After getting hammered by India in the opening match, hosts Australia would be hoping that the change of ball will result in a change of fortunes as the much-anticipated pink-ball Test between the sides begins at the Adelaide Oval today.

Zimbabwe scrapped past the target of 132 with one ball to spare in an exciting finish for home supporters with Richard Ngarava scoring the winning run.

The left-arm pacer, who opted out from West Indies ODIs citing family reasons, announced the news on social media.

Australia will draw confidence from their exceptional record in day-night Tests and expect to rebound from their Perth setback when they face India in the second match in Adelaide, wicketkeeper Alex Carey has said.

Bangladesh speedster Nahid Rana breathed fire on Day 3 of the second Test in Jamaica against the West Indies, claiming his maiden five-wicket in the format and earning Tigers a precious first innings lead.

Sharmin Akhter and Fargana Haque formed the highest-ever partnership for the Bangladesh women’s team in WODIs to propel the team to a dominating seven-wicket win over Ireland in the third and final WODI as the hosts took the series 3-0 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the squad for the three ODIs against the West Indies, with Najmul Hossain Shanto and batter Towhid Hridoy missing out owing to injuries.

India's Jasprit Bumrah will go down as "one of the greatest fast bowlers to play the game", Australia's Travis Head said on Monday, ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide this week.

Bangladesh women’s team spinners claimed all 10 wickets to bundle out their Irish counterparts for 185 in the third WODI, setting up a 186-run target to complete 3-0 sweep over the visitors at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.

Bradman donned the woollen cap during India's 1947-48 tour of Australia, which marked the touring side's first Tests on foreign soil after gaining independence.

Just as the ICC Champions Trophy is facing uncertainty due to the dispute between the cricket boards of India and Pakistan, there remains an ambiguity over Shakib Al Hasan’s participation in the event – something the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has failed to clear up thus far.

Mominul Haque departed for a six-ball duck in the opening day of Bangladesh’s second Test against West Indies yesterday and in the process also registered an ignominious record.

"Very happy with the way we performed throughout the week," said England captain Ben Stokes after his side took a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.

For the second successive game, Bangladesh women’s team batters showcased a level of consistency that is usually missing from them and guided the team to a five-wicket win in the second WODI against Ireland to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Mirpur yesterday.

Left-arm fast bowler Marco Jansen, the destroyer in Sri Lanka's record-low first innings of 42, took four for 73 to finish with match figures of 11 for 86.

A half-century from Fargana Hoque and useful contributions from Sharmin Akhter and Nigar Sultana Joty guided Bangladesh women’s team to a five-wicket win against Ireland in the second WODI and as the hosts took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.

Bangladesh women’s team restricted Ireland to 193-6 in their 50 overs in the second WODI of the three-match series and require 194 to win the match and take an unassailable 2-0 lead at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today.

A sustained seam attack by Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse following a belligerent batting effort saw England on the verge of wrapping up the first Test at stumps on day three in Christchurch on Saturday.

The second and final Test between Bangladesh and the West Indies will begin today in Jamaica with the visitors likely to shake up their playing eleven after suffering a crushing 201-run defeat in the opening fixture last week.

For more than five months, pace bowler Anamul Haque had to patiently wait for an opportunity to play a professional game.