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England openers make hay again as West Indies toil

NICK FRIEND AT LEICESTER: Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont made centuries in consecutive ODIs as West Indies struggled without their captain, Hayley Matthews

Josh Tongue receives England Lions call-up ahead of India Test series

The Nottinghamshire seamer, who took two wickets on his return to Test cricket against Zimbabwe, is set to feature in the second match of the series at Northampton alongside Chris Woakes and Jordan Cox

Jamie Smith relishes opportunity after surprise promotion

OSCAR RESS: England's Test wicketkeeper is now the ODI opener, and he bounced back from a duck in the second game to make a match-winning 64 in the third as they beat West Indies

Family connection restored at Worcestershire as "fantastic kid" completes familiar move

GEORGE DOBELL: Isaac Mohammed, the nephew of Moeen Ali, has traded Edgbaston for New Road on favourable terms. Initially on a rookie deal, he will move onto a full contract from November

Cardiac screening made compulsory in second-team cricket

NICK FRIEND: The Cricketer understands that prospective players at any level of the professional ladder – from academy cricket upwards, effectively – must have undergone a heart scan before being selected

The Waughs at 60 and memories of the Texaco Trophy

HUW TURBERVILL: If I wasn't feeling old already with this nostalgia talk, to see that the Waugh twins, Steve and Mark, have just turned 60 was a blow

The Valentine Man, pitch invasions and chaos brought to the village of Broughty Ferry

MELINDA FARRELL IN DUNDEE: What started as a Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 match ended in a dramatic, colourful and thrilling finale

"He deserves all the credit he's going to get": Harry Brook hails Jamie Smith's match-winning contribution

OSCAR RESS AT KIA OVAL: The opener, just three games into his new role at the top of the order, made his first ODI fifty to help his team chase down West Indies' 251 for 9 and win the third match of the series by seven wickets

Harry Brook's tactics threaten to make the wheels fall off, but England keep winning

OSCAR RESS AT KIA OVAL: There were metaphors to take from England turning up for the third ODI on bikes, but, despite letting West Indies recover from 121 for 6 to 251, a destructive batting display secured a comfortable seven-wicket win

Jamie Smith's blitz helps England cruise to ODI series whitewash

OSCAR RESS AT KIA OVAL: West Indies appeared to have recovered to a competitive score of 251 for 9, thanks to half-centuries from Sherfane Rutherford (70) and Gudakesh Motie (63), but it was not enough as England won by seven wickets

Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bengaluru capture maiden IPL title and extend Punjab Kings' wait

RCB claim their first title at the 18th time of asking with a six-run victory in Ahmedabad

"I thought I pulled off a little bit of a great escape" - Scotland and Nepal cut contrasting figures of emotion

MELINDA FARRELL IN DUNDEE: A combination of Mark Watt, Karan KC and Ryan Milne, soundtracked by the fanatical Nepal fanbase, turned a Cricket World Cup League 2 match into one to remember