Cricket

A look at the Canadian men's cricket team: -- Canada qualified for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup by defeating host Bermuda by 39 runs in October to win the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Final.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka bowled out Afghanistan for 115 to win their Twenty20 by 72 runs and clinch the series on Monday. Angelo Mathews starred with a brisk unbeaten 42 then both opening wickets.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Opening batters Jason Roy and Saud Shakeel shared a beefy 157-run stand as a reshuffled Quetta Gladiators made a triumphant start in Pakistan Super League cricket with a 16-run win over Peshawar Zalmi on Sunday.

RAJKOT, India (AP) — The continued absence of Virat Kohli can only improve England’s chances of a rare test series win in India. Not that Ben Stokes sees it like that.

RAJKOT, India (AP) — After a tense 48 hours waiting to secure a visa, Rehan Ahmed was selected by England for the third cricket test against India starting Thursday.

RAJKOT, India (AP) — England’s cricket team has run into more visa issues on its tour of India. Rehan Ahmed was initially denied entry when England’s squad returned to India on Monday after a mid-series break in the United Arab Emirates.

LEEDS, England (AP) — Colin Graves' controversial return as Yorkshire chairman is nearly complete after members of the cash-strapped cricket club approved his loan offer Friday.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AP) — England will debut 20-year-old spinner Shoaib Bashir against India in the second test starting Friday, barely a week after he was stranded at home without a visa to come on the tour.

An England cricketer’s problems obtaining a visa for the team’s test series in India have prompted the British government to call for fair treatment for any of its citizens seeking to enter the Asian country.

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — An England cricketer who was unable to obtain a visa to get into India ahead of the test series between the countries has flown home to resolve the issue.