Cricket

5:09 PM GMT Sreshth Shah Among left-hand batsmen who have scored more than 1000 T20 runs from the start of 2018, England captain Eoin Morgan (158.62) is one of the only two players – along with Rishabh Pant (159.11) – to boast a strike rate upwards of 155. As Morgan flies to the UAE to

10:24 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff UAE batsman Ashfaq Ahmed has denied the allegations of wrongdoing that had resulted in the ICC on Sunday formally charging him and medium pacer Amir Hayat with five counts of breaching the game’s anti-corruption rules. Ahmed was also provisionally suspended for the alleged offences, which all relate to the 2019

1:51 AM GMT Melbourne’s lockdown, in the cause of stemming the Covid-19 pandemic, has taken much away from a previously vibrant city. One thing it has gifted Australian cricket, however, is clarity about the role Glenn Maxwell is playing for the ODI team, a little more than a year after the absence of same contributed

4:21 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Georgia Elwiss has been ruled out of England women’s five T20Is against West Indies due to a back injury, with Sophia Dunkley and Katie George included in a 16-strong squad for the series. Head coach Lisa Keightley has largely stuck with the squad knocked out of this year’s T20 World

9:45 AM GMT The PCB has signed a three-year broadcast deal with the state broadcaster Pakistan Television (PTV). The deal will see PTV broadcast all Pakistan’s home bilateral commitments as well as all domestic cricket. The deal ends a brief period of uncertainty as the PCB’s five-year deal with Ten Sports ended earlier this year,

12:29 AM GMT Australia coach Justin Langer has cast doubt on Steven Smith‘s return for the deciding ODI against England just a few hours after sounding confident he would be able to take his place following the blow to the head he suffered before the opening game. After having a net at Old Trafford on

3:21 PM GMT Chris Woakes says that England’s unprecedented recent success in white-ball cricket has given them the belief that “they can win from any position”. Woakes was instrumental in England’s stunning fightback in the second ODI on Sunday, claiming three quick wickets at the back-end of the run-chase, including both of Australia’s set batsmen,

9:15 AM GMT Players offered a contract in the women’s Hundred for 2020 will be able to roll their deals over to 2021, the ECB has confirmed. As ESPNcricinfo revealed back in June, women’s salary bands – which range from £3,600 to £15,000 – will be maintained for next year, while men’s deals have been

2:25 AM IST Surrey 218 for 5 (Jacks 55, Amla 67) beat Middlesex 188 for 5 (Eskinazi 77) by 30 runs For a while, it seemed a blessing in disguise that this match, Middlesex’s final Lord’s appearance of a truncated season, was taking place behind closed doors. Certainly, for those fans tuning in via the

10:35 PM IST Essex 197 for 5 (Lawrence 81) beat Sussex 185 for 8 (Thomason 47) by 12 runs Dan Lawrence‘s best outing of the summer inspired Essex to a tight 12-run victory at Hove, giving them their first T20 win of the season to take them off the foot of the South Group table.

Tom Cooper played a big part in the Melbourne Renegades’ 2018-19 win © Getty Images Tom Cooper has become the Brisbane Heat’s first new signing for the coming summer after agreeing a deal for the next two Big Bash Leagues. His coach at the Heat, Darren Lehmann, welcomed the update, lauding the experienced batsman as

1:36 AM GMT Pat Cummins admitted a sense of concern remained among Australia’s middle and lower order even as Aaron Finch and Marnus Labuschagne were taking the tourists to within touching distance of an ODI series victory over England at Old Trafford, foreshadowing a hellish collapse to allow Eoin Morgan’s team to square the ledger.

9:49 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 198 for 6 (Clarke 57) beat Derbyshire 185 for 6 (Madsen 68) by 13 runs Nottinghamshire moved four points clear at the top of the North Group when they beat Derbyshire by 13 runs in the T20 Blast at Trent Bridge. Joe Clarke scored 57 off 35 balls,

6:27 AM GMT Varun Shetty The Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) is set to launch its own T20 league – the Jharkhand Premier League – on September 15 this year. In an email accessed by ESPNcricinfo, several cricketers who are affiliated with the association were informed of their selection for the league and sent accompanying

11:00 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 142 for 6 (Eskinazi 33, Crane 2-20) beat Hampshire 123 (Alsop 43, Finn 3-27) by 19 runs John Simpson proved Middlesex’s hero as they beat Hampshire by 19 runs to revive their Vitality Blast hopes. The Seaxes’ keeper hit 30 quick runs from 19 balls to carry the

9:58 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Sussex 145 for 2 (Rawlins 62*) beat Kent 141 for 8 (Briggs 3-27, Rawlins 2-25) by eight wickets A blistering unbeaten 62 by burgeoning Sussex star Delray Rawlins helped the Sharks canter to an eight-wicket Vitality Blast victory over the previously unbeaten South Group leaders Kent Spitfires in Canterbury.

6:15 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kolkata Knight Riders have roped in USA’s 29-year-old fast bowler Ali Khan as a replacement for the English seamer Harry Gurney. Gurney is scheduled to have surgery related to a shoulder injury, and has pulled out of both the IPL and England’s Vitality Blast last month. Khan’s signing will make

8:26 PM GMT There’s a key reason performances against Australia remain the barometer of health for England sides. It’s not just history or tradition. And it’s not just that there’s no such thing as a dead encounter involving a side which appears to have a love of beating England in their DNA. It’s that, however