Shami last played a T20I during last year’s T20 World Cup in the UAE, and his chance of getting game-time ahead of this year’s tournament vanished when he tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the three-match series against Australia last month. He missed both that series and the three T20Is against South Africa that followed,

Jonny Bairstow‘s prolific Test comeback has been recognised after he was named as the inaugural winner of the Bob Willis Trophy. Bairstow, who is expected to be out until the new year after fracturing his leg and dislocating his ankle while playing golf last month, was presented with the award at the Cricket Writers’ Club’s

India Women 178 for 5 (Rodrigues 75*, Deepti 64, Gaur 1-27, Oza 1-27) beat UAE Women 74 for 4 (Egodage 30*, Gayakwad 2-20) by 104 runs A 128-run partnership between Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma helped India recover from a poor start to post 178, which proved 104 too many for United Arab Emirates at

Mitchell Marsh is set to return at No. 3 for Australia but as a batter only in the first T20I against West Indies as he continues to recover from his ankle injury, while Marcus Stoinis is expected to be fit for Sunday’s opening T20I against England, with the pair of allrounders vital to the balance

Ben Stokes will be carded to bat at No. 4 in England’s T20 World Cup team after white-ball captain Jos Buttler insisted that he is wasted down the order as a finisher. Stokes was rested from England’s tour to Pakistan after a busy summer captaining the Test team and has not played a T20 international

There are only 100 days to go for the start of a new franchise T20 league, with Cricket South Africa’s SA20 scheduled to begin on January 10 next year. The league has six teams – MI Cape Town, Durban Super Giants, Johannesburg Super Kings, Paarl Royals, Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape, which represents the

Queensland 2 for 133 (Redmayne 62*) beat Australian Capital Territory 132 by eight wickets Queensland made short work of ACT as they raced to victory with more than 26 overs to spare. Georgia Redmayne‘s brisk half-century led the chase after the home side had put in an impressive bowling and fielding display. The tone was

India 237 for 3 (Suryakumar 61, Rahul 57, Kohli 49*, Maharaj 2-23) beat South Africa 221 for 3 (Miller 106*, de Kock 69*, Arshdeep 2-62) by 16 runs If the first T20I in Thiruvananthapuram was a tantalising contest between bat and ball, the second T20I in Guwahati turned out to be the polar opposite. India

Forty-eight hours after the first reports of Jasprit Bumrah‘s back injury, there is still no clarity on the extent and seriousness of it with India coach Rahul Dravid saying they are waiting on expert opinion. Bumrah and India are racing against the clock with the T20 World Cup just around the corner. The team leaves

Big picture Every time an even number of games have been played in this series, Pakistan and England have found themselves level. After six intoxicating and wildly entertaining games, neither side has been able to pull clear, and you suspect the final game have would been a decider no matter how many matches this series