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Sri Lanka 269-7 Innings Complete v England 150 . Sri Lanka beat England by 119 runs England are still without a one-day win in Sri Lanka for 25 years after slumping to a humiliating 119-run defeat in the first ODI in Dambulla.

St.John's , May 19 : England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced.

Test opener David Warner will face a Cricket Australia disciplinary hearing on Wednesday over comments he made on Twitter in often angry exchanges with two journalists.

Gary Ballance column: There is no reason why Adil Rashid can't force his way back into England's plans.

UNBEATEN Ynysygerwn maintained a superb start to the season in sweeping to a nine-wicket South Wales Premier League success at Pontarddulais.

Broad took advantage of the cloudy conditions to rip through the touring batting order with seven wickets for 44 at Lords Stuart Broad sparked a New Zealand collapse on the fourth day at Lord's as England surged to victory in the first Investec Test.

Tim Southee finished with a 10-wicket match haul as England were bowled out for 213 on the fourth morning at Lord's in the first Investec Test.

Joe Root hits out on his way to 71 at Lord's, the highest score of the Test so far.

The sight of New Zealand fielding the same test XI for a fourth consecutive test is rare.

FORMER England fast bowler Jon Lewis is set for a return to boyhood club Swindon, and could make his second debut today against Nationwide House at the County Ground .

Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties.

LONDON: Tim Southee bowled New Zealand back into contention in the first Test against England with a dramatic burst late on the third day at Lord's on Saturday.

As Otley's interim director of rugby Ryan Duckett prepared to step down from his role he admitted this week that he has enjoyed the challenge.

Australian batsman David Warner is under investigation following comments on his Twitter account directed against two of the country's leading cricket writers, Cricket Australia said on Saturday.

Middlesex retook top spot in Division One of the LV= County Championship as they completed the anticipated thrashing of Somerset.

Ross Taylor mightn't adjust the field and deliver the team talks any more in the New Zealand team, but he led by example with the bat against England.

The sound of leather on willow returned to one of the oldest cricket pitches in England this weekend, as Blackheath Cricket Club adopted a second home in Woolwich.

Lancashire's Anderson, 30, joined Sir Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Fred Trueman by having New Zealand opener Peter Fulton caught by Graeme Swann on the second day of the first Test at Lord's. "It's an emotional moment for me and nice to share with the guys I've played with for so long," he told Sky Sports.

Tim Southee took two wickets in successive balls before New Zealand swung England out for 232 on the second afternoon of the first Investec Test.

He's bowled wonderfully well here today, but his side have had the worst of it. New Zealand trail by 79, and have six wickets in hand.