RICHARD GIBSON IN MUMBAI: Pink ball Tests will not form part of future Ashes series following talks between England and Australia on reciprocal tour arrangements.

England are in the T20 World Cup semi-finals after 16 wins out of 18 since Harry Brook became captain. Ahead of the meeting with India, Daily Mail Sport looks at the key factors behind their form.

Drizzly Hove in February does not immediately feel like ground zero for one of English cricket's most vexed debates. But the financial misadventures of Sussex have dictated otherwise.

The former Australian leg-spinner has gone nuclear on a popular podcast after the host brought up a low moment in Australian cricket history.

Australian cricket legend Brett Lee called Dubai "one of the safest places in the world" for women and children after moving his family there, weeks before Iranian missile and drone strikes hit the city.

RICHARD GIBSON: During his international career, Will Jacks has been a frontline batsman and first-choice spinner yet it is only since mastering the art of being neither that he has truly excelled

Jonny Bairstow has appealed for help from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer after becoming stuck in the Middle East while on holiday during the ongoing attack in the region.

Summer Warne has revealed she was involved in a heated altercation with a fellow concertgoer after having water poured down her clothing during an emotional Ed Sheeran performance in Melbourne

NZ players were left confused and struggling to keep their composure after a major technical error saw their national anthem played at the wrong speed before a crucial T20 World Cup match in Colombo

RICHARD GIBSON: This astonishing late heist against New Zealand kept up their 100 per cent record in the Super Eight stage, meaning they will likely be heading for the second semi-final.

Earlier this week at the Twenty20 World Cup, Harry Brook sauntered into a press conference, clocked the facial expressions of those present and suggested a smile wouldn't go amiss.