Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls first no-ball since October 2015

IRE vs SA | 1st T20I: Shamsi rattles Ireland batting as South Africa take 1-0 lead

South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series against Ireland in Dublin after beating the hosts by 33 runs in the first clash. Chasing 166, Ireland were restricted to 132/9 in 20 overs. Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi rattled the Irish batting line up and scalped a four-wicket haul while Lungi Ngidi and George Linde bagged a couple of wickets each. The home side began the proceedings in a disappointing manner after losing early wickets and never really looked in control. Ireland were struggling at 88/9 when Barry McCarthy and Joshua Little chipped in with some runs at the end of the innings. The two built an unbeaten partnership of 44 runs for the last wicket. McCarthy remained not out for 30 off 25 while Little scored 15* off 18. But their stand didn’t really help Ireland and the Andrew Balbirnie-led side lost the match eventually. Harry Tector top-scored for them with 36 off 34. Earlier, South Africa had a decent start to the innings but then lost their way in the middle overs and were reduced to 115/5 before David Miller along with Linde steadied the ship for the side. The two scored 28 runs for the sixth wicket before Linde departed for 10 off 13. Miller followed him soon and was dismissed for 28. But a late surge from Kagiso Rabada who notched up 19* off 9 helped the Proteas score 165/7 in 20 overs. South Africa captain Bavuma admitted that the side needed to score some more runs. “Would have like to get a bit more. I felt 180 was a par score, but we always backed our bowling. Super happy with the bowling. Bowling has been our strength and we hope it continues to be that way. It helps to have a mystery spinner in the line-up. Shamsi is able to control the middle overs. Linde striking in the powerplay was good,” he said. The two teams will now meet each other in the second encounter in Belfast on Thursday.

WI vs AUS | 1st ODI: Aaron Finch ruled out, Alex Carey to lead the side

Wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey will lead Australia in the first ODI against West Indies after regular limited-overs captain Aaron Finch was ruled out. The right-handed batsman had sustained a knee injury in the fifth T20I against the Caribbean side while batting and his availability would now be assessed on a "day to day basis,” Cricket Australia said in a release. Carey said that he is honoured to lead the Aussie side in Finch’s absence. "I am deeply honoured to be able to lead the team while Aaron recovers," Carey said. "To captain Australia is one of the greatest privileges in sport and an honour I am extremely thankful to receive,” he added. "Finchy is our captain and we will welcome him back with open arms when he is fully fit, so for now I hope I can fill the role to his extremely high standards. To lead this group against the West Indies in the West Indies is a great challenge and one I very much look forward to for as long as I have the opportunity." Australia suffered a 1-4 defeat in the five-match T20I series and would look to turn the tables in the ODI fixtures. The three-match series is slated to begin on July 21 in Barbados and all the games will be played at the same venue.

Zimbabwe - Bangladesh T20 series preponed to conclude on July 25

The upcoming T20 series between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh has been preponed and it will now conclude on July 25 instead of the earlier scheduled date of July 27, Zimbabwe Cricket said in a tweet. The three-game series was supposed to be played on July 23, 25 and 27 but now it will be played on July 22, 23 and 25 as per the revised schedule. However, there is no change in the venue of matches and all of them will be played at the Harare Sports Club in Harare. Bangladesh are on a full tour of Zimbabwe comprising of all formats of the game. In the only Test of the series, the tourists register a big victory by 220 runs and they have also sealed the three-match long ODI series by winning the first two games so far. Zimbabwe have not been able to put up a strong fight against Bangladesh and a gulf between the sides have been brutally exposed by a quality Bangladeshi side. Both the list of leading wicket-taker and highest run-scorer across the Test and ODI series have been dominated by Bangladesh players and Zimbabwe have been handed a harsh reality check about the state of their game.

WI vs AUS | 1st ODI: When & where to watch, pitch report, fantasy XI details

West Indies and Australia are all set to lock horns in the three-match ODI series slated to begin on July 21 in Barbados. The Caribbean side is coming into the series on the back of some brilliant display in the T20I fixtures that they won 4-1. Australia on the side would be looking to make a comeback in the ODI series after they were thumped earlier on the tour. But the visiting team might not have the services of their regular skipper Aaron Finch. According to cricket.com.au, Finch was asked to perform “light duties” during the practice session to manage his knee injury. There hasn’t been any confirmation that Finch would miss the game but the team management will have some work if the right-hander is ruled out. For West Indies, coach Phil Simmons has said that he wants his batsmen to capitalise on the starts they get in order to put some good total of the board. "We are looking for the way we batted to continue and improvements have to be made in the middle overs from 20-39 in order for us to get from 280-290 to the 320-330 we'll need against Australia," Simmons said. "We've been discussing that since the Sri Lanka series so now it's time to put it into action.” Match Details Match: WI vs AUS, 1st ODI, Australia tour of West Indies, 2021 Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Time: 12:00 AM (Jul 21) Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Probable XI Australia: Josh Philippe, Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Alex Carey, Matthew Wade (wk), Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Swepson, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc West Indies: Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran (c & wk), Andre Russell, Fabian Allen, Hayden Walsh, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas Fantasy XI Alex Carey, Shai Hope (C), Lendl Simmons, Matthew Wade, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell Marsh (VC), Sheldon Cottrell, Hayden Walsh Jr., Adam Zampa, Riley Meredith, Josh Hazlewood West Indies ODI squad: Kieron Pollard (C), Shai Hope (VC), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Anderson Philip, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd Australia squad for ODIs & T20Is: Josh Philippe, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Ashton Agar, Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Dan Christian, Riley Meredith, Ashton Turner, Jason Behrendorff.