England seamer Mark Wood expects to play a limited role in their Ashes campaign at home later this year, owing to the team’s fast bowling options.

The inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) kicked off with the Mumbai Indians thrashing the Gujarat Giants by a massive margin of 143 runs.

England opener Jason Roy hit a superb century and skipper Jos Buttler made 76 before Adil Rashid and Sam Curran grabbed four wickets each as the tourists beat Bangladesh by 132 runs in the second one-day international for a 2-0 series victory.

Travis Head smashed a breezy 49 not out as Australia reached their small target to beat India by nine wickets well inside three days of the third test in Indore today.

Neil Wagner took four wickets and held two crucial catches as New Zealand pulled off a ‘Mission Improbable’ by beating England by one run in the second test on a nerve-jangling day five after being made to follow on.

Australia cruised to its sixth Women’s T20 World Cup title with a 19-run win over South Africa in Cape Town.

New Zealand openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway survived 19 overs to push the hosts to 40 without loss in their second innings at lunch on day three of the second test after England enforced the follow-on.

South Africa has created history in Women’s T20 World Cup at their home soil.

Australia held their nerve with the ball to secure a seventh successive final appearance in the Women’s T20 World Cup with a tense five-run victory over India in their semi-final at Newlands in Cape Town on Thursday.

Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood will take no further part in Australia’s increasingly ill-fated tour of India and will return home after failing to recover from an Achilles injury, the team said.

Australia was bowled out for 263 after the opening day of their second Test in Delhi.

Cheteshwar Pujara does not fit into the popular image of a modern-day cricketer — the muscle-flaunting and social media-savvy lot — but is on the verge of a milestone that would be the stuff of dreams for most of them.