Azam ton leads Pakistan fightback
Pakistan captain Babar Azam made a defiant 119 to thwart a Sri Lankan spin attack led by Prabath Jayasuriya on day two of an evenly poised first Test.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam made a defiant 119 to thwart a Sri Lankan spin attack led by Prabath Jayasuriya on day two of an evenly poised first Test.
Proteas white-ball captain Temba Bavuma has opted against going under the knife on his fractured left elbow.
Dane Vilas and Keaton Jennings missed out on winner’s medals as Lancashire suffered a one-run defeat to Hampshire in England’s T20 Blast final in Birmingham on Saturday.
Taijul Islam made a triumphant return to ODI cricket with his first five-wicket haul as Bangladesh completed another series sweep of the West Indies.
Reece Topley expects to feel as if he is playing away from home when England face India in Sunday’s ODI series decider at Old Trafford.
Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi led an inspired attack to bowl out Sri Lanka for 222, but the hosts hit back with two wickets before stumps on the opening day of the first Test on Saturday.
New Zealand survived a record-breaking Ireland charge led by centuries from Paul Stirling and Harry Tector for a dramatic one-run victory in Friday’s third ODI in Dublin.
Sophia Dunkley scored a maiden century as England beat the Proteas by 114 runs in the second women’s ODI in Bristol on Friday.
Hosts Zimbabwe and the Netherlands filled the last two places for the T20 World Cup in Australia by winning their qualifying tournament semi-finals in Bulawayo on Friday.
Matthew Potts has earned his first call-up to the England ODI squad for next week’s series against the Proteas.
Get live score updates and text commentary from the second ODI in Bristol from 3pm (SA time).
Dané van Niekerk has failed to recover from an ankle injury in time for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Reece Topley says returning England’s best ODI bowling figures during a 100-run rout of India at Lord’s on Thursday had made years ravaged by injury “worthwhile”.
Colin Ackermann, Wiaan Mulder and Simon Harmer capped off a standout week from South Africans on the English County Championship scene.
Reece Topley took 6-24, the best figures by an England bowler in an ODI, against India on Thursday. Watch all six here …