made the announcement following Sri Lanka’s 16-run loss against South Africa in the second T20I, also said there was a chance he

5:48 AM ET Sreshth Shah in Kolkata Despite David Warner‘s availability for Sunrisers Hyderabad this season, the former IPL-winning captain will not lead the franchise in 2019. Kane Williamson – who led Sunrisers to the runner-up position last year – will continue to captain the side even though there are question marks on his fitness

3:00 AM ET Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl v South Africa Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in their must-win second T20 against South Africa. The hosts had won the first match in the Super Over, but are now without several key players – Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Imran

1:38 PM ET New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne is understood to have pulled out of the IPL. ESPNcricinfo understands Milne, who was signed by Mumbai Indians at the IPL auction for INR 75 lakhs (USD 104,000 approx on the day of auction), has a swollen heel. Milne’s pullout means Mumbai have lost a second

3:00 AM ET Big Picture Unless you’re totally invested in the IPL – or any league for that matter – it can at times be hard to remember games that have finished even as recently as 48 hours ago. But in a hectic calendar and the usual haze of fours and sixes, this giant of

8:25 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff James Pattinson will continue his push for a place on the Ashes tour with a return to Nottinghamshire in English county cricket. Pattinson is in line to play seven County Championship matches and the full Royal London Cup campaign although that could change if he is included in the Australia

1:04 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cameron Bancroft will captain Durham as he continues his comeback from a ban for his part in the Australian ball-tampering scandal. Bancroft, who was suspended for nine months over his role in the affair against South Africa at Newlands, which saw Steve Smith and David Warner banned for one year,

1:46 PM ET A slice of luck – a dropped catch to be exact – could well have saved, and extended, Rahul Dravid‘s career, the man himself reckoned at the launch of ESPNcricinfo’s Superstats, a set of new-age metrics for a more nuanced understanding of the modern game. Dravid spoke about how a top-edge off

12:32 PM ET Vishal Dikshit in Mumbai Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma is going to open in all their games in the coming IPL. Speaking at the team’s pre-season media interaction, Rohit said that this move was partially because he opens for India and the World Cup follows immediately after the IPL. “I have in