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Sri Lanka 252 for 8 (Mendis 91, Asalanka 49*, Ifthikar 3-50) beat Pakistan 252 for 7 (Rizwan 86*, Shafique 52, Pathirana 3-65) by two wickets via DLS method In a game of multiple compelling storylines, it was Charith Asalanka who stood tall in the end as Sri Lanka edged Pakistan out by two wickets in

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs England Sri Lanka won a rain-delayed toss and opted to bowl first in the third and final ODI against England in Leicester. In scenes bearing a striking resemblance to those that greeted the start of play in Tuesday’s washed-out second match in Northampton, steady morning drizzle pushed back

Cricket Australia will make neck guards mandatory for Australia and domestic players from October 1 meaning the likes of Steven Smith and David Warner, among others, will be forced to wear them on their helmets having resisted doing so since their introduction in 2015. Mandatory neck guards are one of a number of changes made

Stokes insisted ahead of the fifth Test at The Oval in July that he would use his time off to manage his chronic left knee injury, which he wanted to “get sorted” as soon as possible. But two weeks later, he was named in England’s squad for their four-match series against New Zealand and in

Neither Rauf nor Naseem batted in Pakistan’s chase against India, which ended on 128 for a 228-run defeat, which affected Pakistan’s chances of qualifying for the Asia Cup final. They must now beat Sri Lanka in their final Super Four game. In case the weather forces an abandonment, Sri Lanka will go through to the

Australia’s stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh says his side will learn a lot from being exposed by South Africa’s spinners in helpful conditions in Potchefstroom while the fitness of their own spinner Ashton Agar is a worry after he was unavailable due to soreness with his next opportunity to play before the World Cup unknown because

Lancashire 330 for 5 (Vilas 124, Wells 97) lead Middlesex 194 by 136 runs Lancashire’s batters maintained their side’s grip on the LV= County Championship Division One match against Middlesex and had built a 136-run first-innings lead by the close of yet another rain-shortened day. Replying to the visitors’ 194, the home side were 330

England won the toss and chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka England won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Northampton. England are one up in the series following their convincing seven-wicket victory in Durham on Saturday, built on three-wicket hauls to young debutants Mahika Gaur and

Big picture – India might rotate players Two weeks ago in Bengaluru, India’s Asia Cup-bound squad had exhaustive fitness tests to check their levels of preparedness for the cricket coming up over the next three months. On Tuesday, the players’ fitness levels will be put to test as India return to the R Premadasa Stadium

Both the quick bowlers picked up injuries during the Super Four clash against India over Sunday and Monday. Rauf felt “a little discomfort in his right flank” on Sunday, which prevented him from taking the field on Monday, while Naseem went off in the 49th over of India’s innings on the reserve day with an

At what point should a team that has lost five successive fixtures across white-ball formats start to panic? Or, if that sounds too extreme, when should that team, with the knowledge that a World Cup is less than a month away, begin to show some signs of concern? South Africa’s No. 5 put the team’s

Earlier in the game, Royals lost their opener Gaby Lewis for 21 in the fifth over, bowled by Shabnim Ismail, which propelled Matthews to take charge. She hit ten fours and two sixes in her innings and stitched a match-saving stand of 108 runs with Rashada Williams for the second wicket, with the wicketkeeper contributing

Yorkshire 330 for 3 (Masood 113*, Bean 93, Hill 51*) vs Glamorgan Glamorgan’s slim promotion hopes were further diminished as Yorkshire took control on day one of their LV= Division 2 County Championship clash at Sophia Gardens. After defeat at Worcester last week, the Welsh county have to win their penultimate match with a full

Toss New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl vs England Trent Boult will play his 100th ODI and his first in nearly a year at the Ageas Bowl, as New Zealand won the toss and opted to chase against England in a match shortened to 34 overs per side by a three-hour rain

Shakib Al Hasan feels Bangladesh should rest their ODI World Cup-bound players during the home series against New Zealand later this month to ensure that they are “fit and healthy.” The three-match ODI series begins on September 21 and concludes on 26 in Dhaka, with both teams set to travel to India the following day.

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said that injuries and tactics forced them to tinker with their playing XIs in the Asia Cup, and that they were not experimenting just for the sake of it. They were expected to try out a few combinations ahead of the World Cup next month, but it all went awry

England won the toss and chose to field vs Sri Lanka England have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the opening fixture of their three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in Durham. Sri Lanka received a big confidence boost with their 2-1 T20I series victory, sealed in Derby on Wednesday, but England

Former South Africa batter Mignon du Preez has joined Brisbane Heat for the WBBL through the direct nomination route having skipped the overseas player draft. The WBBL included an option for players to not be available in the draft and instead sign with a club afterwards for a reduced fee of up to AU$61,750 –