Live deskUpdated 27 July 2026 · 16:42 IST
Editorial photograph of a captain and coach standing at the toss area beside the pitch during a daytime T20 match.
Live desk

Live desk: toss, lineup, injury — filed in the order the desk hears it.

The Sixer live desk is an editorial note stream. We post only what a named source has filed: a toss decision, an XI sheet, an injury note, a venue change, a verdict. Sixer does not run a feed bot; every entry has a human desk stamp.

How the desk reads live

The live desk is an editorial note stream.

The desk posts what a named source files. We do not run a feed bot; every line has a human desk stamp and a source link.

16:42 IST

RCB vs LSG · toss pending

Both captains have signalled bowl-first at the toss window; dew window opens after 7 overs. Sixer will tag the toss outcome in CH 04 once the official feed files the call.

15:55 IST

CSK vs SRH · pitch report added

Track report confirms grip and turn from the practice nets — spin-share at the toss window leans two seamers and three spinners in the XI.

14:18 IST

India vs South Africa · playing XI confirmed

India and South Africa have both filed XI sheets at the morning practice window. Sixer has confirmed the four-bowler + two-all-rounder combination on the ledger.

12:30 IST

Editor's note · boundary map refresh

Boundary map for Eden Gardens refreshed with last week's ODI match data added to the historical baseline. Six-share on the off-side now sits at 0.61, square-leg warm zone steady at 0.31.

10:48 IST

Verified reader-result archive opened

Three verified entries added to this week's archive (team names redacted, slots shown). Sixer only publishes entries that contain an entry ID we can cross-reference with our tier records.

09:15 IST

Powerplay six-rate published

Powerplay six-rate for tonight's flagged fixtures published with per-venue tags. The shorter boundary square-leg at the Chinnaswamy leans the opener captain call; Eden Gardens favours a finisher with a longer boundary to clear.

Editorial rules

Three rules the desk operates under.

Plain language. The live desk runs on these.

Source first

We never post a number that cannot be traced to a named source. If we cannot name the source, we say "not verified today".

Rule of the desk

Update time visible

Every note carries the time we last re-checked the fact. The row moves when the fact moves; we do not silently rewrite.

Timestamps are public

Corrections > perfection

If the desk gets a fact wrong we publish a dated correction on the same URL. The corrections log is open on every page.

Public, dated
FAQ

Short reads on the live desk.

What the desk hears most.

How often is the live desk updated?
The desk runs two editorial sweeps per matchday — pre-toss at 16:00 IST and post-toss at 22:00 IST — plus rolling entries when a source files a new fact in between.
What happens when a fact moves?
The row's timestamp changes in the timeline, and a new entry appears if the impact is meaningful. We do not overwrite prior notes; the editorial record is intact.
Where does the live desk get its feed?
From the tournament broadcaster's site, the team-association press release and a named cricket statistician. Where a fact can't be sourced to one of these, the desk says so.
Does the live desk run a feed bot?
No. Every line is written by the editorial desk. The desk does not run a chatbot or an AI-generated feed.
Reading the live desk

Reading the live desk.

Sixer reads the live desk as a chronological note stream. The entries are dated; the sources are named; the corrections are public.

Open the timeline

The timeline is the working chronological read. The newest entry sits at the top; older entries move down. The desk does not delete; the timeline grows.

Read the chapter rail

The chapter rail carries the chapter numbers, the update times and the source status. The rail is the desk's working map.

Read the source

Each entry carries a source. Where the desk reads a feed, the desk says so; where the desk reads a press release, the desk says so.

Read the time

Each entry carries an editorial timestamp. The timestamp is the desk's working read on when the fact moved. Sixer does not silently rewrite history.

Reading the source list

The source list the live desk reads on.

Sixer reads the live desk from a short, named source list per matchday. Reading the source list means knowing what counts as an editorial source.

Official broadcaster feed

Toss calls, XI sheets, injury notes and venue changes typically file here within minutes of the official announcement.

Team-association press release

Each franchise's press release window is the second layer. We cross-check the broadcaster feed against the team's own statement.

Independent cricket statistician

Boundary zones, strike-rate ladders and dismissal-mode data are typically cross-checked against this feed.

Curator's pre-match note

The morning curator's pre-match note carries the pitch, dew and wind tags the desk relies on.

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