12:23 PM ET Quinton de Kock‘s fourth Test hundred gave South Africa a dominant lead of 380 over Pakistan in the third Test at the Wanderers, and the visitors would not have been chasing nearly as much had de Kock not been able to string together some vital partnerships down the order. Occupying the No.

3:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ambati Rayudu was reported for a suspect action during the first ODI between Australia and India in Sydney on Saturday. The part-time offspinner now has to get his action tested within 14 days, but can continue bowling in international cricket until the results are known. Rayudu is primarily a batsman

India’s ODI vice-captain Rohit Sharma believes No. 4 is the “ideal” position for MS Dhoni as India continue to jostle with their middle-order combinations ahead of the World Cup. Dhoni made 51 off 96 balls in the first ODI against Australia at the SCG. He added 137 in 28 overs with Rohit to repair the

3:00 AM ET Lunch Pakistan 111 for 5 (Babar 41*, Sarfraz 8*) trail South Africa 262 (Markram 90, Ashraf 3-57) by 245 runs South Africa created more than enough chances to have bowled out Pakistan on the second morning at the Wanderers. Instead, thanks to a combination of bad catching, good fortune and no little

  shares Jason Behrendorff reacts in the field © Getty Images Australia won the toss and decided to bat against India There will be an early chance to assess Australia’s reshaped one-day batting order after Aaron Finch won the toss at the SCG and opted to set a total. India have had to contend with

2:50 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Joe Clarke and Tom Kohler-Cadmore have been dropped from the England Lions squad that leaves for India on Saturday, after revelations about the pair’s off-field behaviour emerged in the course of the rape trial of their former Worcestershire team-mate, Alex Hepburn. Hepburn faces the prospect of a retrial after the

Jan 10, 2019 Toss South Africa chose to bat v Pakistan South Africa’s stand-in captain Dean Elgar won the toss and chose to bat in Johannesburg, with his team pursuing a 3-0 whitewash in the Tests against Pakistan. There was one change to the South Africa team, with Faf du Plessis’ suspension for an over-rate

3:00 AM ET Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl against New Zealand Lasith Malinga won the toss and chose to bowl first in the T20I that closes out Sri Lanka’s as-yet win-less tour of New Zealand. Although the pitch appeared good for batting, Eden Park – with its short straight boundaries

11:51 AM ET It was perhaps no accident Azhar Ali came out to face the press in Johannesburg. With speculation rife about the number of changes Pakistan may make to their side for the third Test – it could be as many as three – Azhar offered a characteristically straight bat to any queries on

3:00 AM ET Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Kerala’s dash to the finish line A stirring fourth-innings chase by Kerala handed them a victory against Himachal Pradesh and six points, vaulting the team into the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 quarter-finals. Kerala will join Vidarbha, Saurashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh