Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite credited injured pride for West Indies’ extraordinary upset of Australia in Brisbane on Sunday and said the Caribbean islanders needed more test cricket if they were to continue their revival.

Rachin Ravindra, who was this week named ICC Emerging Player of the Year for his World Cup heroics, was included on Friday in New Zealand’s test squad for next month’s two-match series against South Africa.

Australia captain Pat Cummins and England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt were named Cricketers of the Year by the International Cricket Council on Thursday.

India picked a three-pronged spin attack but did not completely disregard the need for speed against England in the opening test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

The Fiji Women’s Cricket Team has settled in 6th place after losing in the fifth-place playoff to the Cook Islands at the Pacific Cup.

The Fiji women’s cricket team experienced their fifth consecutive loss in the Pacific Cup yesterday.

The Fiji women’s cricket side has suffered their third successive loss to Aotearoa Maori Women in the Pacific Cup this afternoon in Auckland.

The Fiji Women’s cricket team suffered its second successive loss to Cook Islands in the Pacific Cup this afternoon in Auckland.

The Fiji women’s cricket team was thrashed by Vanuatu in the Pacific Cup in Auckland, New Zealand.

Stormy half-centuries by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube propelled India to a dominant six-wicket win over Afghanistan in their second T20 International in Indore, sealing a 2-0 victory for the hosts in the three-match series.

Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Shami have been left out of India’s squad for the first two tests against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Friday.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board said it had allowed bowlers Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen Ul Haq to play in franchise leagues under new regulatory measures with a salary deduction and a warning.