Report The hosts also left out Akila Dananjaya for Praveen Jayawickrama Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs South Africa Kusal Perera makes his return to international cricket after recovering from Covid-19 and will open the batting after Dasun Shanaka opted to bat. Kusal tested positive for Covid last month and was included in Sri

News Dasun Shanaka leads the 15-member contingent Sri Lanka’s new mystery spinner Maheesh Theekshana is expected to make the men’s T20 World Cup squad, as are top order batters Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Kamindu Mendis. Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama also makes the squad, as does fellow spinner Akila Dananjaya, and left arm seamer Binura Fernando. The

Report Barbados Royals were confirmed a bottom-place finish as they slumped to their seventh defeat in nine games St Lucia Kings 175 for 6 (du Plessis 84, David 34, Amir 2-31) beat Barbados Royals 155 for 8 (Holder 34, Wiese 5-25) by 14 runs (DLS method) St Lucia Kings sealed a comfortable win over bottom-placed

News Markram replaces Malan, Rutherford replaces Bairstow as bubble fatigue, demanding winter prompt English withdrawals Several of England’s all-format players have withdrawn from this year’s IPL as a result of bubble fatigue and in anticipation of a long winter. Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes and Dawid Malan have joined Jos Buttler in confirming their withdrawals. Jofra

File photo: Laura Wolvaardt struck an unbeaten 71 to guide South Africa home © Getty Images South Africa 121 for 1 (Wolvaardt 71*) beat West Indies 120 all out (Knight 22, Kapp 3-24, van Niekerk 2-14) by nine wickets South Africa bowlers’ combined efforts to restrict West Indies 120 followed by Laura Wolvaardt‘s unbeaten 71

News Busy summer may force hosts to rest players as England and NZ form World Cup plans Heather Knight believes England may need to rotate players through their five-match ODI series with New Zealand as they look ahead to next year’s World Cup. The hosts will name their squad on Saturday for the five ODIs

Report Kate Cross half-century, two-for in vain as Thunder bow out of contention Southern Vipers 112 for 7 (McCaughan 41) beat Thunder 110 (Cross 57, Norris 4-14, Scholfield 3-16) by three wickets Seamers Tara Norris and Paige Scholfield shared seven wickets as defending champions Southern Vipers took a significant step towards the Rachael Heyhoe Flint

Tabraiz Shamsi is the leading wicket-taker in T20Is in 2021 © AFP/Getty Images Big picture A T20 World Cup is around the corner. For Sri Lanka, it begins with the qualifiers, which kick off approximately six weeks from now. For South Africa, who go straight through to the main draw, the World Cup starts about

Report Dunkley hits penultimate ball for four to deny New Zealand in tight chase England 145 for 6 (Knight 42, Kasperek 3-25) beat New Zealand 144 for 4 (Devine 35, Bates 34) by four wickets Heather Knight marked her return from injury with a nerveless innings to help seal a nail-biting victory for England at