3:00 AM ET Australia won the toss and decided to bat against India Mitchell Starc will play his first T20I in more than two years – and his first at home in more than four – as Australia hunt the victory that would give them a series win over India. They clung on for the

3:00 AM ET Lunch Pakistan 274 for 4 (Sohail 110*, Azam 52*) v New Zealand Haris Sohail punches with a high elbow AFP They might have had a night’s sleep, but Pakistan and New Zealand might have carried on unbroken by stumps last night, so similar was the tempo of the morning’s play. The frustration continued

3:00 AM ET England 336 (Bairstow 110, Stokes 57, Sandakan 5-95) and 110 for 4 (Stokes 32*, Buttler 38*) lead Sri Lanka 240 (Karunaratne 83, Dhananjaya 73, Rashid 5-49, Stokes 3-30) by 206 runs The sight of Suranga Lakmal throwing his water bottler to the ground in frustration spoke volumes for Sri Lanka’s fortunes on

3:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia captain Meg Lanning described her team’s eight-wicket win in the Women’s World T20 final as among the “most satisfying” she had been involved in, particularly because it came on the back of bitter disappointments in the past two ICC events. “It’s definitely the most satisfying win I’ve been involved

11:22 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Heather Knight, England’s captain, said that her overwhelming emotion was one of pride at reaching another world final, as her new-look side missed out on the chance to emulate the team of 2009 and add the World T20 title to last year’s 50-over World Cup win. Knight, who was one

1:49 AM ET Alex Malcolm Victoria captain Peter Handscomb has all but confirmed that Aaron Finch will not open the batting in this week’s Sheffield Shield clash against Queensland at the Gabba, despite Finch looking set to open for Australia in the first Test against India. Handscomb, who himself has been named in Australia’s 14-man

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India A 7 for 0 trail New Zealand A 303 for 7 dec (Young 123, Van Woerkom 54, Siraj 4-59) by 296 runs Only 17 overs of play were possible on the third day of the second unofficial Test between New Zealand A and India A in Hamilton, with rain

11:15 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff It’s been four years since the Australian women’s team had won a world title, and they came into the final of the World T20 in 2018 with bad memories, with West Indies beating the crown off them in 2016. Things didn’t go to plan at the start of this title

3:00 AM ET Australia 106 for 2 (Gardner 33*, Lanning 28*) beat England 105 (Wyatt 43, Knight 25, Gardner 3-22, Wareham 2-11) by eight wickets Megan Schutt is ecstatic after dismissing Tammy Beaumont ICC/Getty Australia have never lost to England in a cup final, and that record will now stay at least till the next world

9:03 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sloppy at first 1.4 Schutt to Wyatt, 1 run, fractionally short and outside off, Wyatt leans back and carves it in the air behind point. Haynes throws herself to her left and drops a tough catch but saves three runs for Australia 2.2 Perry to Wyatt, 1 run, edged and