ESPNcricinfo staff

Javed Akhtar, the former Pakistan spinner and international umpire, died in Rawalpindi on Friday. He was 75.

Former Pakistan Test player and umpire Javed Akhtar dies

Brushing aside the tag of 'talented underachiever', Rohit Sharma says his immediate priority is to be a better Test batsman

'Many people have sustained their jobs by criticising me'

Fast bowler Sohail Tanvir and left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul claimed five wickets between them to help set up a seven-wicket victory for Guyana Amazon Warriors against Jamaica Tallawahs in a top-of-the-table clash at Providence on Thursday

Guyana's bowlers keep them undefeated

David Warner has defended his use of thick, lightweight bats, and said he believed flat pitches were a more significant factor in any perceived imbalance between bat and ball

David Warner defends his big bats

Tim Gruijters could play his first matches for Netherlands in more than two years after he earned a recall to the Dutch squads to play Afghanistan and Nepal in the next round of the Intercontinental Cup and WCL Championship

Gruijters recalled to Dutch squad for Nepal, Afghanistan matches

Glamorgan continued their remarkable form in the NatWest T20 Blast against Sussex with a win that extended their undefeated run in the competition to seven matches

Lloyd and van der Gugten maintain Glamorgan's run

07-Jul-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Northeast stars in Kent victory

Skipper Sam Northeast led the way as Kent maintained their one-day stranglehold over Somerset with a 12-run NatWest T20 Blast group win at Taunton

07-Jul-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Vithanage handed one-year suspension

Sri Lanka Cricket has suspended Kithuruwan Vithanage from all forms of cricket for one year for his part in a public brawl in Colombo

Mohammad Amir and Yasir Shah have been rested for Pakistan's second warm-up match against Sussex ahead of the opening Test against England at Lord's

Amir and Yasir rested for Sussex match

Ireland have announced an ODI against West Indies against in September next year and have also confirmed the schedule for the tri-series in May involving New Zealand and Bangladesh

Ireland announce West Indies ODI

New Zealand Cricket is monitoring the unrest in Zimbabwe ahead of its team's tour to the country later this month

NZC monitoring social situation in Zimbabwe ahead of tour

All six territorial boards of the West Indies Cricket Board will find representation for the first time in the upcoming Regional Women's Tournament, which begins on Thursday

Leeward Islands to debut in Regional Women's Tournament

Joe Clarke won a controversial umpiring reprieve and then struck a century to bring Worcestershire victory in an exciting run chase against Leicestershire

Controversy as Clarke ton gets Worcestershire home

Middlesex overturned Yorkkshire again in a remarkable innings win at Scarboriugh to assume the leadership in Division One of the Specsavers Championship

Middlesex overturn Yorkshire again to go top

Jimmy Adams led a safety-first approach by Hampshire in a final-day stalemate against Durham at Chester-le-Street

Adams leads Hampshire's safety-first approach

Derbyshire suffered their first complete wash-out in the County Championship in 35 years after no play was possible for the third day running against Northamptonshire at Chesterfield

Derbyshire rue washout due to saturated pitch at Chesterfield

Asitha Fernando claimed seven wickets on first-class debut, including five in the last innings, to secure a slim victory for Sri Lanka A over Pakistan A in Leicester

Debutant Asitha bowls Sri Lanka A to narrow win

06-Jul-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Essex go top in spite of record resistance from Northeast and Tredwell

Matt Quinn finally broke a monumental record eighth-wicket stand of 222 between Sam Northeast and James Tredwell to set up Essex for their third Championship win of the season