Cricket news round-up – January 21: England retain Basil D’Oliveira Trophy, Zimbabwe defy Sri Lanka

England beat South Africa by an innings to retain the Basil D’Oliveira Trophy; Zimbabwe stonewalled to Sri Lanka at bay for a second day; Australia and West Indies won at the Under-19 World Cup; and Sana Mir will not feature in the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup.

England go 2-1 up, retain Trophy

England bowled out South Africa for 237 before lunch on Day 5 to win the Port Elizabeth Test by an innings and 53 runs to go 2-1 up in the series and retain the Basil D’Oliveira Trophy.

South Africa were quickly reduced to 138/9 before Keshav Maharaj (71) and Dane Paterson (39*) threw their bats around, adding 99 for the last wicket in just 77 balls. Joe Root finished with 4/87 and Mark Wood with 3/32.

Zimbabwe keep defying

After scoring 189/2 on Day 1 at Harare, Zimbabwe were bowled out for 358 on Day 2. However, they used up 148 overs in the process, halting Sri Lanka’s quest for a quick win. Craig Ervine stretched his score to 85 in the morning before Sikandar Raza (41) and Donald Tiripano (44*) resisted later in the day. Lasith Embuldeniya finished with 5/114 and Suranga Lakmal with 3/53.

Tiripano took out Oshada Fernando later in the day before Sri Lanka finished the day on 42/1, still 316 behind.

Australia Under-19s flatten Nigeria

Australia had an easy day out in the Under-19 World Cup after Nigeria opted to bat. Tanveer Sangha took 5/14 and Bradley Simpson 3/11 as they shot out Nigeria for 61 in 30.3 overs. Opener Olayinka Olaleye (21) was the only one to reach double figures.

Sam Fanning (30*) and Jake Fraser-McGurk (23*) then saw Australia home inside 8 overs, well before lunch.

West Indies Under-19s win two in a row

West Indies Under-19s followed their win against Australia with one against England, this time by 71 runs by the DLS Method. Kevlon Anderson (86*) and Nyeem Young (66) first took them to 267/7 as Lewis Goldsworthy got 2/28.

England started slowly, reaching 120/2 in response but taking 29 overs for that. With the asking rate mounting, they lost wickets to Young (5/45) in pursuit of quick runs. They were 184/9 in 43.4 overs when rain stopped play for the day.

No Mir for World T20

Former captain Sana Mir, who had opted out of Pakistan’s series against England as part of a sabbatical from cricket, did not find a place in the Pakistan Women squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup, starting February.

Pakistan have brought in Aiman Anwar, Muneeba Ali, and Ayesha Naseem, leaving out Nahida Khan, Ayesha Zafar, and Rameen Shamim from the squad against England.

Bismah Maroof (c), Sidra Nawaz (wk), Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Ayesha Naseem, Umaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Iram Javed, Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Aiman Anwar, Anam Amin, Fatima Sana, Sadia Iqbal, Aroob Shah.