Cricket news round-up – 17 August: Shastri re-appointed India coach, rain hits Lord’s Test, New Zealand nose ahead at Galle

BCCI appointed Shastri as coach; Australia need 29 to avoid follow-on with 6 wickets in hand; and New Zealand lead by 176 with 3 wickets in hand.

Ashes 2019 2nd Test, England vs Australia Day 4 preview: Time running out fast for hosts

Stumps, Day 3: England 258 (Burns 53, Bairstow 52; Hazlewood 3/58, Cummins 3/61, Lyon 3/68) lead Australia 80/4 (Khawaja 36; Broad 2/26) by 178 runs.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 4 preview: Battling Watling gives New Zealand advantage

Sri Lanka will need to dismantle the New Zealand ‘keeper-bat early on the fourth morning, and show some of the steel he displayed when it’s their turn to bat.

Cricket news round-up – 16 August: England bowled out on Lord’s Red Day, Sri Lanka grit it out, VB Chandrasekhar passes away

Australia trail by 228 with 9 wickets in hand; Sri Lanka, by 22 with 3 wickets in hand; Oman beat Scotland at Aberdeen; and VB Chandrasekhar passed away.

Ashes 2019 2nd Test, England vs Australia Day 3 preview: Early wickets in the day may decide Test

Stumps, Day 2: England 258 (Burns 53, Bairstow 52; Hazlewood 3/58) lead Australia 30/1 by 28 runs.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 3 preview: Hosts claw back but tourists hold slight advantage

Stumps, Day 2: New Zealand 249 (Taylor 86, Nicholls 42; Akila 5/80, Lakmal 4/29) lead Sri Lanka 227/7 (Mendis 53, Mathews 50; Patel 5/76) by 22 runs.

Vitality Blast 2019, all eight matches: Preview, predictions

Eight fixtures are scheduled for August 16, at Old Trafford, Northampton, Trent Bridge, Taunton, Headingley, Chelmsford, Rose Bowl, and Canterbury.

Cricket news round-up – 15 August: Chris Gayle takes U-turn on retirement

Chris Gayle denies retirement, India seal 2-0 win with another Kohli century, and the Euro T20 Slam is cancelled.

Ashes 2019 2nd Test, England vs Australia Day 2 preview: Focus on pace in four-day Test

Day 1 at Lord's was washed out without a toss. England now have four days to draw level, and more rain is already predicted.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 2 preview: Taylor key on deteriorating pitch

After a rain-hit Day 1 at Galle, New Zealand will resume Day 2 on 203/5.