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1:32 AM GMT Cricket Australia asked the ICC about whether a reserve day could be added for the T20 World Cup semi-finals with the weather threatening to ruin the double-header day, which would send Australia and England out, but were told it was not possible to alter the tournament playing conditions. Kevin Roberts, the CA

5:27 PM GMT Much of the surprise around the Sylhet International Stadium upon seeing Donald Tiripano hammer five sixes and two fours was also felt in the Zimbabwe dressing room. Tiripano always had a reputation for being an able batsman down the order, but even Sean Williams, the stand-in captain for the day, did not

10:13 AM GMT Match abandoned West Indies v South Africa A wash out at the Sydney Showgrounds ensured South Africa would top group B and so play Australia in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup at the SCG on Thursday evening, after England meet group A’s pace-setters India in the first semi-final. Rain

6:53 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Australia’s star allrounder Ellyse Perry suffered a right hamstring injury while fielding during the winner-takes-all clash with New Zealand at the Junction Oval. Perry fielded a ball at mid-off and threw in one motion, off balance, trying to run out New Zealand captain Sophie Devine. She immediately crumpled to the

3:37 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sri Lanka’s 3-0 sweep in the ODIs against West Indies has come with some collateral damage. Fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep and allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva will miss the two-match T20I series which begins March 4, after both picked up injuries in the third ODI on Sunday. Asitha Fernando, the right-arm

9:20 AM GMT For most of this summer, Georgia Wareham could only have expected the most fringe-dwelling of T20 World Cup roles for Australia. After all, Ellyse Perry and Tayla Vlaeminck were set to blast opponents out with pace, Megan Schutt bewitching them with swing, and Jess Jonassen cleaning up whatever other resistance was left

© Getty Images New Zealand took 47 minutes to take India’s four remaining wickets, but Ravindra Jadeja continued to justify his selection with a 16-run last-wicket partnership with Jasprit Bumrah. On paper, New Zealand had “only” 132 to get, but there was enough seam and swing in the conditions to keep India interested. That is

4:10 PM GMT Liton Das’ decision to bat with a limited amount of shots is bearing fruit after he used the methodology in the first ODI against Zimbabwe. He scored an unbeaten 126, his second international century, helping Bangladesh to a record 169-run win in Sylhet. Das said that he had planned to curb his

9:16 AM GMT Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in the third ODI, most likely because the Pallekele surface often has something for the seamers under lights. They also won their last match by 161 runs, batting first. The hosts were unchanged for the dead rubber, with Dasun Shanaka and Niroshan Dickwella

12:50 AM GMT New Zealand 142 for 5 (de Grandhomme 8*, Watling 0*, Shami 2-45) trail India 242 by 100 runs India began day two needing a big effort to stay alive in the Christchurch Test, but by the end of the first session they had sensationally pulled ahead of New Zealand with five wickets