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RECAP: Windies vs England, 3rd Test, Day 1

A quick look at the highlights of day one of the third Test between the West Indies and England at St Lucia.

WATCH: The Buttler-Stokes fightback

Extended highlights of day one of the third Test between the West Indies and England at St Lucia, as the visitors fight back from 2-0 down in search of a morale-boosting win in the final match of the Test series.

Tunnicliffe chuffed with keeping challenge

Proteas Women’s 20-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Faye Tunnicliffe is relishing the chance to fill the keeper’s gloves for the national side in the absence of established keepers Trisha Chetty and Lizelle Lee.

HIGHLIGHTS: Cape Cobras vs Warriors (One-Day Cup)

A third One-Day Cup century from Gihahn Cloete and a half-century on debut from wicketkeeper Sinethemba Qeshile handed the Warriors victory by three wickets in the opening match at Boland Park in Paarl.

Pakistan have 19 players for 15 WC places - Arthur

Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur and national selector Inzamam-ul-Haq have drawn up a shortlist of 19 players from which they will make their final selection for a 15-man squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.

Crowe slams Antigua pitch

Former New Zealand Test cricketer Jeff Crowe has rated the Antigua pitch used for the second Test between the Windies and England (won by the home side by 10 wickets) as ‘below average’.

Dolphins outgun Lions in thriller

Vaughn van Jaarsveld’s powerful 124 set the tone for the Dolphins’ opening One-Day Cup match of the season as the home side outgunned the Highveld Lions by 19 runs after a brave run chase fuelled by a brilliant 130 by Reeza Hendricks.

'Fighting fire with water' key to Windies revival

When the No 3 Test team in the world is dumped on its head twice in a row by the eighth-ranked side, it’s clear that the leader and their strategy have had a massive impact on the team’s performance.

Cloete ton drives Warriors' 3-wicket win

World Cup hopeful Gihahn Cloete scored a sparkling century in the opening match of the 2018-19 One-Day Cup as the Warriors chased down the Cape Cobras’ imposing score of 276 with one ball in hand.

Rassie on WC selection: Whatever happens will happen

South African batsman Rassie van der Dussen has relished a promising start to a Proteas career that has already yielded four half-centuries in 10 fixtures.