Big Bash League 2017-18

Perfect game vaults Hurricanes into BBL contention

Feb 2, 2018: Captain Dan Christian agreed the Hurricanes had been able to play with clear minds and full hearts given the weight of expectation heaped on the Scorchers by their formidable BBL record and home fixture

Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL semi-final, Perth

Scorchers bow out after Hurricanes pile up 210

Feb 1, 2018: The Hurricanes had lost their last three matches, lost their leading scorer D'Arcy Short to international duty, dropped Tymal Mills, but they still managed to dethrone the defending champions

Big Bash League 2017-18

Pietersen smacks match-winning 46 in last BBL game

Jan 27, 2018: A Kevin Pietersen cameo in his last appearance for the Melbourne Stars left the Hobart Hurricanes' semi-final hopes in the hands of other teams

Big Bash League 2017-18

Tracing Australian cricket's indigenous past until the BBL

Jan 16, 2018: Cricket Australia is trying to rectify the mistakes of the past; they know they're playing catch up to sports like Australian rules football. But for the first time they are trying to find indigenous players

Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat, BBL 2017-18, Hobart, January 15, 2018

Unstoppable Short lifts Hobart Hurricanes to third

Jan 15, 2018: Hobart Hurricanes moved to third on the points table, after completing a season-double against Brisbane Heat at home on Monday

County news

Christian on board for Notts' Blast defence

Dec 22, 2017: Nottinghamshire have signed Dan Christian as their T20 captain for another two years

Birmingham v Nottinghamshire, NatWest T20 Blast, Final, Edgbaston

Christian earns black eye for NatWest Blast title

Sep 3, 2017: Dan Christian was left with a sore head after Nottinghamshire's NatWest Blast triumph, but not in the way he would have expected

Caribbean Premier League 2017

Hand injury rules McCullum out of CPL

Sep 3, 2017: Brendon McCullum was batting on 26 during Trinbago Knight Riders' chase when he was struck on the left arm by Wayne Parnell

Nottinghamshire v Somerset, NatWest T20 Blast, Quarter-final, Trent Bridge

We were upset after Hales' catch decision - Christian

Aug 24, 2017: Dan Christian applauded his bowlers for backing up his gamble of giving Somerset first chance to bat despite Trent Bridge's reputation for yielding high scores

Nottinghamshire v Somerset, NatWest T20 Blast, Quarter-final, Trent Bridge

Notts overcame Hales controversy to return to Finals Day

Aug 24, 2017: The Trent Bridge quarter-final wasn't the runfest that may have been predicted as Notts' bowlers kept Somerset quiet then the middle order overcame a wobble

Nottinghamshire v Somerset, NatWest T20 Blast, Quarter-final, Trent Bridge

How Christian mastered his many T20 roles

Aug 24, 2017: Dan Christian's constant and rapid evolution is very much the story of T20. From a sloggy allrounder he is now a professional franchise cricketer touring the world

Australia in India 2017

Starc out, Faulkner and Christian in for India series

Aug 18, 2017: Also, Tim Paine was preferred as wicketkeeper in the T20 side ahead of Matthew Wade for the tour that will run from September 17 to October 13

Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, NatWest Blast, North Group, Worcester

Christian's all-round show takes Notts through

Aug 13, 2017: Alex Hepburn's new Worcestershire record could not stop Dan Christian sweeping Nottinghamshire into the quarter-finals

Victoria v SA, Sheffield Shield final, Alice Springs, 4th day

Finch, Christian all but bat Redbacks out of final

Mar 29, 2017: ESPNcricinfo's wrap of the fourth day of the Sheffield Shield final between Victoria and South Australia in Alice Springs

Big Bash League 2016-17 review

The team of the tournament

Jan 27, 2017: ESPNcricinfo's best XI of the 2016-17 BBL includes the league's biggest draw, a mellowed yet effective fast bowler, and a captain who had fans flocking to the Gabba

The art of the middle-overs batsman in T20

Jan 7, 2017: How does Dan Christian go about his job - different in T20 to that in other formats?

Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers, Big Bash League 2016-17, Hobart

Christian's five-for underpins Hurricanes' win

Jan 2, 2017: Daniel Christian's returned figures of 5 for 14 - the BBL's second-best ever - to dent the Strikers

County news

Christian returns for Notts Outlaws in the Blast

Dec 21, 2016: Dan Christian will return for Nottinghamshire in the 2017 NatWest Blast

Tasmania v Victoria, Sheffield Shield 2016-17, Hobart, 4th day

Late rain denies Tasmania victory chance

Dec 8, 2016: Tasmania and Victoria played out a thrilling draw on the final evening in Hobart

Tasmania v Victoria, Sheffield Shield, Hobart

Silk 71* carries Tasmania after Victoria fight back

Dec 6, 2016: Jordan Silk's unbeaten 71 took Tasmania 100 runs ahead at stumps, after Dan Christian led a resistance with the Victorian tail to give them a 27-run first-innings lead