7:41 AM ET Matt Roller Former Australia spinner Stuart MacGill is “really, really excited” by Matt Parkinson’s deal with the Melbourne Stars, and thinks that the young legspinner can use the Big Bash as a platform to stake an England claim. Parkinson, a 22-year-old who has starred for Lancashire in white-ball cricket, will play half

8:17 PM ET In 2013, Chris Rogers finished his first full Test series and within a handful of days was back playing for Middlesex in the County Championship. Battling through scores of 8 and 2 against Somerset at Lord’s, he found himself far more exhausted than expected, having realised the mental toll of the game’s

3:00 AM ET Big Picture A three-T20I series would be appealing served as an appetiser, but it sits a little awkwardly on the menu offered after the main course.That, however, is where this particular series between Pakistan and Australia has been placed, following on from an absorbing Test series that had more moments of competitiveness

3:00 AM ET Big Picture It may be 17 springs ago, but March 31, 2001 seems like yesterday. It was India v Australia in Indore, and Sachin Tendulkar, in his 259th innings, was on the verge of going where no man had ever ventured. With the score at 77 for 1 and Shane Warne bowling

11:26 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mitchell Marsh was over-promoted in his role as joint vice-captain of Australia’s Test team according to Shane Warne who said the allrounder had not done enough to justify his position in the side. Marsh was handed the vice-captaincy in a job share alongside Josh Hazlewood last month, but with the

8:32 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ambidextrous spin-bowling allrounder Kamindu Mendis may have a chance to showcase his unique skills at the senior international level for the first time, after being picked in Sri Lanka’s squad for the one-off T20 against England, on Saturday. Thisara Perera, who led Sri Lanka’s limited-overs teams in fits and starts

  shares Mark Wood during training © Getty Images England fast bowler Mark Wood has dismissed accusations of corruption made in an Al Jazeera investigation as “like the boy who cried wolf”. In a documentary broadcast on Sunday, the channel claimed it had evidence of spot-fixing in 15 international matches between 2011-12, seven involving England

8:56 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood will continue their build-up to a return to international action by playing for the ACT Comets this week as Australia try to get into a position to be able to field their strongest pace attack for the first time since their meltdown in South Africa.

2:58 PM ET George Dobell in Colombo Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of the remaining limited-overs games on England’s tour of Sri Lanka and could be in doubt for the Test series. Bairstow missed Saturday’s ODI after injuring his right ankle ligaments playing football during the warm-up to training on Friday. Alex Hales, who

  shares Play 00:50 Mohammad Abbas, Pakistan’s second-fastest to 50 Test wickets On the heels of becoming the joint second-fastest Pakistani to 50 Test wickets, Mohammad Abbas has risen 11 places to No. 3 on the bowling rankings. That leaves only James Anderson (899 points) and Kagiso Rabada (882) ahead of him. Abbas played a