6:54 AM ET Keaton Jennings believes the second Test at Pallekele is “set up for a bit of a thriller” after a gripping fourth day was brought to an early close by rain with the match very much in the balance. By the close, Sri Lanka needed another 75 runs to square the series with

6:32 AM ET The UAE T10 franchise Karchians is working out a new team name after a court in Pakistan ordered against using the word “Karachians” or anything “phonetically deceptive or resembling name”. The Karachians is one of the eight franchises in the tournament, which is due to begin on November 21 and apparently draws

3:00 AM ET Lunch Sri Lanka 336 and 93 for 3 (Karunaratne 54*, Mathews 28*) need a further 208 runs to beat England 290 and 346 (Root 123, Foakes 65*, Burns 59, Dananjaya 6-115)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Jack Leach uprooted three Sri Lanka wickets in the space of 14 runs, but the second Dimuth Karunaratne

Anya Shrubsole said she’s “not sure” how she got her hat-trick at Gros Islet and instead turned the spotlight on her team-mate Natalie Sciver, as the duo played key roles in bowling South Africa out for 85 and knocking them out of the Women’s World T20 Shrubsole, Player of the Final at last year’s World

3:00 AM ET Lunch Pakistan 144 for 4 (Shafiq 25*, Babar 24*, Boult 2-29) trail New Zealand 153 by nine runs Azhar Ali slices one towards point AFP Pakistan came out of Saturday’s first session in an awfully better situation than the run of play might have suggested. New Zealand’s bowlers were in charge over large

3:00 AM ET Toss Australia chose to bowl v South Africa The start of the first international cricket match ever hosted on the Gold Coast was delayed by an hour and 50 minutes due to heavy downpour that turned the T20I into a 10 overs-a-side affair. The Powerplays were reduced to three overs and the

3:00 AM ET New South Wales 279 & 0-33 (Larkin 20*, Hughes 12*) lead Queensland 260 (Neser 62, Labuschagne 52, Lyon 4-83) by 52 runs Mark Steketee celebrates a wicket with his teammates Getty Images A four-wicket haul from New South Wales spinner Nathan Lyon was overshadowed by a stunning rear-guard from Queensland duo Michael Neser

5:08 AM ET To ensure that Mohammed Shami arrives fit and not overworked for the Test series in Australia, the BCCI has put a condition on him turning up for Bengal next week for their Ranji Trophy match against Kerala. The BCCI cleared Shami, India’s highest wicket-taker in Tests so far this year, to play

3:22 AM ET Shakib Al Hasan will make a return to international cricket from a complicated finger injury after he was named in Bangladesh’s squad for the first Test against West Indies, which begins on November 22. Shakib, who, in late September had fluid removed from his injured finger due to an infection, is among

3:00 AM ET Alex Malcolm South Australia 251 & 5 for 94 (Kelly 3-27) lead Western Australia 207 (Richardson 53, Cartwright 42, Worrall 7-64) by 138 runs Career-best figures of 7 for 64 from South Australia paceman Daniel Worrall put the Redbacks in control of the Shield clash with Western Australia at Adelaide Oval. Worrall