Opener Joe Burns smashed Australia's first century of the home season as he and Travis Head weathered early trouble against Sri Lanka's makeshift pace attack to put the hosts in a solid position at tea in the second and final test on Friday.

Australia lost three early wickets to Sri Lanka's makeshift pace attack in a wobbly start to the second and final test on Friday before recovering to reach 103 for three at lunch.

Australia captain Tim Paine won the toss and opted to bat against an injury-hit Sri Lanka in the second and final test on Friday.

Kemar Roach took four wickets as West Indies skittled out England for 187 runs in their first innings on the opening day of the second test in Antigua on Thursday.

Jan 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the first day of 2nd test between Windies and England on Thursday at North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda Windies trail England by 157 runs with 10 wickets remaining England 1st innings Rory Burns c Jason Holder b Kemar Roach 4 Joe Denly c Shane Dowrich b Alzarri Joseph 6 Jonny Bairstow lbw Kemar Roach 52 Joe Root c Shai Hope b Alzarri Joseph 7 Jos Buttler c

* Roach takes four wickets for hosts (Updates to end of England's first innings)

Jan 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of 4th odi between New Zealand and India on Thursday at Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand win by 8 wickets Indi a 1st inni ngs ..................................................................... India 1st innings Rohit Sharma c&b Trent Boult 7 Rohit Sharma c&b Trent Boult 7 Shikhar Dhawan lbw Trent Boult 13 Shikhar Dhawan

Jonny Bairstow compiled an aggressive half century but England's recent woes otherwise continued as they slumped to 78 for four at lunch on the opening day of the second test against West Indies in Antigua on Thursday.

West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and elected to bowl in the second test against England in Antigua on Thursday, after naming an unchanged side from the one that trounced the visitors by 381 runs in the series opener.

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Jan 31 (OPTA) - Standings of the Big Bash League on Thursday P W L T Ded RR PTS Perth Scorchers 10 8 2 0 0 .154 16 Adelaide Strikers 10 7 3 0 0 .801 14 Melbourne Renegades 10 6 4 0 0 .297 12 Hobart Hurricanes 10 5 5 0 0 -.291 10 Sydney Sixers 10 4 6 0 0 .331 8 Sydney Thunder 10 4 6 0 0 -.039 8 Brisbane Heat 10 4 6 0 0 -.437 8 Melbourne Stars 10 2 8

Jan 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of match 47 between Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers on Thursday at Launceston, Australia Adelaide Strikers win by 7 wickets Hobart Hurricanes 1st innings Matthew Wade lbw Ben Laughlin 88 D'Arcy Short c Colin Ingram b Ben Laughlin 26 Caleb Jewell st Alex Carey b Rashid Khan 17 Ben McDermott lbw Rashid Khan 18 George Bailey c Ben Laughlin b Michael Neser 0 Simon Milenko

Jan 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of 4th odi between New Zealand and India on Thursday at Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand win by 8 wickets India 1st innings Rohit Sharma c&b Trent Boult 7 Shikhar Dhawan lbw Trent Boult 13 Shubman Gill c&b Trent Boult 9 Ambati Rayudu c Martin Guptill b Colin de Grandhomme 0 Dinesh Karthik c Tom Latham b Colin de