shares © AFP Smriti Mandhana is in line to make her captaincy debut when India host England for three T20Is that follow the championship ODIs. The elevation comes after Harmanpreet Kaur, the designated T20I captain, was ruled out of the series because of an ankle injury. The T20I series will be the maiden international

3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes England won the rain-delayed toss and elected to bowl in the third ODI against West Indies in Grenada with the series all square at 1-1. England will be without Ben Stokes who has injured his ankle. He has been replaced in the side by Alex Hales. England have also recalled

Feb 24, 2019 Alex Malcolm Tasmania 3 for 238 (Wakim 79, Wade 77) trail South Australia 257 by 19 runs Matthew Wade made yet another half-century to help put Tasmania in complete control of the clash with South Australia at Adelaide Oval. Wade, batting at No.4 for the first time this season, posted 77 and

7:36 PM ET Australia went from a feeling of “can’t believe we’ve stuffed this up” to utter relief during the closing stages of their win against India with Glenn Maxwell stressing the importance of holding their nerve to pinch a close win at the start of an away tour. Maxwell had been part of an

  shares © Gallo Images/Getty Images Did playing on consistently difficult pitches at home sap South Africa’s top order of the confidence required to put Sri Lanka away? Coach Ottis Gibson, who has spearheaded the campaign to play on almost uniformly fast-and-bouncy pitches at home, thinks not. South Africa have publicly acknowledged that their new

3:00 AM ET Islamabad United 147 for 3 (Ronchi 67*, Samit Patel 45*, Imad 2-27) beat Karachi Kings 143 for 6 (Dunk 49*, Ameer Yamin 35*, Faheem 3-26) by seven wickets How the game played out Having gotten over their traditional slow start, Islamabad have begun cranking through the gears. A Luke Ronchi special –

3:05 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff ICC chairman Shashank Manohar has said that security would always remain a “top priority” for the global governing body of the sport, and that the BCCI would be shown the security plans put in place for the World Cup during an ICC meeting in March. Manohar’s comments came in the

10:04 AM ET There aren’t any spots being warmed for players who are currently outside the team, according to Australia captain Aaron Finch. He was responding to a query on David Warner’s possible return ahead of the World Cup. Looking at the larger picture, Finch believes the limited-overs series in India and the ODIs against

3:00 AM ET Big Picture India versus Australia. Haven’t we just had this? Well, seemingly, there’s always room for more. Thoughts are turning towards the World Cup, but it’s T20 which begins the latest tussle between these two teams. The corresponding series in Australia during November was shared 1-1 so it’s all to play for.

3:00 AM ET Valkerie Baynes Toss> England win toss, bowl against West Indies England have won the toss and put West Indies in to bat for the second ODI in Barbados. A fresh pitch, next to the one which yielded 724 runs in the series opener on Wednesday, will be used and looks to be