9:45 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Indian women team’s decision to drop their senior-most player Mithali Raj for their semi-final against England on Thursday – a match they lost – has sparked a controversy with Raj’s manager publicly criticising captain Harmanpreet Kaur on various fronts on Twitter. Raj’s manager, Annisha Gupta, called Harmanpreet a “manipulative,

  shares Jonny Bairstow roars after reaching a hundred © Getty Images Jonny Bairstow insisted that his instant success as England’s new No.3 would not distract him from his ultimate goal of winning back the Test wicketkeeper’s role, after his emotionally charged century had underpinned England’s batting on the first day of the third Test

9:00 AM ET West Indies’ target on Saturday is to keep Bangladesh’s lead below 200 runs, and they plan on doing that by “going hard at them” in the morning session. Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich, who battled hard with an unbeaten 63, admitted that West Indies will need to pick up early wickets on day three

  shares Play 01:11 ‘Pakistan won’t take us lightly now’ Big Picture Even the most ardent Pakistan supporters will have struggled to suppress a grin at their team’s comedy of errors on a fantastical fourth afternoon in Abu Dhabi. The humour is unlikely to have spread to the dressing room, however, where a devastated set

5:44 AM ET Liam Brickhill Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi will be out of action for a minimum of three months after sustaining a knee injury during the T20I against Australia last Sunday. The injury means Ngidi will be unavailable for South Africa’s upcoming home summer series against Pakistan, as well as dropping out of Tshwane

3:00 AM ET Toss India chose to bowl v Australia India’s captain Virat Kohli won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the second Twenty20 at the MCG. India must win the match to stay in the series. The hosts made one change to the team that won narrowly in Brisbane on Wednesday,

4:10 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has received a one-Test suspension from the ICC, following an incident in the Chattogram Test wherein he made physical contact with Bangladesh’s Imrul Kayes. This means Gabriel will not be available for the second Test of the series, which will be played in Mirpur

3:00 AM ET England 116 for 2 (Jones 53*, Sciver 52*) beat India 112 (Mandhana 34, Rodrigues 26, Knight 3-9, Gordon 2-20, Ecclestone 2-22) by eight wickets Nat Sciver muscles a shot during her half-century Getty Images Eight wickets in hand, 17 balls remaining. Margins of victory can occasionally mislead, but this wasn’t one of those

11:32 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia women are hoping to heal the scars of their recent near-misses at global tournaments after convincingly overcoming defending champions West Indies to reach the World T20 final. The hosts were overwhelmed in North Sound, bowled out for 71 in reply to Australia’s 142 for 5, which was built on

  shares Toss England chose to bat v Sri Lanka Joe Root made good use of the sweep shot © Getty Images Joe Root has won the toss for the eighth successive Test – a 256-1 chance, apparently – and chosen to bat first in the final Test of the series in Colombo. It could