Lunch New Zealand 209 and 325 for 5 (Williamson 63*, Blundell 19*) lead England 435 for 8 dec by 99 runs Fifties from Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell continued the New Zealand fightback at Basin Reserve. Having been made to follow on, the home side were able to erase their 226-run deficit and start to

Karachi Kings 167 for 3 (Tayyab 65, Wade 46, Ihsanullah 2-22) beat Multan Sultans 101 (Rizwan 29, Malik 3-16, Shamsi 3-18) by 66 runs Karachi Kings’ see-saw ride in this season’s PSL continued, as the pattern of tight finishes and rather one-sided wins alternated for the fourth match in a row. The latest addition in

South Australia 137 for 2 (Hunt 63, Carder 49, Kellepotha 2-43) beat Victoria 136 (Seymour 51, Harris 19, McAndrew 3-22, Johnson 2-41) by eight wickets South Australia are just one win away from ending their 11-year trophy drought after a one-sided eight-wicket win over Victoria put them into the domestic One-Day Cup final. They turned

Lunch New Zealand 209 (Southee 73, Broad 4-61) and 40 for 0 (Latham 27*, Conway 13*) trail England 435 for 8 dec by 186 runs New Zealand’s opening pair battled through a testing passage against the new ball to reach lunch intact, after the hosts were made to follow on at Basin Reserve. Their fight

Veteran seamer Katherine Sciver-Brunt has confirmed that England’s semi-final exit in Cape Town will be her last World Cup appearance. Sciver-Brunt, who turns 38 in July, has not made any decision on her playing future beyond the current T20 World Cup, where hosts South Africa will take on defending champions Australia in the final on

Islamabad United 220 for 6 (Azam 97, Asif 42, Smith 2-41) beat Quetta Gladiators 157 all out (Hafeez 48, Sarfaraz 41, Farooqi 3-28) by 63 runs It was a contest between an elite PSL team, and, frankly, a PSL has-been. Quetta Gladiators have been the poorest side of this league since they lifted their only

Lunch New Zealand 12 for 2 (Latham 7*, Young 1*) trail England 435 for 8 dec (Brook 186, Root 153*, Henry 4-100) by 423 runs England’s attacking declaration paid dividends for the second Test running as James Anderson claimed the wickets of Devon Conway and Kane Williamson in a testing seven-over spell before lunch. The

The PCB and the caretaker Punjab government have hit a roadblock in a financial dispute over the cost of security for the PSL games in Lahore and Rawalpindi. The PCB has set a deadline of Saturday to decide the fate of the remaining PSL games in Punjab province, and if the deadlock remains intact, the

Cameron Green has declared himself 100% fit for the third Test against India in Indore as Australia desperately search for a winning combination in the midst of a raft of absences. Australia trained at the Kotla in Delhi on Friday morning having enjoyed a few days off to freshen up since the dramatic collapse that

Lunch England 101 for 3 (Brook 51*, Root 23*) vs New Zealand New Zealand’s new-ball attack sliced through the England top order in helpful conditions before the Yorkshire double-act of Joe Root and Harry Brook revived their side’s fortunes with an unbroken 80-run stand to take them through to lunch in better shape. Matt Henry