3:00 AM ET Cape Town Blitz 198 for 5 (de Kock 74, Malan 66, Olivier 3-40) beat Jozi Stars 136 (Vilas 29, Linde 3-25, Nortje 3-30) by 62 runs Quinton de Kock sets off for a run Associated Press Cape Town Blitz extended their unbeaten run in the Mzansi Super League with a ruthless 62-run win

2:24 PM ET Barney Read Momentum has been a word bandied about the halls of Sharjah Cricket Stadium the past four days. Freely waved with the same gusto as the batsmen’s hands flying through and across the line of the ball. Talk has centred on the virtues of hitting your stride early and turning the

1:30 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The controversial omission of Mithali Raj in India’s semi-final clash against England in the Women’s World T20 has prompted the BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (CoA) to ask for her fitness logs during the tournament. The CoA was also strongly concerned by the fact that minutes of the selection meeting before

7:31 AM ET Adil Rashid said that he is relishing being part of England’s three-man spin attack, with a clear remit to be the bowler who “makes things happen”, after producing a brilliant five-wicket haul to transform the balance of play in the third Test at Colombo. Rashid’s haul of 5 for 49 in 13.5

9:48 AM ET Sure Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid were bowling aggressively either side of tea, but did Sri Lanka’s batsmen really have to play the attacking shots they did? Could they not have hunkered down, left the deliveries that weren’t on target, and seen out that testing passage of play? If you are wondering

9:22 AM ET Liam Brickhill Langton Rusere will make history on Saturday when he becomes the first Zimbabwean umpire to stand in the final of a major global cricket tournament. Rusere has been named as one of the on-field umpires for the Women’s World T20 final between Australia and England to be played at the

8:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shuvagata Hom and Abu Hider shared nine wickets between them in the fourth innings as Central Zone beat South Zone by 77 runs in Sylhet. After the two sides were in a near deadlock after their respective first innings, South Zone were bowled out for 188 runs while chasing 266

6:41 AM ET Over the course of their first Test against Bangladesh, West Indies had only two stands that went past fifty, one in each innings. Shimron Hetmyer and Shane Dowrich put on 92 runs for the sixth wicket in the first dig, while Sunil Ambris and Jomel Warrican added 63 runs for the ninth

3:00 AM ET West Indies 246 and 11 for 4 (Taijul 2-0, Shakib 2-5) need another 193 runs to beat Bangladesh 324 and 125 (Mahmudullah 31, Bishoo 4-26, Chase 3-18) Mushfiqur Rahim loses his stumps to a corker from Shannon Gabriel Getty Images Chasing 204, West Indies imploded in the 5.5 overs they had to negotiate

Nov 22, 2018 Big Picture Football didn’t bring it home for England, but cricket well might. And that may happen before their football manager Gareth Southgate’s waistcoat-inspired Christmas jumper becomes a nationwide rage. England’s entry into the first-ever standalone Women’s World T20 final came about in a manner similar to that of the other finalist