Cricket

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Dilpreet Singh Bajwa has entered the Global T20 Canada record book, becoming the first Canadian cricketer to score a century at the tournament.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Toronto Nationals opened the Global T20 cricket tournament in style Thursday, defeating the Vancouver Knights by eight wickets. Toronto won the toss and elected to bat first.

After an injury forced him to watch the recent ICC Men's T20 World Cup from afar, Canadian cricketer Harsh Thaker is looking forward to playing again at Global T20 Canada. The fourth edition of the tournament kicks off Thursday and runs through Aug.

LONDON (AP) — It’s 704 wickets and out for Jimmy Anderson. The most prolific fast bowler in test history bowed out of international cricket by helping England complete a win by an innings and 114 runs over the West Indies at Lord's on Friday.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of jubilant fans poured onto Mumbai’s Marine Drive to cheer India's new world cricket champions when they returned home on Thursday.

SYDNEY (AP) — A group of Afghan women’s cricketers has again approached the sport’s international governing body asking for backing to reform as a refugee team based in Australia.

LONDON (AP) — England dropped Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes and Jack Leach from its test squad ahead of the series against the West Indies.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Right up to the Twenty20 World Cup final, there were question marks about whether India should persist with playing Virat Kohli. One of the greatest cricketers India has ever produced just wasn't scoring.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Barely an hour after guiding India to a thrilling seven-run victory over South Africa in the Twenty20 World Cup final, Rohit Sharma joined fellow star batter Virat Kohli in announcing his retirement from international T20

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (AP) — India thumped defending champion England by 68 runs to reach the final of the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday.