Defending Fiji Secondary Schools Southern Zone under 19 cricket champion Marist Brothers High School are through to the final.

Australia opener David Warner took another decisive step towards securing his dream test exit early next year with a battling 66 against England in the opening innings of the second Ashes test at Lord’s.

Cricket Fiji Under-19 rep Sunia Yalimaiwai scooped the Player of the Tournament Award in the International Cricket Council Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier East Asia Pacific in Darwin, Australia

Racism, sexism, classism and elitism are “widespread” in English and Welsh cricket, according to a long-awaited independent report.

A finger injury and lack of sleep did not stop Ashleigh Gardner from starring in the one-off Ashes test as she tore through England’s batting line-up and claimed the best match figures for an Australian woman in their 89-run victory.

England will not change their attacking philosophy in the second Ashes test against Australia at Lord’s this week despite falling agonisingly short in a thriller at Edgbaston, vice-captain Ollie Pope said.

England were reeling at 116-5 at stumps on day four of the women’s Ashes test chasing a target of 268, giving Australia the upper hand going into the final day of the one-off match at Trent Bridge.

Opener Tammy Beaumont became the first Englishwoman to score a double century as she led the hosts’ fightback on day three of the women’s Ashes before Australia extended their lead to 92 runs.

Australia’s Annabel Sutherland went into the record books with the highest score for a women’s batter at number eight or lower with an unbeaten 137 before picking up a wicket in her first as England trail by 255 runs in the Ashes test.

Two new schools have joined the Fiji Secondary School cricket competition this year.

Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry missed out on an Ashes test century by one run on a rain-hit first day of the one-off match against England as the visitors reached 328-7 at stumps at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

Fiji has finished third in the ICC Under-19 EAP World Qualifier in Australia.