Cricket News

​​​​​​​Teenage batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashed 79 from 52 deliveries as Afghanistan completed a 2-1 T20I series win over West Indies with a 29-run victory in the decider in Lucknow.

India seamer Mohammed Shami has burst into the top 10 of the ICC Test bowling rankings after taking seven wickets in the thrashing of Bangladesh.

Keep up with the score from the third and deciding Twenty20 international between Afghanistan and West Indies in Lucknow.

Joe Root has been encouraged by England's batting in their warm-up matches in New Zealand as they aim to start building big first-innings scores.

Jos Buttler says he has been "refreshed" by a break from cricket following a draining summer after hitting his sixth first-class century in the Test warm-up against New Zealand A.

Australia seamer James Pattinson will miss the first Test against Pakistan in Brisbane after accepting a charge of personally abusing an opponent while playing for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield.

England's bid for a pre-Test series victory was thwarted by New Zealand A's tailenders as the hosts held on for a draw in the warm-up in Whangarei.