Green played Sheffield Shield cricket with Western Australia in the run-up to the ongoing New Zealand Test series and said the red ball preparation had helped set him up for his match-winning 174 not out in the Wellington opener.

The 31-year-old was signed by the Sunrisers on a AU$3.67 million, which was a record before national teammate Mitchell Starc surpassed that tally a couple of hours later.

O'Rourke was ruled out of the Christchurch match starting Friday with a hamstring injury, raising speculation fan favourite Wagner might come out of retirement to help the Black Caps square the series.

Sri Lanka's all-format tour of Bangladesh will start with the first of the three T20Is on Monday in Sylhet. The second and third match will be played on March 6 and 9 at the same venue. The action will then shift to Chattogram where the teams will play three ODIs on March 13, 15, and 18. Teams will go back to Sylhet for the first Test which will begin on March 22 before capping off the tour with the second Test in Sylhet on March 30.

Bangladesh will be eager to win the first of three T20Is against Sri Lanka in Sylhet today, with the objective of sealing their first-ever bilateral home T20I series against the island nation.

Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood tipped his side as favourites against Bangladesh in the three-match T20I series, starting today in Sylhet.

The Bangladesh captain also explained why Jaker Ali Anik got the nod in Bangladesh's squad for Sri Lanka T20Is.

Australia captain Pat Cummins heaped praise on team-mates Nathan Lyon and Cameron Green on Sunday for match-winning performances as his side secured a 172-run triumph over New Zealand in the first Test.

Sri Lanka's all-format tour of Bangladesh will start with the first of the three T20Is on Monday in Sylhet. The second and third match will be played on March 6 and 9 at the same venue. The action will then shift to Chattogram where the teams will play three ODIs on March 13, 15, and 18. Teams will go back to Sylhet for the first Test which will begin on March 22 before capping off the tour with the second Test in Sylhet on March 30.

Najmul Hossain Shanto, the new captain of Bangladesh in all three formats, expects his first assignment as a full-time captain against Sri Lanka to be a competitive one.

It eventually took someone falling to an injury to make way for Jaker Ali Anik in Bangladesh’s T20I squad ahead of their three-match series against Sri Lanka, starting on Monday in Sylhet.

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” is a famous quote from American author and humourist Mark Twain that alludes to the concealing nature of statistics.

The home side crumbled on the fourth morning in Wellington, losing their last seven wickets for 70 runs.

Australian spinner Nathan Lyon described unbeaten New Zealand batsman Rachin Ravindra as a budding "superstar" on Saturday but says the tourists are still well placed to win the first Test in Wellington.

Wicketkeeper-batter Jaker Ali Anik has been called up to the Bangladesh T20I squad for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka as a replacement for off-spinner Aliss Al Islam, who sustained a finger injury while representing Comilla Victorians in the recently concluded Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Saifuddin took 15 wickets in nine games after joining the team in the middle of the league phaseat an economy rate of just 6.81

“Yes, he won’t be playing. We will pick a replacement in his place,” selector Hannan told The Daily Star

Phillips had earlier taken 5-45 as New Zealand took Australia's last six wickets for the addition of 37 runs to end the tourist's second innings on 164

Fortune Barishal skipper Tamim Iqbal said that national team teammate Shakib Al Hasan did really well, although he picked Shoriful Islam and Towhid Hridoy as standout performers of the 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

 New Zealand were 111 for three at the close of play on the third day of the first test against Australia at Wellington's Basin Reserve on Saturday, still 258 runs away from their daunting victory target of 369.