India are on course for a significant first-innings lead after off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed 5-60 to bundle out West Indies for only 150 runs on the opening day of the first test at Windsor Park in Roseau.

A superb 75 from Harry Brook and some big hitting from tailender Mark Wood earned England a pulsating three-wicket victory in the third Ashes test, dragging the hosts back into contention in the series in breathless fashion.

Wardens continued their fine run in the India-Fiji T-20 Cricket Tournament after defeating Army in their Pool A clash yesterday at Albert Park in Suva.

A superb 77 from Travis Head in difficult conditions steered Australia to 224 all out in their second innings, setting England 251 to win the third Ashes test, with the hosts closing a rain-delayed day three on 27-0 in pursuit of that target.

On another sensational day of Ashes action, the pendulum swinging this way and that, it was difficult to call who had the advantage as England finished day one of the pivotal third Test on 68-3, having bowled Australia out for 263 at Headingley.

Queen Victoria School has been crowned the new champion of the Fiji Secondary School Under-19 Southern Zone competition.

England will kick off their 2024 home campaign with a Twenty20 series against Pakistan in May before the T20 World Cup, followed by test series against West Indies and Sri Lanka, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said.

Australia is six wickets away from taking a 2-0 lead in the Ashes in the fourth day of the second Test.

Two-time winners West Indies will not play in the 50-over Cricket World Cup for the first time.

England’s hopes in the second Test and the Ashes hang by a thread following an awful third day against Australia.

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.