England will join hosts South Africa in raising funds for breast cancer charities by wearing a limited edition pink kit when the two teams play each other in the third one-day international (ODI) in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Feb 6 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of challenger between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder on Thursday at Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Stars win by 28 runs Melbourne Stars 1st innings Marcus Stoinis b Chris Morris 83 Nic Maddinson c Daniel Sams b Chris Morris 11 Nick Larkin Not Out 83 Glenn Maxwell Not Out 4 Extras 1b 9lb 0nb 0pen 3w 13 Total (20.0 overs)

England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of their upcoming test tour of Sri Lanka and the 2020 Indian Premier League season due to an elbow injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday.

Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry has smashed a slew of records in a sparkling cricketing career and now hopes to play a part in another by helping draw the biggest crowd to a women's sporting event at next month's T20 World Cup final.

Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann will have heart surgery on Saturday after suffering a health scare on his 50th birthday on Wednesday.

Thousands of fans turned up to watch Nepal play their first ever official one-day international (ODI) on home soil in Kathmandu on Wednesday but Oman spoiled the party as they won by 18 runs.

Feb 5 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of 1st odi between New Zealand and India on Wednesday at Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand win by 4 wickets India 1st innings Prithvi Shaw c Tom Latham b Colin de Grandhomme 20 Mayank Agarwal c Tom Blundell b Tim Southee 32 Virat Kohli b Ish Sodhi 51 Shreyas Iyer c Mitchell Santner b Tim Southee 103 Lokesh Rahul Not Out 88 Kedar Jadhav Not Out