The continued absence of Virat Kohli for personal reasons is improving England’s chances of a rare test series win in India
Najmul Hossain Shanto has been appointed captain of the Bangladesh cricket team in all three formats for one year
Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis has won the toss and elected to bat first in the second one-day international against Afghanistan at Pallekele
Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya has taken four wickets to put Sri Lanka in a winning position in the only test against Afghanistan as the tourists crumbled from their strong start to reach 252 for seven at lunch on the fourth day
Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin shared six wickets as India won the second cricket test against England by 106 runs to level the five-match series 1-1
Fast bowler Naveed Zadran picked up four wickets to help Afghanistan dismiss Sri Lanka for 439 runs in its first innings on the third day of the only cricket test against Sri Lanka
Dimuth Karunaratne scored his 35th test half-century but Afghanistan’s bowlers picked up three important wickets to keep Sri Lanka in check at 177-3 at lunch on the second day of the one-off test
Afghanistan got off to a steady start by scoring 90 runs for two wickets at lunch on the opening day of the only cricket test match against Sri Lanka
Yashasvi Jaiswal has batted through the first day of the second cricket test as India reached 336-6 at stumps against England
England will debut 20-year-old spinner Shoaib Bashir against India in the second test starting Friday