PAUL NEWMANN IN JOHANNESBURG: It was highly apt that Mark Wood, such a potent and popular force in the last two Tests, should take the wicket that sealed a significant series victory for England.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MARTIN SAMUEL IN JOHANNESBURG: Jofra Archer is staring wistfully out at the Wanderers wicket, the fastest track in the world to many, all thin air and bounce.

While the trio will remain contracted by their respective counties, the majority of their wages will be paid by the ECB in exchange for influencing their match availability and fitness programmes.

Chris Woakes says that Eoin Morgan still has so much more to give to English cricket ahead of the World Cup-winning team's first outing since Lord's glory last July.

Eoin Morgan's world champions will be looking to bounce back following a seven-wicket defeat in the first ODI on Tuesday. That was England's first match since being crowned world champions.

RICHARD GIBSON IN DURBAN - England's resolve to use the one-day series as a sink-or-swim trial for emerging players will occur in Johannesburg after wet weather wrecked the second match.

Dale Steyn is set to make his first international appearance in 11 months next week as the fast bowler has been recalled for South Africa's Twenty20 series versus England.

Adil Rashid has ruled himself out of contention for the Test tour of Sri Lanka to leave England with a paucity of spin options for next month's two-match series.

RICHARD GIBSON IN JOHANNESBURG: The successful 223-run pursuit at Centurion which settled the Twenty20 series versus South Africa was the second biggest in their history.

RICHARD GIBSON IN JOHANNESBURG: England entered the Twenty20 series in South Africa intent on taking the first step on the road to more global silverware.

The 29-year-old endured a difficult winter in red-ball cricket, with a top score of 43 in five matches across series in New Zealand and South Africa.

England begin their attempt to become double women's world champions on Saturday with new coach Lisa Keightley declaring they are 'planning for the final' and 'excited' about tournament.

Stuart Broad has spoken of the buzz that walking out at Trent Bridge still gives him, after putting pen to paper on a new two-year contract at Nottinghamshire.

NASSER HUSSAIN - VERDICT: The first thing England's women should do ahead of Thursday's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India is do whatever the opposite is of a rain dance.

CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Andrea Agnelli has lucked out by birth into control of Juventus. And from this position of enormous good fortune, he wants to destroy the greatest club competition in the world.

PAUL NEWMAN IN COLOMBO: England have banned autographs and selfies on their Sri Lankan tour and have asked supportersto keep their distance due to coronavirus.

England are considering calling off their tour of Sri Lanka before an anticipated 3,000 supporters leave home to head to Galle for the first Test.

The 24-year-old, who helped England win the 2019 World Cup, screenshot racist messages from an individual and posted them on his Instagram story on Monday evening.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The young and the fit are supposed to be better placed to deal with the coronavirus but Jack Leach, who suffers from Crohn's disease, is taking no chances.

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Football stars and supporters have been challenging each other to post their favourite pictures on social media during the unexpected break in the season.

England's top cricketers joined the rush of sports stars doing their bit to fight the coronavirus crisis when they pledged £500,000 to the ECB and 'good causes'. 

With the Indian government extending the national lockdown until May 3, tournament organisers have informed the eight franchises that there is now no date in place for the 13th edition.

Sport in all corners of the world has ground to a halt as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But some teams and players are returning to training and plans are being drawn up to get going again.

During the sporting lockdown, replays, throwbacks and charity auctions have taken on unprecedented importance as fans look to fill the void left by live action. 

ECB chief executive Tom Harrison has laid bare the severity of the financial implications if there is no cricket played in England due to Covid-19 - stating it would result in losses of £380million.

Camelot is urging players to check their tickets for the life-changing amount of cash but the gaming giant said all it can reveal is the winner paid at a National Lottery retailer as opposed to online.

Culture minister Mims Davies said she was launching a consultation on whether the existing age limit of 16 for all UK National Lottery games should be raised for some or all games and products.

Simon Jones, 40, from Cardiff, appears grinning in the new wedding-themed commercial alongside other guests that was aired on Monday to advertise the £69million Euromillions jackpot.

Sam Lawton, 19, won £120,000 in the National Lottery's newest game, Set For Life. The father-of-one data analyst, from Leamington Spa, won £10,000 a month after matching five numbers.

Edward Putman, (pictured filming members of the press outside court today) 54, of Hertfordshire, claimed the jackpot on 28 August 2009 - just 10 days before his ticket from 11 March was due to expire.

Edward Putman, 54, of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, is accused of working with an insider to con the lottery operator Camelot into handing over an unclaimed jackpot.

Ticket holders around the UK are anxiously checking their numbers as the balls for one of the largest ever prizes is revealed. The numbers are: 40, 18, 11, 02, 46, and the Lucky Stars are: 04, 01

Neil Casson, 52, of Galgate, Lancashire, cheated lovers, financiers and businesses out of more than £300,000 claiming he had won £1.25million on the National Lottery.

The National Lottery website has crashed as punters try to make last-minute bids to grab a record £169m EuroMilions jackpot that must go tonight.

The excitement has been building so much for the blockbuster jackpot that lottery players managed to crash the website earlier this evening in the scramble to get a ticket.

One UK ticket holder has won the EuroMillions jackpot to become the country's biggest ever winner. The life-changing haul will make the winner richer than pop star Ed Sheeran.

Both ticket sales and returns to good causes have risen, according to half-yearly results for the National Lottery. Prizes to players increased by 13.4 per cent - a total of £2.2 billion.

Buying one ticket every week over the life of Britain's National Lottery would have cost £1,625. The same amount, used to buy shares, would have generated £4,000, an investment firm found.

Twenty-five winners who hit the jackpot over 25 consecutive years of The National Lottery. The National Lottery celebrates its first ever draw on November 19, 1994.

National Lottery operator Camelot said the prize will be paid out at a ticket validation appointment before the winner decides whether to go public. A UK ticket-holder won a £170 million jackpot in October.

One lucky individual has bagged themselves a life-changing sum of money in the EuroMillions draw tonight, just weeks after Steve and Lenka Thompson won a incredible £105 million.

NHS Digital data released today showed more than half (53 per cent) of adults spent money on betting in the last year in England. One in 10 men and one in 20 women admitted to drinking nearly every day.

Keith Butterley, 43, from Sheffield, threatened to jump from the building with the toddler, before making on a bike with the child balanced on the handle bars.

John and Allison McDonald, of Stockton on Tees, County Durham, matched all six numbers on a Lucky Dip ticket then found out three days later that their son Ewan, 15, was cancer free.

Anwar Batson has been jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to four offences under the Computer Misuse Act, at Southwark Crown Court today. He used 'Sentry MBA' programme.

Ron and Joan Brumhill from Waterlooville in Hampshire scooped the life-changing prize after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw on December 21 last year.

The National Lottery is set to join the fight against coronavirus by distributing up to £300million in funds to support the most vulnerable across the UK during the crisis.

Self-employed joiner Ryan Hoyle, 38, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, whose mother works as a school cleaner and father works in a factory, won £58,366,487 in a EuroMillions jackpot.

The National Lottery has announced a slew of campaigns for organisations all over the UK hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with a £600 million fund set-up to help.