The third unofficial ODI between Bangladesh Emerging Team and Ireland A was pushed back by two hours, from a 9 AM start to 11 AM, after a local support staff attached to the visitors had tested positive for Covid-19. Floodlights will be used to account for the two-hour delay in the 50-over game.

According to the BCB, the support stuff had tested positive on Monday, after which further tests were conducted on the suspected person and close contacts. However, the test results of all those individuals returned negative on Tuesday morning. Both teams had agreed to delay the match based on the results of those tests.

This was the second such case in this series, after Ruhan Pretorius had tested positive during the first match, held on Friday, compelling Ireland A to abandon the game in the first innings.

The two teams had then agreed to play the second match, on Sunday, only after all the players, including Pretorius - who was seen sitting outside wearing a PPE suit - tested negative.

Before this series, the BCB had held two domestic tournaments and also hosted the West Indies men's team successfully without any positive cases, in the last six months.

Western Australia 5 for 458 dec (Green 251) and 4 for 178 (Carder 57*) drew with Queensland 9 for 600 (Renshaw 139, Street 117)

Western Australia survived a scare on the final day against Queensland at the Gabba after a top-order collapse had briefly put them in danger of defeat.

Queensland finally declared their first innings at 9 for 600 shortly before lunch, a lead of 142, leaving Western Australia the third-innings scenario with nothing to gain and everything to lose.

When Cameron Green edged to slip, the third catch of the innings for Joe Burns, they were 4 for 67 with a considerable amount of time remaining. However, a fifth-wicket stand of 111 between Hilton Cartwright and Jake Carder wiped out the deficit and removed the chance of a shock defeat.

The nerves had been set jangling by another excellent new-ball spell from Jack Wildermuth who had done similar on the opening day before the bat dominated. Sam Whiteman edged to slip as did Shaun Marsh, the latter a fantastic catch by Burns, on the stroke of lunch.

Cameron Bancroft glanced a catch down the leg side off Brendan Doggett - a not unfamiliar dismissal for him, although this time taken by the keeper rather than leg gully - and when Green departed Queensland sensed a chance. However, Carder's second first-class half-century alongside the experienced Cartwright, who was crucial in securing a draw last week against South Australia, took the sting out of the game.

The home side had resumed just five runs behind the Western Australia total with any chance of a declaration behind to keep the game open having vanished on the third day.

Matt Renshaw made his second century of the season, adding 102 for the sixth wicket with Wildermuth, and when he was ninth-man out, giving Carder a third wicket, it signaled the end of a marathon innings spanning almost 180 overs.

India Women won the toss and chose to bowl v South Africa Women

India captain Mithali Raj opted to chase after winning the toss in the second ODI against South Africa in Lucknow.

India have made one change to the playing XI, replacing Monica Patel with Mansi Joshi. Patel made her debut in the opening ODI and bowled four overs for 20 runs, without returning to complete her allotted number of overs, and was replaced by 11-time cap Joshi, whose last ODI was against South Africa in October 2019. Wicketkeeper Sushma Verma, who made her comeback after an almost three years absence in the series opener, keeps her place.

South Africa are unchanged from the XI that won the first match at the same venue by eight wickets.

India: 1 Punam Raut, 2 Smriti Mandhana, 3 Mithali Raj (c), 4 Harmanpreet Kaur, 5 Jemimah Rodrigues, 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 Sushma Verma (wk), 8 Jhulan Goswami, 9 Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 10 Mansi Joshi, 11 Poonam Yadav

South Africa: 1 Laura Woolvardt, 2 Lizelle Lee, 3 Sune Luus (wk), 4 Marizanne Kapp, 5 Lara Goodall, 6 Mignon du Preez, 7 Trisha Chetty, 8 Nadine de Klerk, 9 Shabnim Ismail, 10 Ayabonga Khaka, 11 Nonkululekho Mlaba

Though Australia were comfortably clear in the World Test Championship standings at the time, Australia's coach Justin Langer has admitted to a feeling of dread when his side dropped two points due to a penalty for slow over rates during the Boxing Day Test against India - ultimately all that separated the team from a place in the final later this year.

While Tim Paine's side won only two of the four series it contested over the period of the WTC, while also having away series against Bangladesh and South Africa cancelled due to complications around Covid-19, they would have claimed enough points over matches played to squeak past New Zealand into second place behind India if not for being docked the two points at the conclusion of the MCG loss.

Langer claimed that the team had no idea they were behind the required over rate by enough of a margin to incur a penalty until after the Test concluded, despite regular updates always being provided by match officials. In 2008, Australia's then captain Ricky Ponting resorted to bowling part-timers at a critical moment of a Test match in Nagpur when there were concerns the team's over rate had sagged to a level at which he may well have been suspended under the disciplinary system in use by the ICC at the time.

"Our manager Gavin Dovey had gone home ... for Christmas with his family in England, and it wasn't until after the game that we realised our over rate was down," Langer told SEN Radio. "That's really slack on our behalf, but I remember we were in the team room afterwards and I spoke to Painey and Dene Hills, our analyst, about it. I was a bit grumpy about it and I thought 'imagine if this cost us the World Test Championship'.

"And I mentioned it to the players afterwards that two overs down could cost us the World Test Championship. And so, we have to get better at that and make sure it doesn't happen in Sydney and Brisbane. It didn't, but we also couldn't bowl out India twice and we didn't make enough runs. It was relevant at the time, and it certainly became incredibly significant over the weekend."

At the start of his reign as coach in 2018, Langer had coined the phrase "From Lille to Lord's", in reference to a tenure that had begun with a commemorative trip to the battlefields of the Western Front and took in a couple of chances to play finals at the home of cricket: the 2019 World Cup final and this year's WTC final, albeit before it was moved to Southampton's Ageas Bowl.

"It's disappointing for a couple of reasons - one we didn't get to play in South Africa to have another crack at it after the India series and is it's disappointing for me because this Test Championship goes over a couple of years, we were in the box seat for a lot of it," Langer said.

"We've played some great cricket. Losing to India at home that was really disappointing, but…we got docked two points for a slow over rate, and that cost us. That's how close it was and how often do you get docked points in Test cricket these days? Rarely. We have that in our control, that's an attitudinal thing, at the time we probably thought 'oh it's not that big a deal', but that cost us the WTC after what had been two really good years when we were ranked No. 1 again. The things we can control we have to control, and we can't for a second relax in Test cricket."

After Australia's white-ball squad returned home from a 3-2 T20I series defeat in New Zealand that he sat out, Langer expressed approval for Glenn Maxwell's recently stated desire to put himself back into Test match contention given the multiple Test series looming for the national team in Asia over the next two years.

"I'm absolutely supportive of that," Langer said. "We know how destructive he can be. We're always looking for greater consistency from Maxy and all of our players, but he's so destructive and so talented and a gun fielder.

"I'd love that energy in the field. For example, I think we dropped 16 catches in this Test series, things that are in our control like the over rate, and they're areas we want to keep getting better at because otherwise the old 'catches win matches' costs you. Glenn Maxwell's fielding, he bowls handy offspinners, absolutely we would encourage him to get amongst it. I'd like to see all our star players playing. It would be good for Glenn Maxwell, but it would be great for domestic cricket.

"You imagine young bowlers bowling against a hungry Glenn Maxwell who wants to push to play Test cricket in the future. He'll be hungry, I'd love to see [Aaron] Finch play as well. I'd love to see all those guys play because never underestimate the benefit for young players, within your team and the opposition, playing against the best players. But that's going to be a decision for Victoria and I'll watch that really closely."

It remains to be seen whether Maxwell will be included in the Victorian squad for their coming bracket of Sheffield Shield matches ahead of his next stint in the IPL.

Les Miles is out as Kansas' head football coach four days after a report that accused him of inappropriate behavior toward female students while he coached at LSU was made public.

Miles was placed on administrative leave on Friday, with Kansas athletic director Jeff Long saying the university would be conducting a full review to determine the appropriate steps on the coach's future.

Long announced that the university had "agreed to part ways" with Miles late Monday evening.

"I am extremely disappointed for our university, fans and everyone involved with our football program," Long said in a statement. "There is a lot of young talent on this football team, and I have no doubt we will identify the right individual to lead this program."

Long said the school will use a search firm to assist in finding Miles' successor. He did not use a search firm when he hired Miles, a friend from their time together at Michigan in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Mike DeBord, who was hired last month as Kansas' offensive coordinator, will serve as the program's acting head coach until an interim head coach is determined.

Last Thursday, a report released on behalf of LSU showed that a 2013 internal investigation at the school accused Miles of inappropriate behavior toward female students, including allegations that he contacted some via Facebook and text, met them off campus alone and kissed at least one of them.

The report did not find that he had sexual relationships with any of the women, and Miles strongly denied kissing the student, saying he didn't do anything wrong and that he was mentoring young women at the university.

According to a copy of Miles' employment contract with Kansas, the university would have "just cause" to end its agreement with Miles if the coach had "discreditable conduct that is inconsistent with the professional standards expected of a head coach of a collegiate sports team."

Another clause in the contract that defines "just cause" is "participation in by head coach of any act, situation, or occurrence, or any conduct, which in Athletics of KU's judgment brings Head Coach and/or KU into public disrepute, embarrassment, contempt, or ridicule ..."

It's unclear whether these clauses were triggered; terms of the separation agreement are expected to be released in coming days, according to the university's statement.

"This is certainly a difficult day for me and for my family," Miles said in a statement Monday. "I love this university and the young men in our football program. I have truly enjoyed being the head coach at KU and know that it is in a better place now than when I arrived.

"To our student-athletes, I want you to remember that you came to play for KU and earn a degree here. So, I implore you to stay and build on what we started and do all of the things we talked about doing together. There is a bright future for all of you and for KU Football."

Miles' attorney, Peter Ginsberg, last Saturday described Kansas' decision to put Miles on leave as being based on "media blowback" and categorized it as being "disturbing and unfair."

The law firm Taylor Porter conducted the investigation on behalf of LSU. Ginsberg told ESPN on Thursday that the results of the investigation "should put an end to the baseless, inaccurate media reports that Coach Les Miles engaged in an inappropriate touching of an Athletic Department student volunteer eight years ago."

On Friday, a second report, this one conducted by the law firm Husch Blackwell, detailed systemic failures by LSU to appropriately report incidents of athletic-related sexual misconduct and abuse. Part of that report showed that former LSU athletic director Joe Alleva recommended in 2013 that Miles be fired as coach because of the above-mentioned accusations of inappropriate behavior with female students.

The 67-year-old Miles was 3-18 in two seasons at Kansas, including an 0-9 record in 2020. The Jayhawks' only Big 12 win during Miles' two seasons in Lawrence came over Texas Tech in 2019. Kansas hasn't won more than three games in a season since 2009.

Miles guided LSU to a national championship in 2007, and the Tigers played for a national championship on his watch in 2011.

Before Long hired him at KU, Miles had been out of coaching for parts of three seasons after being fired by LSU in 2016.

LONDON -- There is something about Kai Havertz that makes it impossible to gauge the Chelsea forward's mood. Whether he is good, bad or indifferent, the 21-year-old carries the same unassuming expression like an impenetrable mask and it can hint at an air of indifference, which has not helped him at times during a difficult first season at Stamford Bridge.

To suggest he has struggled since his £62 million transfer from Bayer Leverkusen would be an understatement, but against Everton on Monday, the Germany international finally showed us why Chelsea were so determined to win the race to sign him.

Havertz has still only scored one Premier League goal this season -- against Southampton last October -- but it wasn't for lack of trying that his barren run continues after Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Carlo Ancelotti's team that puts them firmly in control of their pursuit of Champions League qualification. Havertz was the central figure for Thomas Tuchel's team, with the player directly influencing both goals, and it would have been 3-0 had his second-half goal not been correctly ruled out due to a handball.

A heavy deflection off Ben Godfrey, following Havertz's shot from Marcos Alonso's 31st-minute pass, ensured that the opening goal was attributed to the Everton defender rather than Havertz, despite the best efforts of the Stamford Bridge announcer to give the goal to the Chelsea man. And a reckless challenge by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford on Havertz led to a 65th-minute penalty that Jorginho scored to assure Chelsea of the three points.

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Havertz, having made both goals, smiled briefly on both occasions before returning to his usual look of nonchalance. Too often this season, he has given the same expression after poor performances and missed chances, but this time at least, he had a spring in his step and his shoulders did not appear to be carrying the weight of the world on them.

"I am very pleased with Kai," Tuchel said. "It was the trust we gave him and he used the trust we gave him. He is a player who has all the ability to be a dominant figure in [attack] and he stepped up."

One impressive performance, against a top-six rival, should not be regarded as indisputable evidence that Havertz has finally arrived as a Chelsea player, but it is a positive sign and another example of the impact that Tuchel has had as coach since replacing Frank Lampard in January.

Two months on, Chelsea are undefeated in 11 games under the former Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain coach and in the top four. Tuchel has turned Chelsea around, but he has also transformed players individually, too.

Lampard, to his cost, could not get any kind of form out of Havertz. He seemed to have no idea how best to use the languid youngster, and Havertz flopped in whichever role Lampard asked him to perform.

Tuchel believes his compatriot's best position is in the forward line and he deployed him alongside Timo Werner as a split striker against Everton. Werner, whose performances have also improved under Tuchel despite his ongoing search for goals, offers boundless energy and work rate while Havertz prefers to glide around the pitch, looking for pockets of space.

But while their qualities failed to deliver for Lampard, they knitted together against the Toffees.

Werner will get fans on his side because of his work rate, but Havertz needs to have something tangible to show for his efforts because his style -- half Dimitar Berbatov and half Mesut Ozil -- could be misconstrued as laziness and lack of commitment when things aren't going well. Tuchel's demanding persona on the touchline may be just what is required to keep Havertz on track because the coach is quick to bark out orders at any player he perceives to be underperforming, but when Havertz influences games as he did on this occasion, any coach will forgive what appears to be a half-hearted approach to the game.

In time, Tuchel's abrasiveness may work against him if his players grow tired of the constant hectoring, but his style is working at this moment in time and Chelsea are getting results. Defensively, they have kept clean sheets in all five Premier League home games under the German.

Havertz, meanwhile, is not the only player to be benefiting from Tuchel's tough love. Werner has raised his game, while Alonso, Andreas Christensen and Mason Mount have also kicked on under the new coach.

It is perhaps why Chelsea are averaging 2.33 points per game under Tuchel compared to 1.53 under Lampard. They are enjoying a greater share of possession in games, registering more passes and winning more tackles with Tuchel than Lampard, so the progress is clear. And Chelsea now have a cushion in fourth, one that enables them to start looking up the table and target Leicester City and Manchester United, who are three and four points ahead of them in third and second respectively.

When Tuchel arrived in January, he was tasked with saving Chelsea's season, but he has already gone beyond base camp and is now improving the collective and the individuals. And getting the best from Havertz shows that Tuchel really is making a difference.

"You see the quality of the players and the club," Tuchel said. "It is a pleasure to be on the sideline and work with the team. Everybody in the club is doing everything to compete at this level."

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh due to an elbow injury.

The small tear in his left elbow tendon has been troubling Williamson in the second half of the season and it has reached a point where he needs to take some time out.

Williamson made one significant score in the T20I series against Australia, 53 in the second game in Dunedin, but fell for single-figures in the last three matches.

It was already likely that Williamson would miss the T20I series against Bangladesh due to his commitments at the IPL, a tournament coach Gary Stead still expected him to be available for.

"Kane loves playing for his country - so it hasn't been an easy decision to step back," Stead said. "A batsman's front elbow is crucial to his game and with the injury not improving it was clear something needed to be done.

"You've probably got to think the amount of time he's been batting this year has actually brought on these symptoms, a bit of an overuse injury.

"We've got a huge year of cricket ahead with an England Test tour and ICC World Test Championship Final first up in May and June, and we want to make sure we have Kane fit and firing for that.

"We will certainly miss his class and leadership in the upcoming Bangladesh series, but his omission will no doubt present an opportunity for someone else when the ODI squad is named."

Williamson's recovery timeline, which is due to see him aim to start batting again in 10-12 days, is expected to fit with the IPL which starts on April 9 .

"It's likely in about three weeks that Kane will be pretty close to being right up ready to go so that fits in with the time frames around the start of the IPL," Stead said. "We'll keep talking with him and Sunrisers Hyderabad as well and just making sure he is 100% before he starts again.

"What we want Kane to do be able to do is bat pain free and bat for long periods of time. We've taken that view, looking after him after making sure his body is in the best condition it can be is paramount for us. I don't expect there will be any long term problems with this, just this period of rest is what he needs right now."

Williamson's absence will likely create an opening for Devon Conway to make his ODI debut following a prolific start to his T20I career where he is average 52.28 after nine innings. Tom Latham will likely take over the captaincy from Williamson in a format New Zealand have only played four times since the 2019 World Cup final.

New Zealand will name their squad on Thursday with the series starting on March 20 in Dunedin.

Washington has placed the franchise tag on right guard Brandon Scherff for a second consecutive year, the team announced Monday night.

Scherff will receive $18.03 million in the 2021 season -- a 20% increase over last season. But Washington still hopes to sign him to a long-term deal. It has until July 15 to do so, and a source described talks so far as amicable.

Scherff, who turned 29 in December, played on the franchise tag last season, earning $15.03 million. He also became the first Washington player to be named first team All-Pro since punter Matt Turk in 1996. Scherff has made four Pro Bowls, including the past two.

Coaches liked how Scherff played inside, but also how well he blocked on the move in the screen game.

But injuries also have been an issue. Scherff hasn't played all 16 games since 2016 and has missed a combined 18 games the past four years. He ended up on injured reserve in 2017 and '18.

Washington selected Scherff with the fifth overall pick in the 2015 draft, intending to try him at right tackle first. But Washington moved him to right guard early in his first camp and started Morgan Moses at tackle, creating a strong tandem on the right side.

While at Iowa, Scherff was named the Outland Trophy winner in 2014 as the nation's best offensive lineman.

CHICAGO -- Kirby Dach joined the Chicago Blackhawks for an optional practice on Monday, taking a big step in his comeback from wrist surgery.

Coach Jeremy Colliton said the 20-year-old forward will accompany the team on its six-game road trip.

"Whenever we can we'll get him with the group, whether that's the taxi squad or the full group," Colliton said. "Obviously it's another step for him to be joining the team in some way, but we got a ways to go still."

Dach fractured his right wrist while playing for Canada's world junior team during an exhibition against Russia. After Dach had surgery on Dec. 28, team physician Michael Terry said he was expected to return to hockey-related activities in approximately four to five months.

Dach was selected by Chicago with the No. 3 pick in the 2019 draft. He had eight goals and 15 assists in 64 games during his rookie season with the Blackhawks.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said one reason Christian Pulisic hasn't been in his starting XI is that he is "strong" coming off the bench, following his team's 2-0 win over Everton in the Premier League on Monday.

Pulisic, 22, came on as a very late substitute for Chelsea and has played just 134 of a possible 810 minutes since his former manager at Borussia Dortmund arrived to take over for the departed Frank Lampard.

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"Maybe Christian's problem is I know from Dortmund how strong he is from the bench," Tuchel said after the match. "I think he started only in the cup game and in the end that's my responsibility and my fault. It's a bit unfair because I know what an impact he can have in 20 or 30 minutes. He was a bit unlucky in the last games but there's no lack of trust or quality. He just has to be a bit patient.

'We also have another guy I would love to mention, which is Emerson [Palmieri], who suffers from bad decisions against him from me. He does not play but he is an amazing guy who trains at the highest levels and never lets the team down with his mentality.

"This was a super hard decision today to have him out of the squad and the same with Tammy [Abraham]. It tells us we are a strong group and the guys just have to keep on fighting."

Tuchel said in February that he understood Pulisic's quality and wanted to keep him at Stamford Bridge, but that no decisions had been made over the U.S. international's future thus far.

The German boss was also keen to compliment his defence after their win over Everton -- Tuchel extending his unbeaten run as Blues boss to 11 games, including clean sheets in nine of those games and five in a row at home in the league.

"It's about principles, it's about being reliable, it's about trust that your back is covered if you step out and attack up front," Tuchel said.

"It's a high quality of defending right now in the group and of course they're super hungry to fight to not give chances away because it's a good feeling and it makes us self confident."

As well as beating Everton on Monday, Chelsea have also recently stopped Liverpool and Manchester United from scoring in the league and Atletico Madrid failed to get past the Blues' back line in the Champions League.

That defensive consistency belies how Tuchel has chopped and changed who plays in front of goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, alternating Marcos Alonso and Ben Chilwell at left-back and on Monday replacing Antonio Rudiger with Kurt Zouma in the back three.

"It's not about having clean sheets and parking the bus in front of a goal," the German said. "It's about a certain style of defending and we try to defend up as high as possible to have high ball recoveries...It's about trust, it's about courage."

Information from Reuters was used in this story.