11:18 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mumbai drop Tare, Iyer misses out Out of contention for a knockouts berth, Mumbai have left out experienced wicketkeeper and former captain Aditya Tare from their squad of 15 for their final league fixture against Chhattisgarh. Eknath Kerkar, the 25-year old who struck an unbeaten half-century on first-class debut against

3:00 AM ET Rangpur Riders 169 for 3 (Rossouw 76*, Bopara 40*) beat Khulna Titans 161 for 5 (Stirling 61, Shafiul 2-44) by 8 runs How the game played out Rangpur Riders picked up their first win in the BPL, after beating Khulna Titans by eight runs in a contest that was alive until the

11:42 PM ET Ricky Ponting has slammed Australia for showing “no desperation” after Nathan Lyon opted not to review his lbw when given out to Kuldeep Yadav despite there being two challenges remaining. Lyon walked off almost straightaway after the decision from umpire Ian Gould, as non-striker Mitchell Starc appeared to not offer any guidance

  shares Kagiso Rabada struck with his first ball © Getty Images With half an hour to go on the third day at Newlands, field placements and bowling strategies meant South Africa’s seventh home series win on the trot was almost in the bag. But after a bizarre unraveling at the tail end of the

3:00 AM ET Perth Scorchers 6 for 135 (Turner 47, Mujeeb 3-22) lost to Brisbane Heat 5 for 139 (Lynn 33, Coulter-Nile 3-25) by five wickets A magical spell from Mujeeb Ur Rahman helped Brisbane Heat break their drought in the 2018-19 BBL, as they beat the struggling Perth Scorchers at the Perth Stadium. On

1:01 AM ET The Australian selection meetings would make a fascinating fly-on-the-wall documentary. They certainly aren’t dull (and this isn’t even about Marnus Labushange). For example, here’s a quick recap of the last three ODI squads: England – June 2018: Tim Paine, Aaron Finch, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun

6:23 PM ET Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has slammed the reaction Virat Kohli got from the Sydney crowd as “disgraceful”. Kohli walked out to a mix of cheers and loud boos from the SCG crowd on Thursday. He was subject of “Kohli is a w***er” chants in Melbourne, and was booed in Perth. “If

3:00 AM ET Lunch South Africa 188 for 4 (du Plessis 33*, Bavuma 15*) lead Pakistan 177 by 11 runs South Africa overcame the early loss of Hashim Amla to inch themselves into a first-innings lead on the second morning at Cape Town, but Pakistan’s toiling bowlers had reason to feel aggrieved at lunch, after

3:00 AM ET Big Picture The first ODI was the kind of match from which both teams may feel they have emerged with credit. New Zealand because it was a comfortable victory in the end, and because Martin Guptill and James Neesham – players who had been out for nine and 18 months respectively –

4:21 AM ET Midway through the opening day in Sydney, the availability of Australia’s players who were not needed for the final Test was confirmed for the Big Bash League. Aaron Finch will be turning out for Melbourne Renegades on Monday, Mitchell Marsh for Perth Scorchers on Saturday, and Peter Siddle for Adelaide Strikers on