Latham took over as permanent test captain from Tim Southee last week and said touring India, who have not lost a Test series at home in more than a decade, was a "great challenge".

The hosts had flexed their muscles in the early part of the Test with 556 in the first innings but found themselves under the gun trailing England by 115 runs at the end of the fourth day and they folded under pressure.

Thursday’s crunch game between West Indies and Bangladesh had a big impact on the qualification permutations at the Women’s T20 World Cup.

The newly awarded franchises -- Dhaka Capitals, Durbar Rajshahi, and Chittagong Kings -- can recruit two local players from any category as a direct signing from the local players’ draft list.

Low strike rates and an inability to clear the ropes more frequently have long been Bangladesh’s stumbling blocks in the shortest format.

England's rising batting star Harry Brook said he was delighted he had finally eclipsed his father's highest club score, when he hit a triple hundred against Pakistan in Multan on Thursday.

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) governing council came up with some fresh decisions ahead of the upcoming 11th edition players’ draft, scheduled to be held at a hotel in the capital on October 14.

Bangladesh are all but out of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup after suffering a demoralising eight-wicket defeat to former champions West Indies in the two teams’ penultimate Group B match in Sharjah on Thursday.

England notched up their highest total in 86 years thanks to Harry Brook's triple century and Joe Root's double ton, declaring on 823-7 before Pakistan collapsed to a perilous position on the fourth day of the first Test on Thursday.

England's Harry Brook hit his maiden triple century on the fourth day of the opening Test against Pakistan in Multan on Thursday.

Joe Root's hunger and consistency can help him become the top run-scorer in Test cricket, fellow Englishman Alastair Cook said after being surpassed by him as the country's most successful batsman in the format on Wednesday.

It's make or break for Bangladesh women's cricket team, who will be facing one-time champions West Indies in an attempt to keep their semifinal hopes alive in their penultimate Group B fixture of the Women's T20 World Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium today.

At the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the Tigers did show early promise in their chase of a 222-run target.

Talking about some of the extraordinary shots that India batters seem to conjure, Taskin felt that wickets back home do not allow batters to play such shots.

Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday named a 17-member squad led by Charith Asalanka for a three-match T20 tournament against the visiting West Indies team.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday urged his countrymen to stay by his side during his final Test, which is likely to be against South Africa later this month on home soil.

India now have two wins in three games ahead of their final group match with six-time champions Australia on Sunday.

Former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal suddenly appeared in the press box yesterday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, just before the Tigers’ second T20I against hosts India at the venue.

The 33-year-old overhauled Cook's aggregate of 12,472 runs and became the fifth-highest scorer of all time after he drove seamer Aamer Jamal for a straight boundary to reach 71 just before lunch.

South Africa produced a superb all-round performance to thrash Scotland by 80 runs in their Group B match at the Women's T20 World Cup in Dubai on Wednesday.