Cricket News

Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka said he had no regrets choosing to bowl in the semi-final, even if India went on to rack up a match-winning total of 267 for 9

Afghanistan have recalled the pace pair of Shapoor Zadran and Hamid Hassan for the World Twenty20 in India, which starts in March, although Hassan is not a part of the squad for the Asia Cup in Bangladesh which will be played in February

Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dasun Shanaka - Sri Lanka's lanky seam-bowling labour force - came upon a thoroughly surprising green Pune deck, and wound up delivering their team a surprisingly thorough victory

Heath Streak is likely to be appointed bowling coach of Gujarat Lions, the new IPL franchise based in Rajkot

Shashikala Siriwardene will lead Sri Lanka Women in the Women's World Twenty20 and the preceding T20I series against India, which starts from February 24

A century of the highest class from Quinton de Kock helped South Africa complete the highest successful run-chase in an ODI at Centurion and keep the series against England alive

A round-up of the Under-19 World Cup games played on February 9, 2016

Kings XI Punjab have named South Africa batsman David Miller captain for IPL 2016. Last year the team was captained by Australia's George Bailey, but the franchise had not retained Bailey this season

Papua New Guinea completed a consolation win in the third T20 against Ireland in Townsville by bowling Ireland out for 105 in the last over

Lions' left-arm spinner Jean Symes has been suspended from bowling in domestic cricket with immediate effect, after a test found his bowling action to be illegal

India soared to the final of the Under-19 World Cup, for the fifth time, after their dominant 97-run win against Sri Lanka in the first semi-final in Mirpur

Peter Nevill, Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa will make their Twenty20 international debuts at the World T20 in India, while Steven Smith will replace Aaron Finch as captain

Offspinner Mark Craig has been called into New Zealand's squad for the opening Test against Australia in Wellington, which begins on Friday

Umar Akmal bludgeoned the highest score of the Pakistan Super League, his 40-ball 93 guiding Lahore Qalandars to their first win of the season, against Quetta Gladiators in Dubai

West Indies Under-19 captain Shimron Hetmyer has admitted that his team got a little complacent during the quarter-final win against Pakistan Under-19

Andrew Symonds is considering coming out of retirement to play a limited amount of T20 cricket after enjoying his time in the Masters Champions League

While India-Sri Lanka have often been high-scoring run fests, the Under-19 World Cup semi-final between the two sides will be determined by their bowling

East London and Kimberley are in a battle to become the home cities for one of two new South African franchises while Potchefstroom may be the base for the other as CSA looks to expand its domestic structure

India's limited-overs captain MS Dhoni was careful not to underestimate Sri Lanka despite losing several players to injury

New Zealand's now former ODI captain Brendon McCullum has praised his team for the way they responded to a batting collapse in the first innings and staged a 55-run win to retain the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy