News about Sunil Narine

After the 37-year-old (pictured playing for Australia, left, and with wife Candice, right) suffered a significant roadblock after being barred from Tests and one-day internationals earlier this year, David Warner's new life as a global gun for hire has been thrown into question.

Since being given his first red card (pictured left) in the sport's history, Sunil Narine has made some unnecessary history. After the penalty left the side a man short in the field, Trinbago Knight Riders captain Kieron Pollard (pictured right) said it was "completely ridiculous."

It's surprising that England's top wicket-taker in the format has yet to win a T20 Blast event in a 16-year career. Surrey's seventh Finals Day could all be about to change today. It is perhaps an even bigger surprise that Surrey has never won the inaugural version of the tournament since 2003.

DANIEL MATTHEWS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, USA: By 8.30 p.m., when Ali Khan began his run, the temperatures in this part of Texas hovered around 102 degrees. A warm breeze blew across the wicket, but there was barely a cloud or a patch of green on the wicket. All told, optimal batting conditions. Not that Khan - the LA Knight Riders' opening, would have toss the ball to someone else. This was a moment to reminiscence for the actor. He was charged with bowling the first ball of Major League Cricket in this country's newest professional sports league and the sport's new attempt to break America. Broadcasters called it a 'British leap across the Atlantic.' 'Cricket's American dream'

RICHARD GIBSON: The 2023 Vitality Blast takes place in Edgbaston on Saturday with the first Blast Off, where Lancashire and Derbyshire will meet the Birmingham Bears. Following two years of Hundred-Hundred vision, the ECB is treating Twenty20's oldest domestic competition with greater concern, according to its new-look launch in Birmingham on July 15, while the quality of players participating over the next two months, culminating in finals day at the Birmingham venue shows that it maintains both global prominence and relevance. Here's a look at how the 18 squads stack up.