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• England confirm squad for West Indies series ahead of Anderson's final Test

  England have confirmed their squad for the first two Tests of the three-match series against West Indies.

  James Anderson will bring the curtain down on his stellar career after the first Test at Lord's, which starts on July 10.

  Anderson has taken 700 Test wickets, the most of any fast bowler in the history of the format.

  But with the 41-year-old bowing out, England captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum also have an eye on the future of their bowling attack.

  Fast bowler Dillon Pennington and wicketkeeper Jamie Smith have earned their maiden call-ups, while Gus Atkinson could be in store for his first cap, after he was included in the squad that toured India earlier this year but did not feature.

  Chris Woakes, meanwhile, returns to the fold for the first time in a Test squad since last year's Ashes, and Shoaib Bashir has got the nod over Jack Leach.

  This squad will cover the second Test, at Trent Bridge, though a new selection is set to be made before the final match, which will start at Edgbaston on July 26.

  Ollie Robinson, Ben Foakes, Jonny Bairstow, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood have been left out, though the latter three have been involved in England's T20 World Cup campaign.

  England squad for first two Tests: Ben Stokes (captain), James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Dillon Pennington, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes.

• T20 World Cup final defeat 'hurts', but Markram proud of South Africa efforts

  South Africa are hurting after their T20 World Cup final defeat to India, but captain Aidan Markram said his team must be immensely proud of their efforts.

  The Proteas needed 30 runs from as many deliveries to clinch the title in Barbados on Saturday.

  Instead, the wickets tumbled as India won by seven runs to secure the crown for the first time since 2007.

  It was a case of so close, but so far for South Africa, who were playing in their first T20 World Cup semi-final.

  While the manner of the defeat stung, Markram refused to be too downbeat.

  "I think it'll take some time for us to have a really good reflection on a really good campaign that we've had," Markram said.

  "Obviously for the time being, it hurts quite a bit, but having said that, still incredibly proud of this group of players and everyone that's involved in this team.

  "A really good game of cricket, so on all fronts, really chuffed with the guys today. Not great to [not] get over the line, but incredibly proud of this group of people that we've got going here in our white-ball squad.

  "We got into a great position, which proves that we were worthy finalists and could have won the game today. Unfortunately didn't, but still incredibly proud of the group."

  India became only the third team to win the T20 World Cuo more than once, after West Indies (2012 and 2016) and England (2010 and 2022).

• India stars Kohli and Rohit retire from T20Is following World Cup triumph

  Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirement from T20Is on the back of leading India to glory against South Africa.

  Kohli, who had endured some indifferent form throughout the T20 World Cup, saved his best for last as he plundered 76 in India's seven-run win over the Proteas on Saturday.

  Kohli has played 125 T20Is and is India's second-highest run-scorer in the format, with 4,188 to his name. Only Rohit (4,231 runs in 159 matches) can boast a higher total.

  And the duo both confirmed after the match that they would be bowing out of the format.

  "This was my last T20 World Cup and this is exactly what we wanted to achieve," Kohli said.

  "This is an amazing game, I was telling Rohit today when we went out to bat that one day you feel like you can't get a run, and then you come out and things happen. God is great. I bow my head in gratitude.

  "I'm really grateful I was able to get the job done for the team when it mattered the most.

  "This is my last T20 game playing for India, my last World Cup I was going to play. I wanted to make the most of it. And this was our aim. We wanted to win an ICC tournament, we wanted to lift the cup. 

  "This was an open secret, it was not something that I was not going to announce if we'd lost. This was going to be my last T20 World Cup playing for India, it's time for the next generation to take over.

  "Two-year cycle, there are some amazing players playing in India, they're going to take the team forward in the T20 format, and do wonders as we've seen them do in the IPL. I've no doubts they'll keep the flag waving high, and really take this team further from here now."

  Rohit, who was part of the India squad that won the T20 World Cup in 2007, followed up Kohli's announcement with his own retirement confirmation.

  "This was my last [T20I] game as well," Rohit said.

  "No better time to say goodbye to this format. I've loved every moment of this. I started my India career playing this format. This is what I wanted, I wanted to win the cup.

  "I wanted this badly. Very hard to put in words. It was a very emotional moment for me. I was very desperate for this title in my life. Happy that we eventually crossed the line."