Cricket

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka reached 100 for one at lunch on Day 3 of the first cricket test in a composed response to Bangladesh’s first-innings total of 495.

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Mushfiqur Rahim posted a masterful 163 Wednesday as Bangladesh piled up 484 for nine on a rain-curtailed Day 2 of the first cricket test against Sri Lanka.

KING CITY — Teenage opening batsman Yuvraj Samra put on a show Wednesday as Canada made short work of the Bahamas, winning by 10 wickets in a rain-shorted game at the Americas Qualifier for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

LEEDS, England (AP) — England kept faith with Ollie Pope as the No. 3 batter for the first cricket test against India despite the return to the squad of Jacob Bethell.

India has not won a test series on English soil since 2007.

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim stitched together an unbroken 247-run stand to put Bangladesh in a commanding position at 293-3 at the end of the first day of the first test against Sri Lanka.

KING CITY — Kanwarpal Tathgur scored 53 not out as Canada defeated the Cayman Islands by 59 runs Monday for its second win in as many matches at the Americas Qualifier for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

BREADY, Northern Ireland (AP) — West Indies piled up its second-highest Twenty20 internatinoal innings and beat Ireland by 62 runs Sunday to clinch a rain-marred three game series 1-0.

KING CITY — Opener Yuvraj Samra scored 65 runs to help Canada defeat Bermuda by 110 runs in its opening match Sunday at the Americas Qualifier for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

LONDON (AP) — Star batter Steve Smith and his dislocated finger are going with Australia to the Caribbean.