1:41 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 The ICC announced on Saturday that the diet of 50-over fixtures

3:00 AM ET Sidharth Monga Rishabh Pant is set to make his ODI debut in the first of the five-match series against West Indies. Pant was named in the XII that had six batsmen, Ravindra Jadeja as allrounder, and five bowlers. The series begins in Guwahati on Sunday. This has been a remarkable turnaround for

3:00 AM ET Big Picture Zimbabwe and Bangladesh know each other intimately. They teams have played each other far more than they have anyone else, and have a rich shared history. Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mashrafe Mortaza all debuted in ODIs against Zimbabwe, Mashrafe a whopping 17 years ago. On the

12:52 PM ET South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock is the IPL’s first trade of 2019, before the auction takes place in mid-December. ESPNcricinfo understands that de Kock, who last year played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, has been traded to Mumbai Indians in an all-money deal. Royal Challengers had bought de Kock for INR 2.8

12:07 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jonny Bairstow has emerged as an injury doubt ahead of Saturday’s fourth ODI against Sri Lanka after injuring his right ankle during England’s training session on the eve of the match at Pallekele. Bairstow, who went past 1000 ODI runs for the calendar year during England’s seven-wicket win in the

3:00 AM ET Australia 145 and 155 for 7 (Labuschagne 43*, Lyon 0*, Abbas 4-56) need another 383 runs to beat Pakistan 282 and 400 for 9 dec Mohammad Abbas celebrates Aaron Finch’s lbw dismissal Getty Images Pakistan are three wickets away from wrapping up a series win against Australia after a scintillating burst from Mohammad

  shares Martin Guptill drills down the ground © AFP Martin Guptill had to be withdrawn from New Zealand’s ODI and T20I squads to face Pakistan later this month owing to a left calf strain. The 32-year old opener picked up the injury while preparing for a first-class game with Auckland this week and is

12:15 PM ET On days like the third in Abu Dhabi it was very plausible to wonder aloud that old question – who’d be a fast bowler? Over the past decade, Australian pacemen have become quite used to the “grin and bear it” posture after the batsmen have fallen in heaps too regular for their

5:37 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Mohammad Amir, who had been dropped for the Test series against Australia, has also been left out of Pakistan’s squad for the subsequent three-T20I series, starting October 24 in Abu Dhabi. Left-arm spinning allrounder Imad Wasim, who had been sidelined from the Asia Cup with injury, has returned

5:59 PM ET One brother pushing for regular selection in the ODI side, another making himself comfortable in the Test outfit – the Currans are realising boyhood dreams, but perhaps even they may not have imagined that they could both be in the same international squad together. The pair have not yet played a game