Australia’s bid received a shot in the arm after India’s shock defeat by New Zealand last week although Sciver-Brunt is adamant England are not paying too much notice of matters outside their bounds.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that migrants who are in the US and have committed murder did so because “it’s in their genes”. There are, he added, “a lot of bad genes in ...

Ezri Konsa, Kobbie Mainoo and Morgan Gibbs-White have withdrawn from the group after sustaining injuries in club action over the weekend.

A small crowd gathered outside the Auberge de Castille, the prime minister’s office in the capital, in anticipation of the royal arrival.