9:54 AM ET George Dobell in Colombo Jack Leach has described his run-out of Kusal Mendis on the fourth afternoon in Colmbo as “the best moment” of his career to date. Leach finished the series as England’s equal-leading wicket-taker – he and Moeen Ali both claimed 18 – but it was the moment of brilliance

3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka 240 and 164 for 5 (Mendis 77*, Roshen 37*) need a further 163 runs to beat England 336 and 230 (Buttler 64, Dilruwan 5-88) Kusal Mendis swept, cut and pulled his way to an unflustered 77 off 101 balls, while Roshen Silva joined him for an unbeaten 82-run partnership, as

9:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Somerset have confirmed the return of Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali for the whole of the 2019 season. Azhar, 33, will be available to play a full part in the Specsavers Championship and the Royal London Cup. Azhar is currently Pakistan’s leading active Test run-scorer, but he retired earlier this month

3:00 AM ET Lunch New Zealand 63 for 4 (Williamson 6*, Watling 0*, Yasir 4-31) trail Pakistan 418 for 5 dec (Sohail 147, Babar 127, Azhar 81, de Grandhomme 2-44) by 355 runs Since the slow, hard grind had worked well for Pakistan, New Zealand decided to give it a shot, too. The initial results

  shares © Associated Press England have shown they can no longer be considered “a one-trick pony” who can only win at home, according to their captain, Joe Root. While they have long had a strong reputation at home, where their seamers are often able to exploit helpful conditions and a Duke’s ball, England’s results

8:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka will hop over to Scotland for two ODIs before making their trip to England and Wales for the 2019 World Cup, Cricket Scotland has confirmed in a press release. They will compete in two ODIs – on May 18 and May 21 – with the venues slated to

7:09 AM ET Trevor Bayliss has warned that it is too soon to say whether Rory Burns and Keaton Jennings can be considered England’s answers to their long-term problem at the top of the Test batting order, in spite of the key contributions they made to a memorable 3-0 series whitewash against Sri Lanka. Speaking

3:42 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A day after the Women’s World T20 2018 concluded in the Caribbean with Australia beating England in the final, ICC confirmed it had submitted a bid for women’s T20 cricket to be included in the 2022 Commonwealth Games that will take place in Birmingham, England. ICC chief executive David Richardson

  shares Mashrafe Mortaza finds a reason to smile in a press interaction © AFP Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza is set to contest the country’s 11th parliamentary election, after he received confirmation of his nomination from the ruling Awami League. He will be contesting in the Narail-2 constituency, his home district, with the polls

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India A 159 for 2 (Samarth 50*) drew with New Zealand A 303 for 7 dec (Young 123, Van Woerkom 54, Siraj 4-59) A severely rain-affected game fizzled out to a draw in Hamilton with only one of the four possible innings coming to completion – and that too because