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After failing to deliver on a helpful track on days three and four of the Edgbaston Test, Moeen Ali has been dropped for the second Test against Australia at Lord's. Left-arm spinner Jack Leach is certain to take his place in the eleven after being named as the only spinner in the squad of twelve.

South Africa veteran Hashim Amla has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket a month after his side exited early in the World Cup. Amla played 124 Tests, 181 ODIs and 24 T20s for his country in a career that started in 2004.

After looking comfortable at 282 for 4 just two behind Australia's first innings total England suffered a mini collapse of 4 for 18. Ben Stokes edged behind after a fifty, Rory Burns' maiden Test hundred also ended with an outside edge and Moeen Ali's dreadful misjudgement of one from Nathan Lyon which straightened rattled his off-stump.

New Zealand have picked as many as four frontline spinners - Todd Astle, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel and Will Somerville - in a squad of fifteen for the two Tests in Sri Lanka starting on August 14. That meant space could be found for only three fast bowlers in Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner, with all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme providing the fourth seam-bowling option. The batting unit remains as expected, with an additional wicketkeeper in Tom Blundell being included as back-up to the regular BJ Watling.

Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were named in Australia's Test squad for the upcoming Ashes in England, the first time since being banned for ball tampering in Cape Town in March 2018. The seventeen-member squad also features comebacks by wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade and all-rounder Mitchell March, among those by fast bowler James Pattinson, who last played for Australia in 2016.

In order to celebrate the hundredth birth anniversary of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has scheduled two T20s between an Asia XI and a World XI side in March 2020. While an annual celebration of his birth anniversary has always been held in the country - a national holiday has been one of the ways to honour him - the birth centenary next year makes the occasion further special.

Following all the action in week one, the World Cup had its share of attention in the second week too - though most of it was to do with the harsh weather surrounding England. CricClubs rewinds week number two of the 2019 World Cup which included matches from June 7 to 13.

Rising fast bowler Jofra Archer has broken into England's Test squad after being named in the fourteen-man party for the first Ashes Test. The squad also includes Rory Burns, Joe Denly, Jason Roy and Olly Stone among some other inexperienced names, while off-spinner Jack Leach - the Man of the Match against Ireland for a game-changing 92 in the second innings - missed out on the cut with the return of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, who were rested against Ireland.

It was the dying stages of the tournament in England, but June 28 - July 4 did feature fantastic cricket from all sides. While two teams booked their tickets for the semi-final, Sri Lanka missed out and would wonder what could have been. CricClubs relives week five of the World Cup before the action shift to the semi-finals.