Kyle Jamieson is set to be out for at least “three to four months” after undergoing back surgery this week. Jamieson was originally on a comeback from a stress fracture of the back, sustained in England last June, and was primed for a return to action in New Zealand’s first Test against the same opponents

New Zealand 162 for 3 (A Kerr 66, Bates 56) beat Sri Lanka 60 (A Kerr 2-7, Tahuhu 2-12) by 102 runs New Zealand thumped Sri Lanka so severely in each team’s last match of the group stage, in Paarl, that they nullified the terrific start Sri Lanka had to the tournament, and gave themselves

Pujara hit the winning run against Australia in his 100th Test in Delhi, about a couple of hours after Saurashtra beat Bengal in the Ranji final in Kolkata. “As I said before it’s a fitting tribute to one of Saurashtra’s favourite sons, Chintu [Pujara’s nickname],” Unadkat said. “He played his 100th Test for India against

R Ashwin began the collapse on the third morning before Ravindra Jadeja raced to a career-best 7 for 42, as Australia lost six batters to the sweep and reverse-sweep in Delhi. 12.6 edged, caught behind! Ashwin strikes early. Lovely delivery. Grips from around off stump, brings Head forward, shaves the outside edge into the keeper’s

Australia 125 for 4 (McGrath 57, Kapp 2-21) beat South Africa 124 for 6 (Brits 45, Wareham 2-18) by six wickets Tahlia McGrath‘s 33-ball 57 propelled Australia to a commanding six-wicket victory in a low chase against the hosts South Africa in Gqeberha, and helped the team qualify for the semi-finals of the T20 World

Australia 263 and 61 for 1 lead India 262 (Axar 74, Lyon 5-67) by 62 runs India’s formidable lower order, led by Axar Patel, again played a crucial role after Nathan Lyon had taken five wickets to turn what looked like being a significant deficit on a tricky Delhi pitch into a one-innings shootout of

Innings break England 325 for 9 dec and 374 (Root 57, Brook 54, Foakes 51, Tickner 3-55) lead New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138, Conway 77, Robinson 4-54) by 393 runs New Zealand will need to pull off the highest successful chase in their Test history after another extraordinary English batting performance on the third afternoon

West Indies 140 for 4 (Matthews 66*, Henry 34) beat Ireland 137 for 9 (Prendergast 61, Lewis 38, Connell 3-24) by six wickets Captain Hayley Matthews led West Indies to a drought-breaking six-wicket victory over Ireland in their Women’s T20 World Cup match at Newlands. The result ended West Indies’ 15-match losing streak in T20Is

Temba Bavuma will captain South Africa’s Test team amid sweeping changes to the set-up in the post Mark Boucher era. Bavuma’s first assignment will be to lead the side in the two-match Test series against West Indies, starting on February 28. Bavuma takes over from Dean Elgar, who was named Test captain in mid-2021 and

Sharma had been reinstated as chief selector in January, after the BCCI had removed the entire selection panel in November following India’s semi-final defeat from the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia and invited fresh applications. Sharma continued to function in his role until the new panel was appointed, with him once again as chairman.