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8:10 PM IST Sruthi Ravindranath Big picture About a couple of weeks into the tournament, these were the two sides that were among the favourites to make the top four. It was all going according to plan for the Delhi Capitals until the game against Kings XI Punjab about 10 days ago. A loss in

2:09 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Queensland 7 for 273 (Labuschagne 117, Peirson 66) v New South Wales Marnus Labuschagne made it two centuries in his first two innings of the season on a compelling day against New South Wales highlighted by his duels with Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon. A fifth-wicket stand of 136 between

11:58 PM GMT Surrey’s Afro-Caribbean Engagement (ACE) programme will become an independent charity after receiving a £540,000 grant from Sport England and further funding from the ECB. The project was set up earlier this year by Ebony Rainford-Brent, the former England international who currently works as a board member and director of women’s cricket at

3:58 PM GMT Babar Azam vowed not to overcomplicate things as ODI captain, saying he would try to apply the same mindset which fetched him positive results in T20s. Pakistan start as firm favourites against Zimbabwe, and Azam said they would test their bench strength during the series, but at the same time, he asked

7:10 AM GMT If the message about multi-year cycles, expected revenue dips and the need to smooth out cricket’s funding in Australia to cater for year-on-year fluctuations was more or less the same, the difference of medium provided a stark reminder of the new world into which cricket boards must now operate. Cricket Australia’s AGM

12:28 AM IST Deivarayan Muthu Mumbai Indians 166 for 5 (Suryakumar 79*, Kishan 25, Siraj 2-28, Chahal 2-37) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 164 for 6 (Padikkal 74, Philippe 33, Bumrah 3-14, Pollard 1-5) by five wickets A death-bowling masterclass from Jasprit Bumrah, followed by a rollicking unbeaten 79 from Suryakumar Yadav, ensured the Mumbai Indians

3:14 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Last year at the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, only 10 matches in the entire season produced results. The opening round saw all two off three matches drawn, with huge scores dominating games and little chance of a result in sight. The signs this time indicate this could be a very different QeA

First name on the sheet? © Getty Images Bangladesh cricket is eager to welcome Shakib Al Hasan back into the dressing room with open arms. That is the belief of Mahmudullah, who took over as the team’s T20I captain soon after Shakib was handed a 12-month ban. Shakib, whose ban ends on October 29, is

11:09 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The schedule for India’s tour to Australia has been confirmed with Adelaide to host a day-night Test as part of the four-match series that is also set to take in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane following three ODIs and three T20Is. The ODIs will be played on November 27, 29 and

3:58 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has been omitted from India’s ODI and T20I squads for the upcoming Australia tour. Rohit Sharma, India’s white-ball vice-captain, who is currently nursing a hamstring injury in the IPL in the UAE, isn’t part of both the squads as well. Tamil Nadu and Kolkata Knight Riders mystery

6:33 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff AB de Villiers will not return to the BBL with the Brisbane Heat this season due to the imminent birth of his third child and the complexities created by Covid-19 although the club have re-signed Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. De Villiers’ signing was announced to much fanfare last season

10:13 PM GMT Azeem Rafiq, the former England Under-19 captain who alleged systemic racism at Yorkshire that is currently under investigation, doubts he will ever be able to have another role within cricket and does not want to introduce his children to a bat and ball without seeing genuine, lasting change in the English game.

3:33 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav have returned to India’s Test squad for the Australia tour and uncapped fast bowler Mohammed Siraj has also been called-up for the four-match series in December-January. Both Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma were missing from the squad after picking up injuries in the IPL, and

7:34 AM GMT Cricket South Africa’s entire board – consisting of 10 members at last count – have resigned. The news comes after six of the directors, including former acting president Beresford Williams, four other non-independent members and one independent member Dheven Dharmalingam had stood down following a meeting on Sunday. By Monday morning, the

8:22 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mumbai Indians allrounder Hardik Pandya took a knee in Sunday’s game against the Rajasthan Royals as part of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Pandya scored a scintillating 60 off 21 balls and after reaching his half-century on the penultimate ball of the innings with a six, he went down

6:59 PM IST Karthik Krishnaswamy Chennai Super Kings 150 for 2 (Gaikwad 65*, Rayudu 39) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 145 for 6 (Kohli 50, de Villiers 39, Curran 3-19, Chahar 2-31) by eight wickets The Chennai Super Kings built a squad for the slow, turning pitches at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. On Sunday, when they

5:58 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Brisbane Heat 3 for 134 (Harris 53, Redmayne 37*) beat Perth Scorchers 7 for 132 by seven wickets Grace Harris went through the gears in her half century Getty Images Defending champions the Brisbane Heat may not be fancied by too many to make it a hat-trick of titles this season,

9:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After a spectacular collapse in which Sunrisers Hyderabad went from needing 27 runs from 24 balls with seven wickets in hand to losing by 12 runs against Kings XI Punjab, David Warner said his batsmen had been “complacent” in the middle overs. The Sunrisers bowlers had restricted Kings XI to