3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 98 (Anderson 4-24, Onions 4-55) v Lancashire Lancashire new ball duo James Anderson and Graham Onions inflicted more misery on Worcestershire, who were bowled out for 98 on a rain-hit opening day in the Specsavers County Championship match at Blackfinch New Road. Anderson and Onions had been the

8:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Akhtar Sarfraz, the former Pakistan and Peshawar batsman, has died aged 43 after a battle with cancer. A left-hander, Sarfraz played four ODIs between December 1997 and October 1998, scoring 66 runs in four innings. He had a more successful domestic career – 5720 runs in 118 first-class games and

3:00 AM ET Alagappan Muthu India 352 for 5 (Dhawan 117, Kohli 82, Rohit 57, Hardik 48, Cummins 1-55) beat Australia 316 (Smith 69, Warner 56, Carey 55*, Bhuvneshwar 3-50) by 36 runsAs it happened There was a masterclass in batting at The Oval. Shikhar Dhawan overcame a weakness to score 117. Steven Smith showed

5:13 PM ET The key, Aaron Finch had said the day before this game, was to bowl well early against India’s top order. To be on the ball from the very first ball. For nearly the first ten overs, Australia did bowl well, maintaining tight lines usually just back of a length to Shikhar Dhawan

8:25 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep‘s future in this World Cup is in doubt after he suffered a hard blow to his bowling hand at training on Sunday. Pradeep was bowling to Kusal Perera in the nets, when the batsman hit a ball at Pradeep’s head. The bowler put

7:19 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ashleigh Barty has praised the “amazing period” in her life when she was a cricketer in the Women’s Big Bash after claiming her first Grand Slam tennis title in the French Open. Barty, who has made regular references to following the World Cup during her time in Paris, stepped away

  shares James Neesham is clapped off the pitch at the end of the Afghanistan innings. © Getty Images New Zealand 173 for 3 (Williamson 79* Taylor 48, Alam 3-45) beat Afghanistan 172 (Shahidi 59, Neesham 5-31, Ferguson 4-37) by seven wicketsAs it happened While some of his team-mates were having the time of their

  shares Shubman Gill steers one through the off side © Getty Images India A 243 for 0 (Gaikwad 125*, Gill 109*) beat Sri Lanka A 242 for 7 (Jayasuriya 101, Jayaratne 79, Dube 2-47, Deshpande 2-51) by 10 wickets India A continued their winning run against Sri Lanka A, romping to a ten-wicket victory

12:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Japan have qualified for next year’s ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa – the first time the country has qualified for a cricket World Cup at men’s, women’s or junior level – in bizarre circumstances. They secured their place in the tournament after Papua New Guinea – their opponents