Kane Williamson was included in the New Zealand squad for December's three-test series against West Indies on Monday along with experienced seamer Blair Tickner and young gun Zak Foulkes.

England coach Brendon McCullum has urged fans to keep faith despite a disastrous start to their Ashes campaign, with hosts Australia clinching an eight-wicket win in Perth on the second day of the first test.

Wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul will lead the Indian cricket team in the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series starting next Sunday, as regular captain Shubman Gill remains sidelined with a neck injury.

Mushfiqur Rahim scored a century and a fifty in a player-of-the-match performance on his 100th test while spinner Taijul Islam took eight wickets as Bangladesh beat Ireland by 217 runs in their second test in Dhaka on Sunday, sweeping the series 2-0.

Electing to bat, South Africa made 489 all out in their first innings on day two of the second and final test against India in Guwahati on Sunday.

Senuran Muthusamy's maiden test hundred and a career-best 93 by Marco Jansen powered South Africa to a commanding first innings total of 489 and in charge of the second and final test against India in Guwahati on Sunday.

England must use the extra time ahead of the second test against Australia to practise with a pink ball under floodlights, according to former Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan.

Australia's Travis Head got another chance to open the batting in a test match on Saturday and made the absolute most of it with one of the great Ashes centuries to drive the hosts to an eight-wicket win over England in the five-match series opener.