Dhawan and Rohit build India's lead

Kuldeep, Jadeja warm up by sharing seven

Andrew Fidel Fernando's report of the first day of India's tour match in Colombo

Australia's supremacy challenged: now what next?

They do not need to panic after their semi-final exit but there remains a few areas of concern, chief among them being Meg Lanning's fitness

Does Sri Lanka remain a tough place for openers?

For six years, the average opening stand there has been the lowest among all countries

Australia eaten by the Harmanpreet monster

The India batsman was all anger and awesomeness, and dispatched the Australians all over the field as if she owned it

'I wanted to prove myself' - Harmanpreet

Facing the world champions in the semi-final of the Women's World Cup brought the best out of this India batsman

WBBL stint transformed Harmanpreet - Raj

India captain Mithali Raj on how the knowledge her team had of the opposition helped plot Australia's downfall in the semi-final

Report: Kaur's 171* sets up final against England

Harmanpreet Kaur's astonishing assault on Australia led India to a 36-run victory in the semi-final at Derby

Westley, Malan named in 13-man England squad

Essex's Tom Westley will make his debut at No.3 in the third Test against South Africa at The Kia Oval, after being named as a replacement for Gary Ballance

South Africa's 'boring' ways of avoiding distractions

Head coach Russell Domingo will be back for the third Test although for how much longer remains uncertain, but South Africa insist there won't be problems

McCullum stirs to fire up Middlesex's season

Brendon McCullum cut loose and suddenly Middlesex's NatWest Blast season was alive again as they saw off Kent at Richmond

Archer's best ends Hampshire's unbeaten run

Jofra Archer recorded his career best Twenty20 figures to help Sussex end Hampshire's unbeaten start to the Natwest T20 Blast

Parkinson helps Leicestershire to four wins on the bounce

North group leaders Leicestershire made it four wins out of four, all away from home, in the NatWest T20 Blast when they beat Durham by 27 runs at Chester-le-Street.

Pietersen feels the love on his English return

He coughed and spluttered, but then Kevin Pietersen was riding the wave as a capacity crowd at The Oval lapped up the start of his valedictory tour of England in the NatWest Blast

Miller bolsters Glamorgan in packed Blast schedule

The South African international batsman David Miller has signed with the county for their T20 campaign

Shastri wants focus back on players after recent episodes

After the protracted saga preceding his own appointment as the new India coach, Ravi Shastri is eager to move on to the cricket

Herath leapfrogs Ashwin to second place

Hashim Amla, who made fifties in each innings in Trent Bridge, returned to the top ten rankings for Test batsmen

The damage is already done - Mitchell Johnson

The former Australia fast bowler believes relations between players and Cricket Australia will take a long time to heal

Six-hitting Pietersen back in style for Surrey

The batsman made a grand return in the NatWest Blast in front of 23,000 at The Oval, but not without an immediate injury worry

Godleman's best good enough for Derbyshire

Billy Godleman struck his highest Twenty20 score to keep Derbyshire near the top of North Group with a win at New Road

England hold nerve in thriller to make final

Sarah Taylor's fifty and Jenny Gunn's cameo helped the hosts survive a full-blown slide to make their fifth World Cup title bout

'Easy semi' goes off script before England win

Jarrod Kimber: Eventually they needed two runs with No. 10 on strike, in a contest they could and should have controlled

No shame as South Africa strive but fail to break the hoodoo

Firdose Moonda: The tears flowed - before and after the match - as an emotional day was decided in a devastatingly close finale