7:59 PM ET Ahead of their opening game against South Africa on June 2, Bangladesh will have to consider the conditions at The Oval when picking their playing XI, but there is stiff competition within the squad too. ESPNcricinfo looks at five areas that need to be addressed before their first match in this World

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire 47 for 2 (Jennings 26*, Payne 1-4) trail Gloucestershire 205 (Hammond 82, Mahmood 4-48) by 158 runs No play was possible on the second day of the Specsavers County Championship match between Gloucestershire and Lancashire at Cheltenham. Players arrived at the College Ground to find that a fierce

1:57 AM ET Australia have completed their warm-up matches ahead of their World Cup opener against Afghanistan on June 1, but how close are they to knowing their best XI? Here are three key questions that remain to be answered. Khawaja v Marsh Barring injury, Usman Khawaja and Shaun Marsh cannot fit in the same

3:42 PM ET Usman Khawaja staked a late claim to one of Australia’s top-order batting slots despite an injury scare during their five-wicket victory in their World Cup warm-up match against Sri Lanka in Hampshire. Khawaja hobbled off the field after a ball struck him flush on the left kneecap. He was fielding at mid-off

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India A 622 for 5 decl (Abhimanyu 233, Panchal 160, Anmolpreet 116*, Vishwa Fernano 2-83) beat Sri Lanka A 232 (Dickwella 103, Chahar 4-78) and 185 (Samarawickrama 48, Chahar 4-45) by an innings and 205 runs India A completed a three-day rout of Sri Lanka A in their first four-day

3:53 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Mahela Jayawardene had been invited to play a role in Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign, but declined largely because he remains disillusioned with Sri Lanka Cricket’s general direction. Now a two-time IPL-winning coach, Jayawardene has in the past produced plans to overhaul Sri Lanka’s domestic cricket system, only for

4:51 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Mark Wood‘s World Cup hopes remain in the balance with three days to go until England’s opening fixture against South Africa at The Oval, despite optimistic signals from within the England camp. The results of the precautionary scan on Wood’s troublesome left ankle have not yet been revealed, after he

South Africa v West Indies, ICC World Cup 2019 warm-up match, Bristol May 26, 2019 The Report by Shamya Dasgupta   shares Carlos Brathwaite celebrates a wicket with his team-mates © Getty Images Toss West Indies chose to bowl against South Africa Jason Holder won the toss and asked South Africa, led by JP Duminy