Cricket

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AP) — Fast bowler Matt Henry’s triple strike on Wednesday provided New Zealand with a perfect start in its first test match against Zimbabwe in almost nine years.

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Big-hitting allrounder Mitchell Owen is set to play one-day cricket for Australia after making an impressive international debut in the Twenty20 series sweep in the West Indies .

LONDON (AP) — India head coach Gautam Gambhir clashed Tuesday with ground staff at the Oval cricket stadium ahead of the final test match of an occasionally fractious series against England. England leads the series 2-1.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (AP) — Australia completed a sweep of the Twenty20 international cricket series with a three-wicket victory over West Indies on Monday to finish its Caribbean tour with an 8-0 record.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — India's Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of the fifth and final test against England with a foot fracture.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A roller-coaster of a test cricket series between England and India is, fittingly, going down to the wire.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (AP) — Half-centuries to Cameron Green and Josh Inglis led Australia to a three-wicket win over West Indies and extended its lead to 4-0 in a five-match Twenty20 international series on Saturday.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ben Stokes hit another century. Chris Woakes was in sight of a hat trick before he'd even completed the first over of India's second innings.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Rivals India and Pakistan have been drawn in the same group at the upcoming men’s Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Two spectacular catches in the last over delivered by fast bowler Matt Henry earned New Zealand a dramatic three-run victory against South Africa in the final match of the tri-series on Saturday.