4:36 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Aneurin Donald is set to miss the whole of the 2020 season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Donald, the 22-year-old batsman, joined Hampshire from Glamorgan towards the end of the 2018 domestic season, and impressed in his first full season at the club, hitting a 144-ball 173 against

1:41 PM GMT Pressure is mounting on CSA’s board, specifically president Chris Nenzani and vice-president Beresford Williams, after financial services company Momentum, which sponsors CSA, issued an ultimatum over its tenure. In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, Momentum asked for the CSA board or Nenzani and Williams to step down as one of six

2:56 AM GMT India haven’t gone hard at the opposition while batting first in T20Is of late, but they hung up caution and unleashed a no-holds-barred assault on West Indies in the series decider in Mumbai on Wednesday. More than three years after West Indies had overpowered India in the T20 World Cup semi-final at

10:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali insists that his time away from the England set-up could prolong his Test career rather than spell an early end to it, after responding to criticism of his decision to sit out the forthcoming tour of South Africa. Writing in his column in The Guardian, Moeen acknowledged that

10:37 AM GMT Tim Paine is relishing the prospect of his resurgent team being challenged by the second-best side the world and expects the pink-ball encounter in Perth to play to New Zealand’s strengths. Australia produced impressive cricket in the recently concluded two-Test series against Pakistan, and are set to name an unchanged team for

3:12 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff December 8: India v West Indies, 3rd T20I in Mumbai NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates Captain: Rohit Sharma Although Rohit has scored only 25 runs in his last three T20Is – the lowest three-game aggregate in his

1:15 PM GMT West Indies v India, Wankhede Stadium: here we go again. In the T20 World Cup semi-final at this venue more than three years ago, India managed only four sixes on their way to a total of 192 for 2. West Indies’ power-hitters, led by Lendl Simmons, then made that look a whole

1:58 PM GMT Andre Russell prefers the “shorter” and “more fun” Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL). The two tournaments often occupy the same space in the global cricket calendar, forcing players to choose one or the other. Russell is set to play for the Rajshahi Royals in the 2019-20 BPL

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Queensland 240 and 5 for 111 (Khawja 53*) trail New South Wales 375 (Henriques 116, Nevill 88*, Abbott 86, Neser 4-60) by 24 runs An outstanding 159-run partnership between Peter Nevill and Sean Abbott put New South Wales in control against Queensland on day three at the SCG. Usman Khawaja

6:22 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Nasir Jamshed, the former Pakistan batsman, will be sentenced in February after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to bribe fellow cricketers in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Jamshed, 33, was given a ten-year ban by the PCB in August 2018, and is standing trial at Manchester Crown Court, following his