The usually tranquil Long Room at Lord's became a seething cauldron of hate on Sunday as Marylebone Cricket Club members abused Australia players returning from the field during a lunch break on the last day of the second Ashes Test following the controversial dismissal of England's Jonny Bairstow

"Another wonderful game, right down to the wire," Cummins said. "Stokesy gave us a few heart-stopping moments and the crowd seemed to enjoy it."

Bangladesh went ahead with their training plans in their very first session at Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium behind closed doors yesterday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had informed on Saturday night that the gates would remain closed and no access would be given to 'facilitate' the closed-door session.

Stokes hopes England can feed off the energy of the notoriously raucous Headingley crowd when the third Test starts on Thursday.

England captain Ben Stokes insisted he would not have wanted to win a game of cricket with the kind of dismissal that led to Jonny Bairstow's controversial exit during Australia's victory in the second Ashes Test at Lord's.

Australia won an action-packed second Ashes test at Lord's on Sunday by 43 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-test series, despite a superb rearguard innings of 155 from England captain Ben Stokes.

Pathum Nissanka's sublime unbeaten 101 propelled Sri Lanka to a place in this year's Cricket World Cup in India as the 1996 winners trounced hosts Zimbabwe by nine wickets on Sunday.

Mohammad Shahzad returned to the side after almost two years as Afghanistan named a 16-member squad for the two-match T20I series against Bangladesh on Sunday.

Fans and experts alike are left in utter shock as the West Indies failed to qualify for the upcoming ODI World Cup in India. The Caribbeans will miss out on the showpiece event for the first time in history.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) revealed the ticket prices for the three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram starting on Wednesday. 

Former West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite said the team had reached their lowest point after failing to qualify for the 50-overs World Cup for the first time, but signs of their decline have been evident for a while now.

Batting in partnership with fast bowler Mitchell Starc, Lyon, playing in his 100th consecutive test match, looked like a sitting duck as he fended off some hostile bowling

Under cricket's laws, a catch is only completed when the fielder has "complete control over the ball and his/her own movement" and cannot touch the ground before then if a dismissal is to be completed

Following a record win in the lone Test, Bangladesh will be looking to replicate their fine run in the upcoming white-ball contests against Afghanistan as the Tigers reached Chattogram ahead of the three-match ODI series yesterday.

Mitchell Starc sparked an England collapse at Lord's on Sunday before Ben Duckett was given a controversial reprieve as the hosts maintained their bid for a remarkable win in the second Ashes Test.

Two-time winners West Indies will not play in the 50-over Cricket World Cup for the first time after a comprehensive seven-wicket loss to Scotland in their Super Six clash at the qualification tournament in Zimbabwe on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the visiting Afghanistan team are also expected to arrive in the capital today before they travel to Chattogram.

England are "about breaking records", assistant coach Jeetan Patel said on Friday as the home team contemplate a huge run chase against Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord's.

Bangladesh stumper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim is set to feature in the inaugural Zim Afro T10 League, scheduled to run from July 20-29 in Harare.

Captain Ben Stokes and Harry Brook walked out to bat at Lord's on Friday with the second Test nicely poised despite a chaotic final session the previous evening but the home side slumped from 278-4 to 325 all out, giving Australia a precious first-innings lead of 91