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Lunch Sri Lanka 414 for 7 (Gunaratne 64*, Herath 7*, Cremer 3-91) v ZimbabweLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Asela Gunaratne became just the third Sri Lankan to score back-to-back Test fifties © AFP Zimbabwe created opportunities, but their failure to convert them allowed Sri Lanka to power ahead on day two of the second Test in Harare. They added 120 runs for the loss of overnight centurion Dhananjaya de Silva…

Joe Burns was dropped during the Sri Lanka Tests © Getty Images Batsmen Joe Burns and Callum Ferguson have been included in Australia’s Test squad for the second Test against South Africa, which begins in Hobart on November 12. Shaun Marsh has been ruled out of the match with a broken finger. Ferguson, 31, is yet to debut in Test cricket, has played 30 ODIs and three T20Is, but the…

Lunch Australia 244 and 7 for 263 (Nevill 20*, Siddle 0*, Rabada 5-73) need another 276 runs to beat South Africa 242 and 8 for 540 decLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Usman Khawaja made 97 but his dismissal left South Africa only on the brink of victory © Getty Images A five-wicket haul from Kagiso Rabada put South Africa on the brink of victory at lunch on the fifth day…

File photo – Justin Ontong struck a career-best 225 to pull Cape Cobras out of trouble and salvage a draw against Dolphins © Getty Images Right-arm pacer Anrich Nortje‘s career-best match haul of 9 for 98 helped Warriors pick up their second win of the season in their 2016-17 Sunfoil Series match against Knights in Port Elizabeth. Nortje bagged a career-best 6 for 44 in the first innings to rout…

Papua New Guinea 201 (Vala 70, Bau 40, Nadeem 4-50) beat Hong Kong 187 (Wasif 45, Soper 6-41) by 14 runsScorecard File photo – Chad Soper derailed Hong Kong’s chase early to help PNG defend 201 in the second ODI © ICC/Getty In a low-scoring match dominated by the opening bowler from both sides, Chad Soper‘s career-best 6 for 41 trumped Nadeem Ahmed‘s 4 for 50 as Papua New Guinea…

England coach Trevor Bayliss has some thinking to do © Getty Images The positive spin on England’s challenge in India in the coming weeks is to accept they go into it unburdened – wonderfully unburdened – by expectation. They are second favourites for the Test series in the way an antelope is second favourite in an encounter with a lion. The team psychologist is most unlikely to be spend much…

Sri Lanka 290 for 5 (Dhananjaya 100*, Tharanga 79, Masakadza 2-18) v ZimbabweScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dhananjaya de Silva’s 143-run stand with Upul Tharanga helped Sri Lanka fight back from 112 for 4 © Getty Images It took Upul Tharanga multiple stints and close to 11 years after his first Test century to bring up his second. A week on, he looked set to add to that tally. He had…