3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Kerala Knights 126 for 3 (Bairstow 84*) beat Bengal Tigers 123 for 5 by seven wickets Jonny Bairstow made the most of his brief stopover at the T10 League in Sharjah, smashing a remarkable 84 not from 24 balls as Kerala Knights beat Bengal Tigers by seven wickets with eight

5:35 AM ET Madushka Balasuriya According to the new chief selector Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka are hoping to give some of their out-of-favour batsmen a chance by announcing an extended 17-member touring squad for the upcoming two-Test series in New Zealand. “One of the reasons for extending the touring squad to 17 players was

3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh chose to bat v West Indies For the first time in their cricket history, Bangladesh have gone into a Test match without a fast bowler. Their all-spin attack will be pleased that they will be bowling last, after Shakib Al Hasan won his second toss of the series. Bangladesh left

11:41 AM ET Barny Read in Sharjah Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies and Northern Warriors batsman, believes the T10 League can further increase scores in both T20s and 50-over cricket, a potential knock-on effect of cricket’s shortest format. Pooran has been a revelation this season in Sharjah and following his 43* from 18 balls on

12:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Pakistani fast bowler’s curse has struck once again, an injured shoulder almost certain to rule Mohammad Abbas out of Pakistan’s deciding Test against New Zealand next week, but also potentially the South Africa tour next month. Abbas injured his right shoulder diving in the field during Pakistan’s innings win

  shares © Getty Images “Australia are ‘not going to win s**t” by playing nice, according to former captain Michael Clarke. But an old adversary of Clarke has said that he is “missing the point”. Simon Katich, whose relationship with Clarke fell apart after an argument over singing the team song in 2009, said that

12:27 PM ET The drama surrounding Mithali Raj has taken another twist with head coach Ramesh Powar revealing the player had threatened to pull out of the Women’s World T20 and announce retirement in case she was not allowed to open. Powar has also said that Raj, who is India’s ODI captain, should stop “blackmailing

3:00 AM ET New South Wales 261 & 1 for 32 (Larkin 15*, Patterson 9* Kelly 1-7) lead Western Australia 198 (S Marsh 81, Turner 38, Copeland 4-52, Lyon 3-34) by 95 runs Shaun Marsh continued his fine form in the lead-up to the first Test against India but it wasn’t enough to prevent Western

12:55 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna USA allrounder Jannisar Khan has been suspended for two matches and

8:22 AM ET Barny Read One month out from the second edition of the T10 League, the tournament chairman Shaji Ul Mulk was in Mumbai for an important meeting. He was bringing a new CEO on board. Arvinder Singh was closely involved with the IPL for ten seasons, serving as CEO of Kings XI Punjab