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11:50 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Stuart Broad is in the running for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, after claiming his 500th Test wicket during an eye-catching series of displays in England’s Test series against West Indies and Pakistan this summer. Broad, 34, was announced as a nominee on BBC Radio One

3:30 AM GMT Though India are the team with a host of bowling problems right now, Australia are not without their own concerns. Chief among these is Mitchell Starc, who has taken 1 for 147 from 18 overs across the opening two ODI games as India’s batsmen found him somewhat easier to line up than

12:43 AM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Kandy Tuskers 196 for 5 (Taylor 51*) beat Galle Gladiators 171 for 7 (Gunathilaka 82) by 25 runs How the match played out Kandy Tuskers had no standout players, but for the first time in the tournament, pulled together as one to put up a solid total and defend

11:23 AM GMT Gazi Group Chattogram continued their early dominance of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup, clinching their third consecutive win. This time they beat Fortune Barishal by 10 runs, a slightly tighter contest than their two big wins previously over Beximco Dhaka and Gemcon Khulna. Chattogram’s left-arm duo of Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam strangled

2:24 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Devon Conway will have a further chance to push his Test claims after being named in the New Zealand A squads to face West Indies A and Pakistan over the next couple of weeks. Glenn Phillips, who hit a thrilling maiden T20I hundred in the second match against West Indies,

6:40 PM GMT Eoin Morgan credited England’s experience of holding their nerve in close games as a key factor behind their four-wicket win in Paarl. For the second game in succession, England clinched a last-over victory after South Africa had appeared to be in the stronger position deep into the run-chase. It gives them an

9:31 AM GMT Only Ranji Trophy. Only Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. Both Ranji Trophy and SMA T20s. Both SMA T20s and Vijay Hazare Trophy (domestic 50-over tournament). Those are the four options the BCCI has given to the state associations to choose from to conduct the 2020-21 domestic season, which has been delayed by

6:39 AM IST Debayan Sen Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs New Zealand Grey skies greeted both teams at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui — with showers in the earlier part of the morning delaying the start of play by 15 minutes, and the toss by 25 — as West Indies captain Kieron

12:17 AM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Colombo Kings 96 for 1 (Russell 65*) beat Galle Gladiators 62 for 2 by 34 runs How the game played out With this innings, Andre Russell basically crash-landed at the LPL like an alien from a way bigger-hitting planet than earth, clobbering what seemed like nine dozen sixes (apparently

10:39 AM GMT Gazi Group Chattogram (Liton 53*, Soumya 26) beat Gemcon Khulna 86 (Kayes 21, Mustafizur 4-5, Nahidul 2-15) by nine wickets Gazi Group Chattogram bowled out a side for a double-digit total for the second game in a row in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup, trouncing Gemcon Khulna by nine wickets and reaching their

9:23 PM GMT Jonny Bairstow insists he doesn’t mind where he bats for England, as long as he has a role in the team. Bairstow hit an unbeaten 86 from 48 balls – his highest score in T20I cricket – to carry England to a narrow victory with four balls of the game remaining in

9:29 PM IST England won the toss and chose to bowl vs South Africa England have won the toss and inserted South Africa in the first T20I of their series in Cape Town. England have, as expected, opted to open their innings with Jason Roy and Jos Buttler, with Jonny Bairstow moved down to No.

12:15 PM IST Big Picture The WBBL final will pitch Australia’s captain, Meg Lanning, against her vice-captain Rachael Haynes. The Melbourne Stars, having reached the knockouts for the first time, are up against the Sydney Thunder who are in their first final since the opening edition of the tournament. The Stars have been the standout

10:02 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Mixing in hotel hallways, sharing food and not always wearing masks were the clear violations of strict Covid-19 isolation protocols in New Zealand that have led to stark warnings that more breaches could see the entire team being sent back. Sarfaraz Ahmed, Rohail Nazir, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Abid Ali

5:28 PM GMT Results Summary The defending champions, the Lions, registered their first win of this season’s competition by chasing down a record total against the Knights at the Wanderers. Their 336 for 6 beats the previous best, 310 for 8 by Australia in the 2011/12 season, and finished off a remarkable comeback for the

7:59 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Devon Conway, the South Africa-born batsman who qualified for New Zealand this August, is just “focusing on the task on hand” as he braces for a much-awaited international debut. Conway, 29, led the run-charts in the Plunket Shield, One Day Trophy and T20 Super Smash last season, and has been

Yorkshire have announced an investigation into Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of racism during his time at the club © Getty Images Yorkshire have committed to appointing a Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as part of the club’s efforts to “improve inclusion across all forms and levels of the game”. The club has recently been rocked

5:53 PM GMT 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 Nepal captain Gyanendra Malla, along with vice-captain Dipendra Singh Airee and