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Two of cricket's traditional rivalries will be on show in the 2017 Champions Trophy, with the hosts England and Australia being put in Group A, and India and Pakistan in Group B

India-Pakistan, Australia-England bouts in 2017 Champions Trophy

Prabir Mukherjee, who was the Eden Gardens curator for over two decades, died at the age of 86 at his home in Kolkata on Tuesday

Eden Gardens curator Prabir Mukherjee dies

Nuwan Kulasekara, the Sri Lanka seamer, has announced his retirement from Test cricket to concentrate on his limited-overs career

Nuwan Kulasekara retires from Test cricket

Australia had announced that their A side and National Performance Squad would play a quadrangular one-day series against South Africa A and another international team at the start of May, which has now been confirmed as India A

India A to play quadrangular one-day series in Australia

Gloucestershire breathed life back into a match which appeared to be heading towards stalemate by declaring 75 runs behind on day three of the Specsavers County Championship clash at New Road

Van Buuren goes big before declaration opens up contest

31-May-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Rain denies Essex chance of victory

Essex were denied the chance to push for a third win in the County Championship this season as the weather only allowed six overs to be bowled on the final day against Northamptonshire

31-May-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Zimbabwe sack Masakadza, Whatmore

Zimbabwe have sacked captain Hamilton Masakadza and head coach Dav Whatmore, following the board's review of the team's performance at the World T20 in March

Sussex completed their first win of the season in the Specsavers County Championship after beating Derbyshire by 10 wickets at Hove

Weather breaks for Sussex to allow first victory

31-May-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Gillespie will not pursue Australia bowling coach role

Jason Gillespie, the Yorkshire head coach, will not be putting himself forward for the position of Australia's bowling coach and said he has no desire for an international role because of the time he would spend away from his family

James Anderson has leapfrogged his England new-ball partner Stuart Broad to become the No. 1 Test bowler in the ICC rankings

Anderson becomes No. 1 Test bowler

Sri Lanka fast bowler Shaminda Eranga has been reported for a suspect action following the second Test against England in Chester-le-Street

Shaminda Eranga reported for suspect action

Former India team director and allrounder Ravi Shastri has said Virat Kohli is ready to take over the captaincy from MS Dhoni across all formats, and this is the right time to make the switch "in the interest of Indian cricket"

Time right for Dhoni to hand over to Kohli - Shastri

As he prepares for an ODI tri-series in the Caribbean, Mitchell Marsh is happy with his progress in limited overs cricket, but admits he needs more runs in Tests

Marsh revels in completing injury-free international season

Ryan ten Doeschate and James Foster made sparkling centuries in a record seventh-wicket stand as Essex pressed for victory against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road

Ten Doeschate and Foster rip contest from Northants' grasp

30-May-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Shantry's astounding century turns the tables on Gloucestershire

Jack Shantry turned the clock back to a match played more than 100 years ago when scoring a career-best 106 in a remarkable Worcestershire recovery against Gloucestershire

30-May-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Kent build solid foundation through Bell-Drummond

No quarter was asked or given in testing conditions at Canterbury where day two of Kent's County Championship Division Two clash with Leicestershire was hampered by bad light and drizzle

30-May-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Cook crosses 10,000 Test runs mark

Alastair Cook has become the first England batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs, after reaching the milestone on the fourth afternoon of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street

A graphical look at how the two have stood out with their run-scoring in IPL 2016

Kohli and Warner's big year

Chandimal makes England work for victory