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9:00 pm – Tabraiz Shamsi picks up five wickets
South Africa wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi staked his claim for a spot in the Test team after picking up five wickets in the two-day warm-up match against Sri Lanka Board XI in Colombo.
South Africa will play two Tests – starting on July 12 – five ODIs and and T20 in Sri Lanka.
For more, click here.
8:00 pm – Sahibzada Farhan to debut
Sahibzada Farhan will make his Pakistan debut. Image: PCB/Twitter.
Pakistan batsman Sahibzada Farhan will make his international debut in the T20 tri-series final against Australia in Harare on Sunday.
Captain Sarfraz Ahmed said Farhan will open the innings in place of Haris Sohail.
Read more here.
5:00pm – Pakistan consolidate lead at the top of T20I rankings
No1 ranked T20 outfit Pakistan have extended their lead in the latest rankings released by the ICC on Saturday. The men in green have moved up to 131 points, six points ahead of India in second place while Australia have now slipped to the third position.
Read more on how the latest rankings are stacked in our full story here.
Pakistan have extended their lead at the top.
4:00pm – Faf du Plessis, Dinesh Chandimal seek clarity on ball-tampering laws
Ahead of the first Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa which will get underway at Galle on July 12, Faf du Plessis and Dinesh Chandimal are seeking further clarity from the ICC with regards to ball-tampering laws. The two skippers want to know what is permissible in the wake of ICC’s recent sanctions against Chandimal during Sri Lanka’s tour of West Indies.
Read what the two skippers had to say during their press conference in Colombo here.
The South Africa and Sri Lanka skippers pose together in Colombo.
3:00pm – Yuzvendra Chahal says England took calculated risks against Kuldeep
England’s batsman were much more assured in their handling of Kuldeep Yadav in the second T20 at Cardiff after the wrist-spinner had run riot with a five-wicket haul in the series opener. Yuzvendra Chahal gave his explanation as to what went right for England’s batsmen in Cardiff.
Read what the India spinner had to say in his full quotes here.
Chahal has had his say on England’s performance in Cardiff.
2:00pm – Glenn Maxwell targeting Test return with Australia
Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell was in the thick of things during his side’s narrow win over Zimbabwe on Saturday. Maxwell struck a 38-ball 56 to led the Aussies to a five-wicket win. Now, the maverick batsman is targeting a return to Australia’s Test squad for the two-match series against Pakistan in the UAE later this year.
Read what Maxwell had to say about his Test recall chances in the full story here.
Glenn Maxwell has played only seven Tests so far in his career.
1:00pm – Shaheen Afridi gives Sarfraz Ahmed selection headache ahead of tri-series final
Pakistan will lock horns with Australia in the final of the T20 tri-series in Harare on Sunday. Both the sides have met twice already in the round-robin stage with each side garnering one win apiece.
The excellent showing of teenage pacer Shaheen Afridi in Pakistan’s 45-run win over Australia has given skipper Sarfraz Ahmed plenty to think about with regards to his team composition.
Read more about this mouthwatering T20 clash in our talking points for the final.
Shaheen Afridi had impressed in Pakistan’s last match.
12:30pm – Virat Kohli shares MS Dhoni’s birthday celebrations image
With the birthday wishes pouring in from all quarters for MS Dhoni, India skipper Virat Kohli wasn’t going to be left too far behind. Kohli took to Twitter to post an image of Dhoni’s face smeared with cake at the team hotel in Cardiff.
Read what Kohli had to say about the veteran on his birthday in the full story here.
Image – Twitter/@imVkohli.
11:00am – Birthday wishes pour in for India stalwart MS Dhoni
India stalwart turned 37 on Saturday and social media has been awash with wishes pouring in for the former skipper.
Suresh Raina, Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, Virender Sehwag and many more have sent their wishes to ‘Captain Cool’ who on Friday became only the third Indian to make 500 international appearances.
Read how the cricketing fraternity has reacted to Dhoni’s birthday by clicking here.
MS Dhoni turned 37 on Saturday.
