James Anderson has been ruled out of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge but is hopeful of being fit for a possible decider at the Oval, which starts on August 20

Chris Read enjoyed a day to remember as Nottinghamshire Outlaws maintained their unbeaten start in the Royal London Cup with a four-wicket win over Sussex Sharks at Hove

Last season's semi-finalists Kent opened their account in this year's Royal London Cup with an emphatic five-wicket victory over Hampshire with seven overs to spare in Canterbury

Glenn Maxwell made 111 from 76 balls in Yorkshire's emphatic 133-run win against Worcestershire at New Road in the Royal London Cup

A round-up of the reactions on Twitter to Dale Steyn reaching the milestone of 400 wickets

Zimbabwe have made four changes to their 15-man squad for the first two ODIs against New Zealand in Harare, including a recall for 30-year-old offspinner John Nyumbu

The ECB has filed a writ petition in the Sindh High Court to recover the fine from banned legspinner, Danish Kaneria, who is based in Karachi

Olly Stone and Steven Crook led a superb Northamptonshire bowling display as they got off the mark at the third attempt in the Royal London Cup

Openers Mark Pettini and Tom Westley both scored centuries as Essex inflicted a 152-run defeat on Warwickshire in their Royal London Cup Group B clash at Chelmsford

Gary Ballance hit his second fifty in three days after being dropped by England but it was not enough to prevent Yorkshire from losing to Surrey by six runs in the Royal London Cup

A record-breaking stand of 211 between openers Mark Stoneman and Phil Mustard helped Durham maintain their winning start in the Royal London Cup

Kenyon Ziehl, a former first-class player, has been appointed Zimbabwe's convener of selectors. He had led the panel earlier as well, from the end of 2007 to 2009

Suresh Raina has said he wants to establish himself as Test batsman, the only format in which he has not nailed down a spot in India's batting order

Glamorgan were indebted to a brilliant unbeaten 94 from Chris Cooke as they chased down a target of 318 to beat Kent by three wickets in a thrilling Royal London Cup match in Cardiff