Welcome to Sunday’s live cricket blog.
The Sport360 team is in place bringing you the latest news from around the world as we follow and build up to some big matches.
Sri Lanka v England is on the docket today with the tourists chasing a series clinching win at Pallekele, while Pakistan v New Zealand is live too with the first Test at Abu Dhabi finely poised.
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8:00am – England push for series clinching win at Kandy
The final day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and England is about to get underway with the tourists three wickets away from a win that will clinch the three-match series for them. Sri Lanka are batting at 226-7 in their second innings and are 75 runs away from a victory that would keep the series alive.
Which way will the pendulum swing in the final day at Pallekele? Do not miss any of the action by following our ball-by-ball coverage here.
Joe Root and England are three wickets away from a win.
7:30am – Angelo Mathews proving a point to Sri Lanka Cricket
After Sri Lanka’s disastrous Asia Cup campaign where they failed to make it past the group stage, Angelo Mathews was dropped as captain and axed from the ODI squad due to his apparent fitness issues and poor running between the wickets.
Since the embarrassing axing where Mathews was pretty much labelled out of shape by selector Graeme Labrooy, the batsman has scored three fifties in four innings against England in the home Test series.
Read our take on how the former Sri Lanka skipper is proving a point to his critics and detractors here.
Sri Lanka batsman Angelo Matthews.
7:00am – Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan makes quick recovery
Shakib Al Hasan was back from injury as Bangladesh named a 13-man squad for the first Test against the West Indies, which starts in Chittagong on November 22.
Shakib was expected to be sidelined for at least three months after he underwent surgery on an injured finger in September.
Read more on this story here.
Shakib Al Hasan.
