3:00 AM ET Lunch: South Africa 10 for 1 (Markram 8*) and 222 lead Sri Lanka 154 (Dickwella 42, Rabada 4-38) by 78 runs Kagiso Rabada and Duanne Olivier cut through Sri Lanka’s middle order and earned South Africa a 68-run first-innings lead in the second Test at St George’s Park. Resuming from an overnight

5:37 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Railways deny Pujara joy after maiden T20 ton Twelve years after he first played the format, Cheteshwar Pujara finally has a century to show in T20s. However, his 61-ball 100 not out on the opening day of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Indore wasn’t enough to give Saurashtra victory

3:47 PM ET Former West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt has announced his intention to challenge Dave Cameron for the position of CWI president. Skerritt, 62, who is currently president of the St Vincent & The Grenadines Cricket Association, has previously been a cabinet minister and senator in the national assembly of St Kitts and

8:34 AM ET Nagraj Gollapudi Sidharth Monga In a dramatic and unprecedented move, the BCCI has prepared a draft letter asking the ICC to ban Pakistan from participating in the upcoming World Cup. ESPNcricinfo understands the letter, which was prepared on Wednesday, will be discussed at a top-level BCCI meeting on Friday and then taken

7:26 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ross Taylor became New Zealand’s highest run-scorer in ODIs after he crossed Stephen Fleming’s 8,007 runs during the third ODI against Bangladesh in Dunedin. Taylor reached the mark with a single to fine-leg off Mehidy Hasan in the 33rd over. It was immediately cheered with loud applause and a standing

3:00 AM ET Quetta Gladiators 161 for 2 (Rossouw 67*, Watson 61) beat Multan Sultans 160 for 9 (Malik 53, Irfan 2-32) by eight wicket How the game played out Quetta have a formula, and as of now, the equations are working in perfect harmony. For the third time in three matches, they won the

3:00 AM ET Big Picture How will Kusal Perera follow that one up? How will Sri Lanka? After three gruelling months on the road and three consecutive Test series defeats, Perera’s brilliance has finally brought some joy to his team in a Test match that none who witnessed will ever forget. The Kingsmead miracle has

10:28 PM ET Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer believes the team’s continued good form over the past week in Oman is more evidence of the side’s quality, and enough reason for a case being built for them to be the next in line for Full-Member status. The team added another Full-Member scalp to their growing tally

3:00 AM ET Big picture Rarely does a five-match ODI series become the focal point of any modern tour but, 100 days out from the World Cup, this is arguably the main event for both West Indies and England. While the tourists, so lacklustre during their Test defeat, will step out after a quick change