England put themselves within sight of a second Test victory over New Zealand after they dominated the day with bat and ball on Friday. It was an impressive all-round effort from the hosts which left New Zealand chasing shadows as England seized control of the contest. Coming back with the target of setting a massive score in their first innings, batters from England refrained from losing control and still took advantage of good batting conditions. While the top order provided a solid base, a brisk middle-order batting ensured that India posted a mammoth total. England played a patient yet aggressive…

Lancashire Women kept in contention for the Women’s One-Day Cup 2026 with a stunning win against The Blaze Women, at Stanley Park, Blackpool by 28 runs. They laid the foundation for their win with an effective batting performance, which was followed by a similarly disciplined effort on the bowling front to restrict The Blaze from achieving what would have been a daunting target. Lancashire, asked to bat first, started steadily and looked to use partnership-building methods throughout their innings. Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim batted like their lives depended on it in a pitch that catered equally for seamers as…

In a closely contested game, Afghanistan A produced an upset win over India A in the Sri Lanka A Team Tri-Series — rain handed Afghanistan just their second official One-Day victory ever as they won by four runs (DLS method) during Dambulla. Faced with a mammoth total and in command during much of the match, even India A was unable to keep Afghanistan A from remaining ahead on run rate before inclement weather brought an early conclusion to proceedings. Batting first after being invited to bat first, cricket India A capitalised on the batting conditions early and made good use…