West Indies 244 for 6 (Brathwaite 95*, Chase 50, Amir 2-44) trail Pakistan 281 (Aslam 74, Misbah 53, Bishoo 4-77, Gabriel 3-67) by 37 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kraigg Brathwaite was a study in concentration during his 12th Test fifty © Getty Images Pakistan rebounded from being bowled out for 281 to reduce West Indies to 38 for 3, but had to work much harder for their subsequent breakthroughs as…

Liam Dawson celebrates a wicket against Pakistan earlier this year © Getty Images England one-day allrounder Liam Dawson has signed up at the last minute for Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League. He becomes the latest English player to reject advice from the Professional Cricketers Association not to take part in the tournament for security reasons. Dawson, unused on England’s ODI tour of Bangladesh, will travel to Dhaka later…

Sharjeel Khan has been a regular member of the Pakistan limited-overs teams © AFP Sharjeel Khan, the opening batsman, has earned a maiden call-up to the Pakistan Test squad for the tour of New Zealand in November. The only other uncapped player in the squad was middle-order batsman Mohammad Rizwan, who was picked for the tour of England in July 2016 but was dropped for the subsequent series against West…

Tea Zimbabwe 291 for 7 (Cremer 62*, Tiripano 9*) trail Sri Lanka 537 (Tharanga 110*, Perera 110) by 246 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sri Lanka’s bowlers continued to chip away at Zimbabwe’s middle order © Associated Press Peter Moor put his wicketkeeping woes behind him to resuscitate a faltering Zimbabwe batting effort on the third day in Harare. He was ably assisted by Graeme Cremer, who struck his maiden…

James Anderson’s fitness – or lack of it – gives England’s selectors a potential get-out © Getty Images England will resist the immediate temptation to send for reinforcements ahead of the tour of India, but it remains possible a player could be added to the squad in the coming weeks. Having suffered a chastening final day in Dhaka, where they missed several opportunities in the field and lost all 10…

Tea West Indies 141 for 4 (Brathwaite 55*, Chase 43*, Babar 1-24) v Pakistan 281 (Aslam 74, Misbah 53, Bishoo 4-77, Gabriel 3-67)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kraigg Brathwaite was a study in concentration during his 12th Test fifty © Getty Images After sliding to 38 for 3 by lunch, West Indies fought back to a respectable position as Kraigg Brathwaite’s 12th Test fifty steered the side through a second…

Lunch Zimbabwe 174 for 6 (Moor 25*, Cremer 10*) trail Sri Lanka 537 (Tharanga 110*, Perera 110) by 363 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tino Mawoyo’s problems with the short ball continued on the third morning © AFP Sri Lanka would have been pleasantly surprised with the conditions that greeted them on the third morning. After the Harare surface offered nothing to seam or spin on the first two days,…

Lunch West Indies 38 for 3 (Brathwaite 21*, Blackwood 0*, Yasir 1-1) v Pakistan 281 (Aslam 74, Misbah 53, Bishoo 4-77, Gabriel 3-67)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details West Indies wrapped up Pakistan’s innings in 7.5 overs on the second morning © AFP In a first session that had five wickets falling for 64 runs, Pakistan pulled ahead, reducing West Indies to 38 for 3 after having been bowled out for…

Mitchell Starc: “Just because you’ve got Dale Steyn and [Kagiso] Rabada bowling fast it doesn’t mean we don’t have anyone to match that.” © Getty Images Mitchell Starc‘s leg wound is still open. He will require a special knee pad to be able to dive in the field. And he is more than 10 days behind where he would prefer to be in preparation for the first Test of the…

Mitchell Starc: “Just because you’ve got him Dale Steyn and [Kagiso] Rabada bowling fast it doesn’t mean we don’t have anyone to match that.” © Getty Images Mitchell Starc‘s leg wound is still open. He will require a special knee pad to be able to dive in the field. And he is more than 10 days behind where he would prefer to be in preparation for the first Test of…