Cricket Updates August 27 2017

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Stoneman 'feared the worst' after finger dislocation
Mark Stoneman feared a fractured finger, having being hit on the hand by Jason Holder shortly after tea on the third day at Headingley

Crowd trouble from displeased SL fans delays India's win
With India needing eight runs to win, Sri Lanka fans, clearly displeased with their team's show, began to throw plastic bottles into the ground causing a 35-minute disruption

Chandimal fractures thumb, ruled out of India series
Dinesh Chandimal's involvement in the remainder of the India series is in doubt due to a hairline fracture he sustained after being hit on the right thumb while batting in Pallekele

Lyon's persistence leaves only Warne ahead
While measuring up-and-coming Australian spinners against Shane Warne effectively sets them up for failure, Nathan Lyon has shown himself to be an example worth looking up to

Root and Stoneman help even the scales as all-round Holder shines
The second Test was delicately poised after a oscillating day with West Indies taking a lead of 169 before Mark Stoneman and Joe Root led England's reply

PCB forms committee to probe Arthur-Akmal rift
The investigation could hit an early roadblock with the Pakistan coach away on holiday and not expected to return till the second week of September

Bumrah five-for, Rohit ton secure series win for India
India took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series after their six-wicket win on an evening that was marred by crowd trouble

Stokes reprimanded, one demerit point away from ban
The England allrounder was pulled up for "an inappropriate comment" after batsman Shai Hope hit him for a boundary in Headingley

McCullum's charge razes Tallawahs in run-fest
Trinbago Knight Riders cruised to their eighth win in nine games, beating Jamaica Tallawahs comfortably in a 380-run match

Bangladesh tighten grip with late wickets
The hosts made 260 after choosing to bat in Mirpur, and then rattled Australia just before stumps on the first day

Brathwaite, Hope put the fight back into West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope lived up to West Indies' promise to fight back after their humiliation at Edgbaston

Villani and Perry condemn Surrey Stars to play-off
Loughborough Lightning produced an upset in the Kia Super League when they defeated the previously unbeaten Surrey Stars by 81 runs at The Oval

Scores
England 258/10 & 171/3 * v West Indies 427/10
Bangladesh 260/10 v Australia 18/3 *
Namibia 105/4 * v South Western Districts 104/7
Easterns 163/8 v Western Province 152/10 *