3:00 AM ET South Africa won the toss and choose to bowl v Pakistan Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Vernon Philander returned to a four-pronged South African pace attack at Newlands. With Keshav Maharaj dropped from the playing XI for this match, Philander will share the bowling duties with Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada and Duanne

3:00 AM ET New Zealand chose to bat against Sri Lanka New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat on a Mt. Maunganui surface expected to be full of runs. A little morning rain, and a green-tinged pitch that has consequently spent the last few hours under covers did not deter Kane Williamson from

9:57 AM ET South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has pointed to the Indian Premier League as “a concern” in terms of managing the workloads of his bowlers ahead of the World Cup in England starting May 30. “The obvious one for me is the IPL,” du Plessis said. “The IPL is just before the

8:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ramakant Achrekar, the coach who channeled Sachin Tendulkar’s cricketing pursuits by turning him from an aspiring fast bowler to a world-beating batsman, has died in Mumbai at the age of 87. Achrekar had been unwell for a while and had suffered from reduced mobility after a stroke in 2013. Achrekar’s

12:03 AM ET Two hours after India’s spokesperson declared that R Ashwin was unfit for the Sydney Test, the offspinner was included in the 13 named for the series finale. That was not the only surprise: Ishant Sharma wasn’t included in the 13. Umesh Yadav was roped in as his replacement. Ishant experienced some left

7:23 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff All the talking points from the third day of the penultimate round of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy Shubman Gill was named player of the tournament Getty Images Gill continues to knock on the door Punjab are refusing to give up, and for that they have their young core group to thank

3:00 AM ET Melbourne Stars 3 for 151 (Stoinis 78*, Boyce 2-23) beat Melbourne Renegades 9 for 148 (Christian 32, Bravo 3-27) by seven wickets Melbourne Stars took the honours in the derby clash against Melbourne Renegades at the MCG, comfortably chasing down 149. Marcus Stoinis produced a superb all-round display, capped by his unbeaten

12:10 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff An “average” pitch rating by the ICC for the recently concluded Boxing Day Test between Australia and India has eased some pressure off the MCG and its ground staff, in the wake of last year’s “poor” rating. Given the dull draw played out last year between Australia and England, there

3:00 AM ET Adelaide Strikers 4 for 175 (Ingram 75, Carey 59, Sams 2 for 24) beat Sydney Thunder 6 for 155 (Ferguson 47, Siddle 3-20) by 20 runs Peter Siddle‘s three-wicket haul and half-centuries from Alex Carey and Colin Ingram gave Adelaide Strikers their second win of the Big Bash League 2018-19, as they

5:43 AM ET Mashrafe Mortaza has secured the Narail-2 seat in Bangladesh’s national elections, winning over 96% of the votes in his constituency. His result is part of Awami League’s landslide victory, their third consecutive win in the country’s general elections. He becomes the first active international cricketer to be a member of parliament in