6:33 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England 279 for 7 (Mousley 111, Haynes 68, Evison 59) bt Sri Lanka 127 (Rasantha 66, Goldsworthy 5-21) by 152 runs A maiden youth ODI century from Dan Mousley and a five-wicket haul by Lewis Goldsworthy led England to a dominant victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC U19 World

4:53 PM GMT Eoin Morgan has hinted he could yet stay on as England captain until the 2023 World Cup, as he prepares to lead the 50-over team into their first ODI since that victory over New Zealand in last year’s final at Lord’s. Speaking on the eve of the ODI series opener against South

4:58 AM GMT Australia’s Ashes retention in England and a storming home summer have helped the game’s community and junior levels regain the participation ground lost by the Newlands scandal, with club registrations set to bounce back to levels last seen in 2017. Cricket Australia’s community wing had been hopeful of a boost from better

4:27 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australia Under-19s 195 for 6 (Fanning 62, Hearne 48, Sangha 46*, Jamshid 2-28, Zohaib 2-38) beat Afghanistan Under-19s 191 for 7 (Zakhil 91, Sangha 4-41) by four wicketsScorecard Tanveer Sangha had the game of his life, picking up four wickets with his legspin and then, perhaps more impressively, withstanding the

4:34 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Moeen Ali says he wants to play Test cricket again and he is prepared to fight for a place in the England side. Moeen, who decided to take a break from Test cricket after being dropped following the first Ashes Test in August, also revealed he had hoped he would

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand 117 for 1 (Devine 54, Priest 37, Sekhukhune 1-12) beat South Africa 116 for 7 (Wolvaardt 33, Kerr 2-17, Tahuhu, 2-17) by nine wickets New Zealand kicked off their T20 World Cup preparations with an emphatic nine-wicket win in the first T20I against South Africa, in Mount Maunganui,

6:27 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Quinton de Kock will bring calmness and “a great understanding of the game” to the role of South Africa ODI captain, according to team-mate David Miller. De Kock will take charge during the upcoming series against England, and has been tipped as the long-term successor to Faf du Plessis. South

8:00 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Big Picture New Zealand are in Kane Williamson territory in Tauranga, but he could just rest his left shoulder with the series already lost. Two back-to-back losses in the fashion they did have raised questions of their finishing abilities, ‘chokers’ to some if social media is a barometer. They’re currently

6:38 AM GMT Pakistan have recalled offspinner Bilal Asif into their Test squad, in a bid to counter what is expected to be a left-hander heavy Bangladesh line-up, for the first Test in Rawalpindi, starting February 7. Seam-bowling allrounder Faheem Ashraf also returned to the squad after having been ignored for the team’s most recent

8:00 AM GMT Sydney Sixers 7 for 142 (Philippe 34, Zampa 3-21) beat Melbourne Stars 99 (Abbott 3-23, Hazlewood 2-14, O’Keefe 2-22) by 43 runs The Sydney Sixers will host the Big Bash League decider at the SCG and consequently the celebrity bushfire relief fundraising game that will precede it, after the Melbourne Stars fell

Manish Pandey plays an airborne slap through the covers © Getty Images When Manish Pandey first made a name in top-flight cricket, he was, in all the glorious irony, a top-order batsman in a team where Virat Kohli batted at No. 6. The year was 2009, and Pandey became the first Indian to score a

8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand A 385 for 5 (Cleaver 111*, Chapman 85*, Young 54, Warrier 2-74) lead India A 216 by 169 runs At 176 for 5, having lost three wickets for five runs, it looked like New Zealand A were throwing away their chance to build a lead over India A.

11:28 PM GMT A revamped and expanded finals series is the last hope for broadcasters to wring some quantifiable upside out of this summer’s Big Bash League, after its traditional television audience declined for the fifth summer in a row. While the BBL remains among the most watched domestic leagues in Australian sport alongside the

8:00 AM GMT Lunch Zimbabwe 406 and 179 for 5 (Taylor 67, Masvaure 35, Embuldeniya 2-57) lead Sri Lanka 293 (Mathews 64, Raza 7-113) by 292 runs Brendan Taylor’s tenth Test fifty ensured Zimbabwe pressed home the advantage they had worked so hard to build the previous day as the hosts stretched their lead to

The view across Manuka Oval (file photo) © Getty Images The air quality in Canberra will be monitored during the opening set of matches in the tri-series between Australia, England and India as smoke haze continues to impact the Australian capital from bushfires in the region. The series gets underway on Friday when England take

6:30 PM GMT Amid the drama of Mark Wood’s resurgence and the promise of Ollie Pope, Chris Woakes‘ contribution to England’s Test touring party could easily be overlooked. That’s often the way of things with Woakes. He is, without doubt, a fine cricketer but, in the age of James Anderson and Ben Stokes, he has

8:00 AM GMT Sri Lanka 226 for 5 (Mathews 53*, Raza 4-85) trail Zimbabwe 406 (Williams 107, Raza 72, Taylor 62, Embuldeniya 4-182) by 180 runs Angelo Mathews’ 35th Test fifty rescued Sri Lanka from a precarious position in the first hour of play as Sri Lanka added 104 runs for the loss of three

8:00 AM GMT Lunch Sri Lanka 6 for 0 (Fernando 4*, Karunaratne 2*) trail Zimbabwe 406 (Williams 107, Raza 72, Taylor 62, Embuldeniya 4-182) by 400 runs Zimbabwe found it slow going on the second morning as Sri Lanka managed to remove the four remaining batsmen for just 54 runs. Lasith Embuldeniya, who had picked