Second Vitality T20, Cardiff Sri Lanka 145-9 (20 overs): Nissanka 37 (21); Dawson 3-32 England 146-4 (12.1 overs): Banton 52* (24); Rathnayake 1-25 England won by six wickets; lead series 2-0 Scorecard England’s impressive T20 form continued as they thrashed Sri Lanka by six wickets in Cardiff to seal the series with a match to
Brook is, in many ways, the TikTok generation’s Pietersen. Pietersen invented the switch hit – a shot Brook rarely plays. Brook’s version is that tumbling scoop over his and the wicketkeeper’s head, which was absent here. They are most similar in the way they pick length, allowing them to pull, flat-bat or cut balls from
Next year’s inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy has been moved from Sri Lanka to India by the International Cricket Council. Sri Lanka had been due to stage the six-team event but have been stripped of the hosting rights because of ongoing issues with its national board and government interference. A statement from the ICC said Sri
Durham seamer Brydon Carse has not been included in either squad to face Sri Lanka. The 31-year-old was dropped for the second Test of the current series against Pakistan after he was briefly arrested following an incident outside a Derby nightclub on 22 August. Derbyshire police are continuing to investigate an allegation of assault in
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England will play Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Lahore and Rawalpindi in a one-day international tri-series in October. Each team will play each other twice with the top two finishers meeting in a final on 31 October. It is England’s first ODI tri-series since a contest against Australia and India in Australia before the 2015
