The legspinner wasn't required during Australia's T20 World Cup campaign but is now the second-leading wicket-taker in the WBBL

The ace Sri Lankan spinner was a consultant for New Zealand on their subcontinent tours this season

New Zealand's player of the series talks about making the best of extreme conditions, using his time in the reserves to prepare, and being part of the side's biggest success

The New Zealand spinner achieved an extraordinary feat in his home city three years ago. What can he do this time around?

Legspinner goes from bowling to Joe Root in nets, to being signed by Yorkshire and a first England call-up

The allrounder has had a storied career, which he has now put into a book, but hopes there's at least one chapter still to complete

The 23-year old, who grew up without a tv in her house, is now dreaming of winning a World Cup for South Africa

The Madhya Pradesh offspinning allrounder has impressed in domestic cricket over the last couple of years. Another good season could catapult him onto the biggest stage of them all

The Punjab Kings and Chhattisgarh batter talks about impressing Brian Lara, his rollercoaster career so far, and the season ahead

England allrounder set to feature on white-ball tour to country where he grew up

Up to 5mm of rain is also forecast on Thursday - match eve - although clear conditions are expected through the Test match

Chair Richard Thompson says last year's bid from Bridgepoint informed the sales benchmark

The interim white-ball coach said they want to keep a "settled team" in ODIs but there will be "changes" in T20Is

England opener shrugs off disappointment and aims to return to 'fearless' brand of cricket

India's bowling coach also says they're tracking the injured Gill's progress on a "day-to-day" basis

Tilak jumped a whopping 69 places after his back-to-back centuries in South Africa

A total of 37 teams across all three tiers will contest new 'FA Cup-style' T20 competition

South-Africa born batter will head back to England after she was hurt during training

Marizanne Kapp rocked the top order with three wickets Tahlia Wilson and Anika Learoyd steadied the chase

The allrounder picked up a hamstring strain in the final T20I against Pakistan

DAVID LLOYD: I was at the golf club on Saturday with a couple of mature fellas who like cricket and they said they were losing interest. They were shrugging their shoulders about this Pakistan series.

Sri Lanka seized control on day three of the third Test, cruising to 94-1 before bad light stopped play on Sunday.

DAVID LLOYD: After Ollie Pope's scintillating century on day one, the Surrey man's side collapsed on day two, posting a total of 325 all out before taking to the field with the ball at the Oval.

DAVID LLOYD AT THE OVAL: He has been the reserve batter for a period of time and he deserves to retain that title this winter. If further opportunity arises he'll be more comfortable in the middle order.

DAVID LLOYD AT LORD'S: He also joined an exclusive group of players - which includes George Headley, Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan - to have scored two centuries at Lord's.

DAVID LLOYD: They say it is like riding a bike, but even after some pre-match throw-downs, it felt like mine was still chained up until I got one down the leg side.

NASSER HUSSAIN: Is the second loss in Asia this year a serious setback for Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum as they look to develop momentum ahead of next year's Ashes Down Under?

NASSER HUSSAIN: What Saud Shakeel did well in the deciding Test that England batters did not was defend the ball straight, but also work it square of the wicket and play with soft hands.

NASSER HUSSAIN: England often look like they have really strong plans at the start of an innings and quickly get a side six or seven down, but towards the end, they leak vital lower order runs.

NASSER HUSSAIN: Just after lunch, I looked up at a scoreboard that read 118 for six, and down at a surface that shouldn't have produced that kind of total.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN MULTAN: He has had a difficult tour so far in Pakistan, with people saying that Jack Leach should be seen as England's No 1 spinner again.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN MULTAN: What was a difficult job for England seamers to get it through in the first Test, was even more difficult here. The ball was bouncing ankle height.

Up to 5mm of rain is also forecast on Thursday - match eve - although clear conditions are expected through the Test match

Chair Richard Thompson says last year's bid from Bridgepoint informed the sales benchmark

The interim white-ball coach said they want to keep a "settled team" in ODIs but there will be "changes" in T20Is

England opener shrugs off disappointment and aims to return to 'fearless' brand of cricket

India's bowling coach also says they're tracking the injured Gill's progress on a "day-to-day" basis

Tilak jumped a whopping 69 places after his back-to-back centuries in South Africa

His brother Krunal will lead the Baroda side who open their campaign against Gujarat on November 23

Our correspondent finds himself on the verge of entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Indian squad in Australia

The squad also includes Abhishek Porel and Shahbaz Ahmed

Salvi most recently led Mumbai to their 42nd Ranji title as head coach

The visitors have some unfamiliar faces as they look to make it three series wins in a row down underArriving in Australia in the ember weeks of 2024, the Indian Test team is in an unusual position. They are, in a sense, defending champions. Starting in 1947, Asian teams toured Australia 30 times in a […]

Safety in the game has evolved but the cricketing prodigy comes to mind whenever someone’s helmet takes a blowThe boy from Macksville, a small town pocketed between Sydney and Brisbane, formed a habit. With each century scored, he would collect the match ball, scribble the date and score by the seam. They filled up baskets. […]

£1.5m cash boost handed to all 10 tier one sidesCounties treatment of women’s sides under scrutinyCounties hosting professional women’s teams will be strictly monitored to ensure the England and Wales Cricket Board’s multimillion-pound investment is being used to achieve gender equality, Beth Barrett-Wild, the ECB’s director of the women’s professional game has said.Should counties fail […]

With the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at stake we take a look at the tourists who could play a major hand in the series, from Rishabh Pant to Akash DeepThe simmering rivalry between India and Australia has bubbled away over the past decade as the pair challenge for titles in all formats while they have been, for […]

Both were prolific in the recently concluded Pakistan-Sri Lanka series, but their overall Test careers is a strange mix of excellence and mediocrity

Despite the draw in Bulawayo, 2017 has seen a new high in terms of Test matches that have had decisive results

Pakistan's pace attack has enjoyed a superb year in ODIs in 2017, and the biggest reason for that has been the emergence of Hasan Ali

He has been outstanding on tours, but his average at home has dropped to less than 37; the difference between the two is among the highest in Test history

Australia have the home advantage, but most of the other numbers between the two teams are pretty similar over the last 18 months

He has been on an incredible run spree against Australia in recent years, and his superb numbers of late suggest he will have another fine series against them

The average T20I run rate in 2018 so far is 8.87, the highest among all years so far

Many people can recall outstanding deliveries, such as Shane Warne's'ball of the century' to Mike Gatting at Old Trafford in 1993

The England allrounder who missed a summer after being sent down

The story of Harry Lee, an England batsman who played a Test match after being declared officially dead

The player who many thought was a better batsman than the greatest of them all

The 16-year-old WG Grace made an impact in his very first match 150 years ago

When the selection of Derek Pringle ruffled feathers

It seems extraordinary to recall now, given all the seismic scandals that have clawed away at the integrity of cricket over the past decade, but at the start of the 1990s, there was no issue more emotive than ball-tampering