NASSER HUSSAIN: If you were picking a tennis squad to play on clay you wouldn't fill it with grass court specialists so I can see the argument for horses-for-courses selections.

BBC Test Match Special are on the verge of signing a deal which will see them broadcast live ball-by-ball coverage of England's tour to Sri Lanka, according to The Telegraph .

After confirming their T20 series victory over South Africa in stunning style on Sunday, Sportsmail rates England's players on their performances throughout the series as the batsmen racked up the runs.

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.

EXCLUSIVE BY KISHAN VAGHELA: Pat Brown maybe hasn't been in professional cricket long enough to look retrospectively at what he has already achieved with ball in hand.

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.

Sky Sports have announced to their customers that they can temporarily suspend their subscriptions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out the easiest way to pause right here.

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

In 1998, the Marylebone Cricket Club finally opened their doors to women. This is what it's like to be a female member of the club that has long been dominated by men.

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'. 

England's World Cup winning cricketers have come together to raise awareness about the importance of staying at home, protecting the NHS and saving lives.

SPORTS AGENDA: Liverpool's Jordan Henderson has admirably taken the lead in football over coronavirus, suggesting a fund be set up to help the NHS during the crisis.

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.

The ace bowler, who helped England lift the World Cup at Lords last summer, was identified by tax officials as a 'deliberate defaulter' who failed to pay more than £100,000 in taxes.

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. 

The NHS Charities Together Cup has been organised to raise money to fight against the outbreak of the coronavirus, with the eight teams named after figures in Greek mythology.

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.

The Premier League had already warned their 20 clubs last month that they were budgeting for a £1.1bn loss because of refunds to broadcasters, ticket-holders and commercial partners.

The heads of the National Trust and the National Lottery Heritage Fund praised The Mail on Sunday's Save Our Parks campaign as they announced an £11.2 million project.

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.

If the winner is an individual, their new-found fortune would catapult them into the Sunday Times Rich List of the 1,000 wealthiest people living in the UK or with British business links.

Sir John Major decided ministers should be seen buying tickets to publicise the launch of the prize in November 1994.

The movie buff from Peterborough, who studied Video and Film at university in Dundalk, in Ireland, said he hopes the money will help improve the life of his 23-year-old brother, Robert.

Dean Weymes from Peterborough didn't realise he'd won his first ever game of Set for Life until he checked his phone at work the next day and immediately told his bosses that he was sick.

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.

Kashaf Ali Khan later admitted money laundering by using criminal money to buy the house in his father's name in Solihull. He's now sold the property to pay off the confiscation order.

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

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.

The former Made In Chelsea star, 29, and the singer, 38, attended the National Lottery Awards 2019 at London's BBC Television Centre on Tuesday evening.

As the National Lottery celebrates its 25th anniversary this month on November 19, here are a list of questions to keep your brain ticking.

Jane Park, 23, from Edinburgh, took to Instagram on Thursday morning to reveal the sad news and said that her 'pregnancy just wasn't meant to be'.

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.

Sarah Cockings (pictured), 36, who lives in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, with her partner and three children, won £3,045,705 on April 30, 2005, when she was just 21.

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.

National Lottery is giving ticket holders free entry to more than 500 UK venues, which have received funding, for its 25th birthday and to say thanks to players who contribute £40billion to good causes.

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.