England chose to bat v South Africa A new-look England attack will defend against South Africa in the second ODI after Heather Knight opted to set the tourists a target in Bristol. Issy Wong and Lauren Bell have been handed debuts, replacing experienced seamers Katherine Brunt and Kate Cross. Both Wong and Cross made their

Tournament hosts Zimbabwe and reigning tournament champions Netherlands continued their undefeated runs at the T20 World Cup Qualifier in Bulawayo, both sides winning their respective semifinals on Friday to clinch the final two available berths at the T20 World Cup in Australia this October. It will be Zimbabwe’s sixth trip to the T20 World Cup

A number of international Bangladesh players will tour the Caribbean with the A squads next month. Four players from the current senior team’s tour – Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Khaled Ahmed, Rejaur Rahman Raja and Anamul Haque – will return to the West Indies on July 31 to play the two four-day and three one-day matches.

“Kyun ho rahi hain, yaar. Matlab mujhe samajh mein nahin aata, bhai. (Why is this discussion happening. I can’t understand this)” India’s captain Rohit Sharma put up a bemused expression just as a journalist had started a question on Virat Kohli. Kohli’s form in the last few years has become a national debate, with some,

Shabnim Ismail is available for selection for South Africa’s second ODI against England after missing last month’s Test and Monday’s first ODI with a calf strain. Ismail’s recovery comes at a crucial juncture on the tour: South Africa lost the first ODI by five wickets and must win in Bristol to stay alive in the

The first Test will be played from July 16 in Galle, followed by the second from July 24 in Colombo. The series will be part of the World Test Championship, in which Sri Lanka are placed third and Pakistan fourth. Squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva,

D Siva Kumar, who was part of India’s Under-19 World Cup-winning squad in Malaysia in 2008, has been drafted into the USA squad to replace the injured Ali Khan at ongoing T20 World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe. Ali was ruled out of the rest of the tournament after he suffered a broken forearm on the

Worcestershire 191 (Barnard 69, Roland-Jones 4-60) and 238 for 3 (Pollock 113) beat Middlesex 188 (Hollman 62, Helm 50, Leach 3-58) and 240 (Hollman 46, Yadav 44*, Pennington 3-54, Baker 3-62) by seven wickets Ed Pollock annihilated Middlesex’s bowling attack with a brilliant century as Worcestershire coasted to a resounding seven-wicket LV= Insurance County Championship

Ambati Rayudu has been signed up by Baroda as a professional for the upcoming domestic season. The decks were cleared after Rayudu was given a no-objection certificate from the Andhra Cricket Association. Rayudu is available to play all formats, though in recent years, he has mostly made himself available for white-ball cricket. He last played

Surrey 191 for 1 (Burns 94*) trail Yorkshire 521 (Lyth 183, Tattersall 180*, Lawes 4-51) by 330 runs They know their history in Yorkshire. When Adam Lyth and Jonny Tattersall broke Yorkshire’s sixth-wicket batting record, prolonged applause burst across North Marine Road the moment that Lyth flicked the ball off his hip. Such momentous achievements