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England gears up for pink-ball bow
Mark Stoneman has been confirmed for a debut as England host West Indies for the first day-night Test in the UK
news - uk cricket
Past perfect makes West Indies' present tense
West Indies can call on some great memories at Edgbaston but they will start as underdogs against an England side on the up
news - uk cricket
Pink ball has piqued interest.
Melinda Farrell and George Dobell preview England's first day-night Test, with questions over both sides' batting
2:20
England v West Indies
1st Investec Test, Edgbaston
'Let's rewrite history' - Law's call to West Indies
The West Indies coach believes his team can "exploit the weaknesses" in the England side and prove their critics wrong
ICC Cricket World Cup
Wonderful stuff here with the Lord's Taverners in Birmingham. Viv Richards egging the kids on to take it to Curtly Ambrose....
0:27
Sri Lanka v India
ODI series
ODI series
Sri Lanka v India
Rohit 'not thinking' about vice-captaincy
India's ODI opener reflects on a decade in international cricket and how he spent the days sitting out of the Test series against Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka v India 2017
ODI series
Rohit reflects on his 10-year journey.
2:08
Summer of Viv: When the King played for a small Lancashire club
Rewind to 30 years ago when Rishton CC hosted cricket's biggest superstar
CPL 2017
Stars v Tallawahs, Gros Islet
CPL 2017
Stars v Tallawahs
McCarthy aces 174 chase, Stars fall to sixth successive loss
Andre Fletcher and Marlon Samuels hit fifties, but couldn't prevent Jamaica Tallawahs from completing the fourth-highest successful chase in the CPL
Pakistan News
Lahore Training Camp
Pakistan news
Lahore Training Camp
Umar Akmal furious at Arthur snub
Batsman accuses Pakistan head coach of being 'abusive', lashes out at being denied the opportunity to use the facilities at the National Cricket Academy
Top headlines
Intra-squad match, Darwin
Australia in Bangladesh 2017
Australia in Bangladesh 2017
Intra-squad match, Darwin
Lehmann confident of Warner's fitness after neck blow
The batsman passed a concussion test on Tuesday following the incident, but sat out of the final day of the practice game as a precaution
Australia
Cricket
WATCH - Holland takes 4 for 1 in 11 balls.
Jon Holland, playing for Steven Smith's XI in the intra-squad match, took advantage of the spin-friendly conditions in Darwin
0:44
Youth ODIs
India v England, Taunton
England v West Indies
1st Investec Test, Edgbaston
England v West Indies
1st Test, Edgbaston
Broad wary as England 'step into the unknown'
England will play their first day-night Test against West Indies this week, a side who have been able to prepare with a warm-up match and have previous pink-ball Test experience
England v West Indies
1st Investec Test, Edgbaston
'Grit your teeth and crack on.'
England's players reveal their thoughts on the pink ball as they prepare to try it out for the first time in Test cricket against West Indies
1:40
Ireland v Netherlands
Intercontinental Cup, Dublin
Squad selection
India in Sri Lanka 2017
Squad Selection
India in Sri Lanka 2017
Thisara, Siriwardana return to ODI squad
Sri Lanka's squad for the five-match series against India also includes Malinda Pushpakumara and Vishwa Fernando, who are yet to make their ODI debuts
South Africa's coach hunt
Ottis Gibson's future
South Africa News
Ottis Gibson's future
Gibson compensation agreed but will stay for WI Tests
The England bowling coach is expected to be unveiled as South Africa's new head coach within days but he will not start his new role until after the end of the third Test
Rankings update
ICC news
India
Cricket
Rahul breaks into top ten for Test batsmen
In the allrounder rankings, Ravindra Jadeja has been displaced from the top spot - after missing the Pallekele Test - by Shakib Al Hasan
Editor's Picks
Photo feature
Wave it, wear it, win it
Why flags are the perfect accessories when you're at the cricket
Women's Cricket
Kia Super League
Kia Super League
Women's Cricket
Suzie Bates plunders first KSL century
The New Zealand captain hit a sensational unbeaten 119 as champions Southern Vipers thumped Loughborough Lightning by 46 runs in Derby
South Africa A v India A
1st unofficial Test, Pretoria
South Africa A v India A
1st unofficial Test, Pretoria
South Africa A triumph with Junior Dala five-for
There were three India A wickets left standing on the final day and the seamer took all of them to wrap up a 235-run victory
CPL 2017
Knight Riders v Patriots, Trinidad
Caribbean Premier League
Imperious Ramdin propels Knight Riders into the knockouts
The wicketkeeper-batsman's rampant 35-ball 59 not out consigned St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to a four-wicket loss
Editor's Picks
Ask Steven
Four golden ducks in an innings
How many times has that happened in Tests? Steven Lynch reveals that and more
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
SL v IND 2017
Players mature quickly under new culture - Kohli
This Indian team has rid itself of a culture in which newcomers were judged, says its captain
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
Where does India's rout of Sri Lanka rank?
This was their first ever clean sweep away from home in a series of three or more Tests
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
'Worst series loss of my career' - Chandimal
Not once in this series could Sri Lanka push a Test to the fifth day and the new captain Dinesh Chandimal felt quite bad about that
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
Fernando: Cherish the old memories, Sri Lanka
Never has the team been so comprehensively rolled over. No Duleep Mendis-style counterattack, no Muttiah Muralitharan-esque bamboozling. Only misery
Squad selection
India in SL 2017
India
Cricket
'If Dhoni is not delivering, we will have to look at alternatives' - MSK Prasad
The chairman of selectors admitted MS Dhoni was not an automatic selection anymore, and made it clear that the next few months will see a lot of rotation in the ODI squad
India
Cricket
Monga: India's bid to adapt to new ODI landscape
The squad to tour Sri Lanka hints that the selectors have understood the importance of wristspinners and attacking middle-order batsmen
Australia in Bangladesh
Bangladesh preparations
Australia in Bangladesh
Bangladesh preparations
Mashrafe urges senior quartet to step up in Tests
Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah 'will have to put a price on their wicket', says the Bangladesh senior bowler
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
Sri Lanka routed again, India complete whitewash
The hosts were dismissed for under 200 for the second time in the Test, as Virat Kohli's team surged to victory in three days
County stints
India news
Ashwin to play county cricket after Sri Lanka Tests
The offspinner could debut for Worcestershire on August 28
Cricket in Pakistan
ACC news
Cricket in Pakistan
ACC news
Sri Lanka 'keen' to visit Pakistan in September-October
Pakistan could be on the verge of hosting their highest-profile international visitor in the last eight years, for T20 cricket in Lahore
Editor's Picks
Schooling South Africa
The country's best cricketing talent comes from about 40 secondary schools, perpetuating an exclusionist attitude
CPL 2017
Stars v Amazon Warriors, Gros Islet
Caribbean Premier League
St Lucia slip further as miserly Rashid Khan sets up maiden Guyana win
Darren Sammy began the final over of both innings in the game well, but Guyana outdid him both times
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
Monga: 'Project Pandya' provides peek into future
From playing as a travelling gun for hire in local tournaments and sharpening his technique in the IPL, Hardik Pandya has now slammed his first hundred in official cricket - in Tests
Sri Lanka v India
3rd Test, Pallekele
Don't remember when I last scored a hundred - Pandya
After scoring his maiden Test century, the India allrounder was so intoxicated that he just started blurting things out at the press conference
Leadership challenge
England Cricket
Leadership challenge
England Cricket
Root shoulders the demands of captaincy
Joe Root is discovering the relentless demands made on an England captain - and that is even before he begins to think about the Ashes
England v India
4th Youth ODI
South Africa
Morkel ponders future
Morkel targeted as potential Kolpak signing
South Africa could be braced for another blow as fast bowler Morne Morkel weighs up his future in international cricket
NOCs revoked
Pakistan news
Essex could lose Amir after PCB issues recall notice
The Pakistan board wants 13 players with NOCs for county cricket and the CPL to return for national and domestic commitments
CPL 2017
Knight Riders v Tridents, Port of Spain
Caribbean Premier League
Narine's 45-ball 79 keeps Knight Riders on top
Sunil Narine ran up his career-best T20 score to help Trinbago Knight Riders prevail by two wickets and make it four wins in five matches in the 2017 CPL
CPL 2017
Stars v Patriots, Gros Islet
Caribbean Premier League
Patriots win three in three with Lewis' 92
Having failed to make the playoffs in the previous two seasons, the franchise has made a fine start to the 2017 season
Derbyshire v West Indians
Tour match, Derby
Derbyshire v West Indians
Tour match, Derby
Powell strolls to hundred in untaxing warm-up
West Indies' batsmen looked in good order and Kieran Powell struck a century as a less-than-testing warm-up against a weakened Derbyshire side ended in a tame draw
Editor's Picks
All Out Cricket
The ten worst shots
All bad shots are bad, but some bad shots are badder than other bad shots
Sri Lanka Cricket
Domestic set-up
Sri Lanka
Domestic set-up
SL first-class cricket must work for fast bowlers - Vaas
Sri Lanka's bowling coach has drawn attention to the tendency to produce spin-friendly pitches in first-class cricket, which is hampering the development of pace bowlers
T20 Charity Match
Sri Lanka news
Sri Lanka to host World XI for a charity match
The T20 match, for the benefit of disaster-affected children, will feature players from around the world and will be played at Khettarama
CPL 2017
Knight Riders v Amazon Warriors, Port of Spain
CPL 2017
Knight Riders v Amazon Warriors, Port of Spain
Shadab, Munro keep Amazon Warriors winless
One took 4 for 28, the other smashed 70 not out, and together they helped Trinbago Knight Riders to a seven-wicket victory
Editor's Picks
Jhulan Goswami
'I believe we've been able to bring about a revolution'
Jhulan Goswami on the World Cup, her best spells, and the time she felt like quitting the game
Turn & Bounce
Sushma Verma
Meet Himachal's sports queen.
From flirting with multiple sports - volleyball, handball and badminton - Sushma Verma has now established herself as India's first-choice wicketkeeper
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- CoA seeks removal of BCCI's top office bearers
- Only India's fittest for the World Cup - Shastri
- Lehmann confident of Warner's fitness
- Gibson set to leave for SA after WI Tests
- Don't underestimate West Indies - Garner
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