Jason Roy struck a run-a-ball century as England claimed a 77-run victory over an inexperienced South Africa Invitation XI in a 50-over training match at Boland Park on Friday.

Kusal Mendis struck an unbeaten century as Sri Lanka batted out the fifth day of the second and final test against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Friday to claim a draw and a 1-0 series win.

Jan 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play on the fifth day of 2nd test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on Friday at Harare, Zimbabwe Match Drawn Zimbabwe 1st innings Prince Masvaure c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara 9 Kevin Kasuza b Suranga Lakmal 38 Craig Ervine c Oshada Fernando b Dhananjaya de Silva 12 Brendan Taylor lbw Suranga Lakmal 62 Sean William

Jan 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of qualifier between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers on Friday at Melbourne, Australia Sydney Sixers win by 43 runs Sydney Sixers 1st innings Josh Philippe c&b Haris Rauf 34 James Vince c Nic Maddinson b Adam Zampa 12 Steven Smith c Seb Gotch b Adam Zampa 24 Moises Henriques c Adam Zampa b Marcus Stoinis 16 Daniel Hughes st Seb Gotch b Glenn Maxwell

Virat Kohli inflicted more Super Overs misery on New Zealand as he helped India to a second successive victory in sudden death to win the fourth Twenty20 international in Wellington on Friday.

Brendan Taylor struck a fluent half-century as Zimbabwe moved into a strong position on day four of the second and final test against Sri Lanka, but are in danger of running out of time to force a victory after rain interrupted their charge.

Jan 30 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of 2nd test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on Thursday at Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe lead Sri Lanka by 354 runs with 3 wickets remaining Zimbabwe 1st innings Prince Masvaure c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara 9 Kevin Kasuza b Suranga Lakmal 38 Craig Ervine c Oshada Fernando b Dhananjaya de Silva 12 Brendan Taylor lbw Suranga Lakmal

Jan 30 (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 30 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of eliminator between Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Thunder on Thursday at Hobart, Australia Sydney Thunder win by 57 runs Sydney Thunder 1st innings Usman Khawaja lbw James Faulkner 54 Alex Hales c Simon Milenko b Scott Boland 60 Callum Ferguson c D'Arcy Short b Clive Rose 33 Alex Ross Run Out Mac Wright 21 Chris Morris c Mac Wright b Nathan Ellis 14 Daniel Sams Not O

New Zealand players Jesse Tashkoff and Joey Field proved good Samaritans on Wednesday when they helped ease a double dose of pain suffered by West Indies batsman Kirk McKenzie in their U-19 World Cup quarter-final.

Off-spinner Sikandar Raza grabbed career-best figures of 7-113 as Zimbabwe took control of the second and final test against Sri Lanka at the Harare Sports Club on Wednesday, but for the second match running the home side suffered a concussion scare.

Jan 29 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of 2nd test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on Wednesday at Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe lead Sri Lanka by 175 runs with 9 wickets remaining Zimbabwe 1st innings Prince Masvaure c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara 9 Kevin Kasuza b Suranga Lakmal 38 Craig Ervine c Oshada Fernando b Dhananjaya de Silva 12 Brendan Taylor lbw Suranga Lakmal

England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of next month's three-match Twenty20 series against South Africa due to soreness to his right elbow, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday.