Cricket

MIRPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — Super tight bowling by pacer Mustafizur Rahman and a half-century from opener Parvez Hossain Emon led Bangladesh to a seven-wicket victory against Pakistan with almost five overs to spare in their T20 series opener on Sunday

SINGAPORE (AP) — England will host the next three World Test Championship finals in 2027, 2029 and 2031, the International Cricket Council said.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — If Devon Conway was a cat, he used eight of nine lives to lead New Zealand over Zimbabwe by eight wickets in Twenty20 cricket on Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — West Indies allrounder Andre Russell is retiring from international cricket after the two Twenty20s against Australia at his Sabina Park home ground. The games are on Sunday and Tuesday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Tanzid Hasan Tamim's career-best half-century backed Bangladesh's eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka to clinch their three-match T20 series 2-1 on Wednesday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An unbeaten century stand between Tim Robinson and debutant Bevon Jacobs earned New Zealand a 21-run victory over South Africa in a T20 tri-series match Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An audit report has found financial irregularities to the tune of more than rupees 6 billion ($21 million) and governance issues within the Pakistan Cricket Board dating back two years.

Only a day after West Indies endured one of its worst performances in nearly a century of playing test matches, the president of the Caribbean cricket board was looking to the past to improve the future.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Mitchell Starc took six wickets for nine runs and Scott Boland claimed a hat-trick as Australia dismissed the West Indies for 27 — the second-lowest total ever in test cricket — to win the third test by 176 runs on Monday.

LONDON (AP) — India was given no chance of winning the Lord's test at lunch on the last day Monday.