Cox, who was in line for a Test debut, was sent for X-rays after suffering the injury in the nets in New Zealand.

Luke Humphries and Luke Littler eased into the quarter-finals of the Players Championships Finals. World number one Humphries averaged more than 102 as he continued his title defence with a 6-3 win in ...

Malik kicked off his tour in Leeds’s O2 Academy on Saturday after rescheduling the original opening date in Edinburgh for Payne’s funeral.