Bangar, Abhay retained as asst coaches for WI tour

New Delhi

The BCCI retained Sanjay Bangar as the batting coach while Abhay Sharma will continue as the fielding coach of the Indian cricket team for the tour of the West Indies.

Chandigarh
Harmanpreet yet to sign up with Sydney

Australian T20 cricket franchise Sydney Thunder has clarified that while it is interested in roping in Indian all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur, no contract has yet been signed with the Punjab girl. Sydney Thunder general manager Nick Cummins has termed the reports of her signing up with the franchise as “premature”, though he confirmed that the club had been in talks with Harmanpreet. “We have been in discussions with Harmanpreet about joining Sydney Thunder,” Cummins was quoted as saying by the Cricket Australia website. “At the moment no contract has been signed by the player or the club.” — TNS

Bridgetown (Barbados)
Bravo carries Windies past South Africa into ODI final

Darren Bravo scored a century as WI rallied from a poor start to reach the final of the triangular ODI series with a 100-run victory over South Africa in Barbados. Brief scores: WI: 285 (D Bravo 102, KRabada 3/31); SA: 185 (F Behardien 35, S Gabriel 3/17, S Narine 3/28). 

Birmingham
Roy and Hales run riot against Lanka

Blistering hundreds by Jason Roy and Alex Hales hauled England to a 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second ODI. Brief scores: SL: 254/7 (U Tharanga 53*, D Chandimal 52, A Mathews 44*); Eng: 256/0 (A Hales 133*, Roy 112*). — Agencies