3:00 AM ET Sri Lanka 215 and 5 for 87 (Mendis 13*, de Silva 1*) need 429 more runs to beat Australia 5 for 534 dec and 3 for 196 dec Mitchell Starc scythed through Sri Lanka’s batting order for the second time in the Test, reducing them to 5 for 87 at lunch on
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1:08 PM ET Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, has admitted that the Test team’s batting may have become “muddled” by the demands for extra aggression in one-day cricket. England were bowled out for 187 and 132 in Antigua, having mustered just 77 in their first innings in Barbados, to give West Indies an unassailable 2-0
3:00 AM ET Saurabh Somani in Nagpur Tea Vidarbha 130 for 4 (Kale 35, Unadkat 2-20) v Saurashtra Saurashtra kept a tight leash on Vidarbha’s scoring, but the middle order defended stoutly as the defending champions recovered from three early strikes to reach tea at 130 for 4 on the first day. Saurashtra are still
3:00 AM ET India chose to bat v New Zealand India continued to put their batting in the spotlight by choosing to do the difficult thing after winning the toss. It doesn’t all have to do with the 92 all out in the previous game, but about putting the batsmen in a situation where they
3:00 AM ET Lunch England 187 and 9 for 0 (Burns 4*, Denly 0*) trail West Indies 306 (Bravo 50, Brathwaite 49, Broad 3-53, Moeen 3-62) by 110 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details A tenacious half century from Darren Bravo has led West Indies to a handy lead against England on day three of the
6:16 PM ET George Dobell in Antigua A target of 140 could be enough for England to level the series against West Indies, according to Stuart Broad. West Indies finished day two of the Antigua Test with a lead of 85 and four first-innings wickets in hand but, on a pitch offering variable bounce, Broad
9:31 PM ET In the wake of Will Pucovski’s early exit from the Australian squad to better deal with his mental health issues, the Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts has revealed that the governing body will seek to extend the amount of time the families and partners of players and support staff can spend
3:00 AM ET Toss Pakistan chose to bowl v South Africa Pakistan have put South Africa in to bat after winning the toss in the first T20I at Newlands. Birthday boy Shoaib Malik, stepping into the formidable shoes of Sarfaraz Ahmed’s impeccable T20 record, revealed a number of changes had been made to the side
shares Shadab Khan takes a screamer © AFP Big picture Pakistan came to South Africa and lost the Test series, as they were fully expected to. With South Africa nine rating points ahead in the ODI standings and Pakistan coming off a dismal year in the 50-over format, the hosts’ series 3-2 victory didn’t
shares Jonny Bairstow made a counterattacking half-century © Getty Images Despite another first-innings failure for England’s batsmen in Antigua, Jonny Bairstow believes his side have every chance of fighting back as the second Test develops, thanks to an awkward patch of grass – just short of a good length – that he feels was