Cricket News

MINY stretched the game out with quick wickets in the middle overs but Chapman took Freedom home with his unbeaten 45

The batter is yet to fully recover from the hamstring injury he picked up during the first ODI

Should Seifert start, it will be his first ODI appearance in more than five years

Babar, Agha got fifties but Smith's four-for triggered a Pakistan collapse that saw them fall short by 73 runs

Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United, meanwhile, have signed George Linde and Alex Carey as replacement picks

Nawaz scored Pakistan's quickest T20I century as they completed the fastest 200-plus chase to keep the series alive

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis and Janith Liyanage's fifties gave Sri Lanka 290, and the bowlers then stopped New Zealand 140 runs short

Another top-order collapse for Sri Lanka meant they were always behind in the chase, and got nowhere close to concede the ODI series 2-0

Sri Lanka's batting folds for second match running in 45-run loss at Bay Oval

Will Young set for a recall to the XI while Mark Chapman is added to New Zealand's squad

It was Sri Lanka's first ODI series win against New Zealand since 2012

Williamson suffered the injury in SL which requires extended rehabilitation; Chapman has been added to the squad

His unbeaten 42-ball 87 made light work of Pakistan's 178 as New Zealand won by seven wickets

Tourists boss Powerplay to level series 2-2 after Mitchell Santner keeps lid on England

The pair helped take New Zealand to 166, and UAE fell 32 runs short

Allen, Chapman and Tickner retained; Neesham and Ajaz excluded from current list

Chapman is in the frame for the World Cup, says Stead, while Guptill could well be in the fray, too, if Williamson doesn't make it

He has been called up on the back of his impressive performances in the T20I series, where he made 290 runs in five matches

Magnificently clean hitting and a century stand between the New Zealand duo staged a remarkable comeback against the hosts

New Zealand were 164 for 5 in 18.5 overs thanks to Chapman's unbeaten 71, before the weather intervened