Rohit Sharma belted two sixes off the final two deliveries of a Super Over to give India victory in the third Twenty20 international against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Wednesday and clinch the series with two games to spare.

Australia opener Jake Fraser-McGurk will return home from the ongoing ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa after being scratched on the face by a monkey at a nature reserve, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday.

Donald Tiripano and Sikandar Raza took a wicket each as Zimbabwe reduced Sri Lanka to 122 for two in their first innings before bad light brought a premature end to the second day of the final test at the Harare Sports Club on Tuesday.

Jan 28 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of 2nd test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on Tuesday at Harare, Zimbabwe Sri Lanka trail Zimbabwe by 284 runs with 8 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

Shafali Verma's journey to become part of the India women's cricket team began with a haircut.

Cricketers are superstitious at the best of times but not wanting to change any aspect of their routine after a successful test day has proved costly for England captain Joe Root.

The series win over South Africa had given England a template for the next Ashes series, captain Joe Root said after another emphatic test win on Monday.