Australia beat West Indies by 277 runs in the 2nd test in Jamaica Australia 399 (Smith 199, Taylor 6-47) and 212 for 2 dec (Marsh 69, Warner 62, Smith 54*) - West Indies 220 (Holder 82*, Blackwood 51, Hazlewood 5-38) and 114 (Starc 3-34) Australia completed a 277-run demolition of West Indies inside four days at Sabina Park to win the Frank Worrell Trophy 2-0
Steven Smith has jumped to the top of the ICC's Test batting rankings, the first Australian since Michael Clarke in 2012 to hold the No. 1 position. Smith started Australia's tour of the West Indies at No.4 but has now leapfrogged the previous No. 1, Kumar Sangakkara, as well as AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla, to take the top spot. Smith was Man of the Match in Australia's victory in the second Test in Kingston, where he made 199 in the first innings, and it continued a remarkable period: he is Test cricket's leading run scorer over the past year, with 1226 at 102.16.
Kumar Sangakkara is expected to call time on his international career after three further matches - the last of which will be the first Test against India. The timing of his retirement will be finalised on Tuesday in a meeting with the national selectors, but Sangakkara has already informed the board that he will only play the first two Tests against Pakistan and one against India, as he juggles the tail-end of his international career with his commitment to county side Surrey.
Rain washed out the opening day of the Test series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, without a ball bowled or even a coin tossed in Galle.
Bangladesh beat India by 79 runs in the 1st ODI in Mirpur Bangladesh 307 (Tamim 60, Sarkar 54, Shakib 52) - India 228 (Rohit 60, Mustafizur 5-50)
Sri Lanka 178 for 3 at the end of Day 2 in Galle against Pakistan Sri Lanka 178 for 3 (Silva 80*, Sangakkara 50)
Sri Lanka with 8 2nd innings wickets standing trail Pakistan by 54 runs at the end of Day 4 in Galle Sri Lanka 300 and 63 for 2 (Karunaratne 36*) - Pakistan 417 (Shafiq 131, Sarfraz 96, Zulfiqar 56, Dilruwan 4-122) A draw seems the only result barring a Sri Lankan collapse?
Scotland 167 for 4 (Cross 48, Mommsen 47) beat Ireland 166 for 6 (Sharif 2-26) by six wickets in the T20 at Bready
India's ODI captain MS Dhoni and the debutant Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman have been fined for their collision during the first ODI in Mirpur. Dhoni has been docked 75% of his match fee, and the Man of the Match Mustafizur lost 50% of his.
Bangladesh beat India by six wickets (D/L method) in the 2nd ODI in Mirpur Bangladesh 200 for 4 (Shakib 51*, Ashwin 1-32) - India 200 in 45 overs (Dhawan 53, Mustafizur 6-43) Bangladesh win series
The collapse happend! Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the 1st test in Galle Pakistan 417 (Shafiq 131, Sarfraz 96, Dilruwan 4-122) and 92 for 0 (Hafeez 46*, Shehzad 43*) - Sri Lanka 300 (Silva 125) and 206 (Karunaratne 79, Yasir 7-76)
India beat Bangladesh by 77 runs in the 3rd ODI in Mirpur India 317 for 6 (Dhawan 75, Dhoni 69, Mashrafe 3-76) - Bangladesh 240 (Sabbir 43, Sarkar 40, Raina 3-45) Bangladesh win series 2-1
Former Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas was confirmed as ICC president on the third day of the ICC annual conference in Barbados. Abbas, who had been chosen for the post by the PCB, thanked the ICC for accepting his nomination
With 9 1st innings wickets left Sri Lanka trail Pakistan by just 68 runs after the 1st day of the 2nd Test in Columbo Sri Lanka 70 for 1 (Karunaratne 28) - Pakistan 138 (Hafeez 42, Kaushal 5-42, Prasad 3-43)
Sri Lanka lead Pakistan by 166 runs at the end of day 2 in Columbo Sri Lanka 304 for 9 (Silva 80, Mathews 77, Yasir 5-95) lead Pakistan 138 (Hafeez 42, Kaushal 5-42, Prasad 3-43)
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum will skip the limited-overs tours of Zimbabwe and South Africa in August because he's had an "intense period of cricket dating back to the World Cup," according to an NZC release. McCullum, however, has committed to leading New Zealand in the home and away series against Australia at the end of 2015 and the 2016 World T20 in March, putting to rest recent speculation that he may give up ODI cricket. please log in to view this image
The 2019 World Cup in England will remain as a 10-team tournament. Plans to cut the competition from 14 teams have been in place since 2011, but debate over the format of the next edition was opened during this year's event in Australia and New Zealand. The good performance of non-Test sides like Ireland led International Cricket Council chief executive Dave Richardson to say the 2019 event may be reviewed. But the format was not discussed at the ICC annual conference in Barbados
Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara has confirmed he will retire from Test cricket this summer. The 37-year-old, who had already quit one-day and Twenty20 cricket, will finish his international career on home soil, in the second of the three-match Test series against India in August. Sangakkara announced his decision during the second Test against Pakistan in Colombo on Saturday.
Absolutely scandalous decision. Not to allow the European Champions into the tournament is ****ing stupid.
