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After bowling Sri Lanka out for 166 on Day One, Pakistan batters have laid a solid foundation
The England batter who scored a big hundred in Manchester reckons his side will have no trouble motivating themselves for The Oval Test
England resisted calls to restore Ben Foakes as their wicketkeeper and Bairstow said much of the commentary regarding his glovework had been over-blown
Saud Shakeel was adjudged the player of the match for his scintillating double-hundred in the first innings
Sri Lanka trail by 135 runs as the southpaw headlines the third day's play in Galle
The ball with which he took five Australia wickets for one run as England came from behind to win the fourth Test of that series at Edgbaston sold for £20,000
The pair added 120 unbroken runs in just 148 balls to take the team from 101/5 to 221/5
Matt Henry took 4-24 from 3.3 overs, while Ish Sodhi took 3-22 from his 4 overs as Essex were dismissed for 131
England remain in the hunt for an Ashes win, thanks to a fighting 75* from their skipper
The victory makes Afghanistan just the second team to win an ODI series in Bangladesh in the past seven years after world champions England
Prior to Thursday, the 31-year-old's last Test appearance came way back in 2019 at The Oval
With 20 needed off the last six balls, Australia fell short by three runs despite Ellyse Perry's two consecutive sixes
Ibrahim Zadran scored an unbeaten 41 to power the visiting side to a 17-run win
The southpaw missed Bangladesh's 546-run win against Afghanistan last month due to back injury
The England skipper smashed 155 runs to get the home team agonisingly close to the 371-run target
The Sri Lanka leg-spinner is the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers, picking up 20 wickets at 10.55
The defending T20 World Cup champions brushed aside England in the first T20I at Edgbaston, Birmingham
The hosts need 257 more runs with just six wickets remaining
The England assistant coach feels that the second Test was finely poised, even though Australia appear to be clear favourites
The visitors are 221 runs ahead in the contest with eight wickets in hand, with two full days remaining
Just before Stuart Broad bowled the second over, two protesters from Just Stop Oil ran out of the Grandstand and onto the outfield
"This team is truly just worried about what we need to do to win the second Test to go 2-0 up and put some pressure on them," the Australia batter said
Wanindu Hasaranga starred with yet another five-wicket haul, while Brandon McMullen struck his maiden international hundred
Beaumont became just the fourth England player in either the men's or women's game to score an international century in Test, one-day, and T20 cricket
While Wanindu Hasaragna's fifer propelled Sri Lanka to a 10-wicket win over Oman, Scotland skipper Richie Berrington starred with a ton in his side's victory over UAE
Nepal were bowled out for 238 while chasing a mammoth total
Group A's other match saw Nepal, who lost their opener to Zimbabwe, beat the United States by six wickets
The English pacer brilliantly set up the Aussie opener to get his wicket. Not before the latter scored a brilliant 141
The United States of America and Nepal succumbed to a loss in their first fixture against the top dogs
Stuart Broad unhappy with "soulless" pitch, as Australia reach 311 at the end of day's play
Usman Khawaja brought up his first Test century in England, and en route also got to his seventh Test century in the last two years
England were 393-8 at Edgbaston, after Joe Root's revival from a mid-innings slump, when Stokes called a halt.
The Australian batting is happy to be back at Edgbaston for the Ashes opener, and is hopeful to carry his good form
Several cricket pundits were critical of Indian batters and felt that they were a big reason behind India's dismal WTC final
The island nation are currently front-runners to host India's matches, despite initially rejecting PCB's hybrid model
Both West Indies and the UAE now head for Zimbabwe and the 10-nation World Cup qualifier which starts on June 18
Sri Lanka's first qualifying match for the 2023 ODI World Cup is on June 19 against UAE at Bulawayo
The England all-rounder last played a Test for England nearly two years ago
Dushmantha Chameera wreaked havoc in the first innings by scalping four wickets to bundle out Afghanistan for 116 runs
After going wicketless in the first innings, he took a five-for in the second innings to find his name on the Lord's honours board
The Aussie skipper feels that batters need to be scoring runs to remain in contention for a spot in an Australia XI
Brandon King scored a scintillating hundred to help Windies record an emphatic seven-wicket win and go 1-0 up
The series decider will be played on Wednesday, June 7th
Duckett and Pope ran riot against an outclassed attack lacking the experience of the Ireland bowling unit that reduced England to 85 all out in a corresponding Lord's clash four years ago
Zadran (98) fell two short of a fourth ODI hundred but Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets
England were 152/1 in reply to Ireland's 172 all out, a deficit of 30 runs, at stumps on day one
Just Oil protestors delayed England team's arrival at Lord's. However, there was no delay in start of play
The 25-year-old Worcestershire quick was initially only called up as cover due to injury concerns over pacemen James Anderson and Ollie Robinson
A dual-sport athlete, Booth also played hockey and represented Australia at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games
Bangladesh produced a comprehensive performance in Chelmsford to record a 2-0 win in the three-match series with one washout
Shakib Al Hasan hurt his right index finger during the second ODI against Ireland
Bought for his base price of INR 50 lakh, the leg-spinner is Mumbai Indians' leading wicket-taker this season with 17 scalps
Ireland had to win all three games to challenge South Africa and move up to eighth position in the points table
The 70-year-old appeared at Islamabad High Court to face one of a slew of cases levelled against him
Prabath Jayasuriya became the fastest-ever spinner to 50 Test wickets as Sri Lanka thrashed Ireland in the second Test
The southpaw anchored a 289-run chase with a sublime hundred to help the home team take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series
Bad light interrupted play before tea, before the rains came down and it was called off for the day
The visiting side shattered numerous records en route to their highest Test score of 492 runs in the second Test at Galle
Set 194 by Pakistan, the Blackcaps were reduced to 73 for 4, before Chapman and James Neesham stitched an unbeaten 121-run stand to take their side home
The skipper along with Paul Stirling forged a 143-run stand for the fourth wicket to propel Ireland into a commanding position in the second game
The southpaw smashed 71 off 43 deliveries to help New Zealand get off to a flying start before hailstorm abandoned play
James Neesham held his nerve at the death to hand his side a four-run victory
Faith Thomas made her Test debut for Australia in 1958 and became the first indigenous player to represent any Australian sports team
The duo slammed centuries and forged a 284-run stand for the second wicket to help Sri Lanka post 386/4 in the first innings
The Pakistan skipper slammed his third T20I ton, while Haris Rauf claimed a four-wicket haul
The home team dominated all three facets of the game to go 1-0 up in the five-match series
From 51/5, Tucker and Andy McBrine's rescue act helped Ireland end the day on 286/8
Ireland trail the hosts by 128 runs despite Andy McBrine's six-wicket haul in the first innings
After losing the first T20I via Super Over, the Blackcaps have bounced back comprehensively to set up an exciting decider
Ali Khan scalped seven wickets to guide the team over the line by 25 runs in a thrilling clash against Jersey
The left-arm spinner finished with 5 for 58 to help restrict Ireland to 214
Payments for professional women will rise 66 % under a new five-year deal between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association
The right-handed batter slammed 175 runs to power the home team to an emphatic win and inch closer to securing their place in the ODI World Cup later this year
The Cricket Discipline Commission said it was "not satisfied on the balance of probabilities" that he had used the alleged words
The home win saw New Zealand top the Super League table in qualifying for the ODI World Cup in India this year
Ireland could manage just 125 for 9 in reply to Bangladesh's formidable 202 for 3 in a rain-curtailed encounter
The right-arm pacer scalped four wickets in two overs to power Ireland to a 1-0 lead in a rain-curtailed clash
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (44 off 49 balls) and Ibrahim Zadran (38 off 40 balls) set the platform during their 56-run second wicket stand
Bangladesh thrashed England 3-0 in T20Is and followed it up with a 2-0 victory over Ireland in the 50-over format
West Indies chased down a target of 132 runs in 11 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the series
With both countries out of contention for direct entry to the 2023 World Cup in India, they used the series to prepare for a qualifying tournament Zimbabwe will host in June and July
The seamer scalped a five-wicket haul to bundle out the opposition for 76 runs, their lowest ODI total against New Zealand
After whitewashing Sri Lanka 2-0 in the Tests, New Zealand have released several stars including Kane Williamson, Tim Southee and Devon Conway to their IPL teams
The off-spinner tilted the game in his side's favour after Netherlands looked confortable in a chase of 272
The hosts won the third game by 10 wickets, chasing 102 down in just 13.1 overs
The duo were part of the side that completed a 3-0 whitewash against England at home recently
Coming in at No 7, the right-handed batter slammed an unbeaten 110 to power Netherlands to a three-wicket win
South Africa became the first team to successfully chase down a total of over 250 runs in less than 30 overs
Bangladesh, fresh from beating England 3-0 in T20s, are 1-0 up in the series with one match remaining on Thursday
The duo slammed double tons and forged a 363-run stand for the third wicket to power New Zealand in a commanding position against Sri Lanka
The Ireland skipper was in high spirits ahead of his side's month-long tour of Bangladesh
England lost the third T20I against Bangladesh by 16 runs, suffering a 3-0 whitewash, as a result
Bangladesh won the final T20I by 16 runs to round off their first-ever series win over the T20 World Cup winners
Ireland have played just three Test matches, losing all of them, since being given Test status in 2017
Kane Williamson's gritty 121* powers New Zealand to a two-wicket win and helps India qualify for World Test Championship final
Fast bowler Blair Tickner chipped in with three to reduce Sri Lanka to 83 for 3 at stumps on Day Three
Rajitha, Fernando and Kumara shone as the tourists reduced New Zealand to 162/5
The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 81 to help West Indies crawl their way to 251 runs in reply to South Africa's 320
The southpaw smashed a sublime half-century to power Bangladesh to a six-wicket win in Chattogram
On a rain-curtailed Day 1 in Christchurch, the Lankans scored at over 4 runs per over after being asked to bat