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The latest news and updates from the Ranji Trophy circuit

Ankle sprain causes injury scare for Vijay

One of Northants' best-loved figures will be a permanent figure around the county in 2018

Sales awarded full-time Northamptonshire role

The left-arm quick recently opted out of an NZC central contract to pursue a career playing in T20 leagues around the world

McClenaghan signs up with Sydney Thunder

High-profile players moving to new teams include Robin Uthappa, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla and Ambati Rayudu

Ranji Trophy transfers - Who moved where ahead of the 2017-18 season

Jamie Porter also claimed two prizes after helping Essex to the County Championship title while James Anderson and Joe Root took the England awards

Patel and Sciver named players of the year

Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali admitted that the relative inexperience of the batting line-up was also a factor in their failure to chase down 136 on the final day in Abu Dhabi

Herath can adjust, counter plans against him - Azhar

A year to the day since they were handed relegation and a 48-point penalty, things have only gone from bad to worse at Durham

Durham's year of unending misery

A desperate year for Durham looks set to get worse, with Jack Burnham, their promising young batsman, facing a one-year ban from cricket after failing a drugs test for the third time

Jack Burnham handed one-year ban for failed drugs test

As John Hastings is forced to retire at 33, we look at the several Australia fast bowlers who have debuted before the age of 25 and struggled with injuries

Too young for the fast life?

Cameron White's career-best 165 off 154 balls - among the ten highest scores in Australia's 50-over domestic tournament - underpinned Victoria's 111-run victory over Tasmania

Cameron White's 165 floors Tasmania

In the absence of Morne Morkel, Kagiso Rabada will lead the bowling attack, which also includes allrounders Wayne Parnell and Andile Phehlukwayo

Paterson earns maiden call-up for Bangladesh ODIs

Richie Berrington's patient 129 helped Scotland to a 110-run first-innings lead, but two strong batting performances from Papua New Guinea thwarted their push for a win

Scotland still winless after high-scoring draw

Guy Lavender, the MCC chief executive, has said retaining five-day Tests makes sense "from a cricketing perspective" even if there are other reasons to consider four-day Tests

'We would like to see five-day Tests continue' - MCC

The selectors have gone with continuity, which means the likes of Kyle Hope and Shane Dowrich keep their places despite enduring a difficult time in England

West Indies name unchanged squad for Zimbabwe tour

Essex dominated awards at the Cricket Writers' Club lunch in Kensington with Jamie Porter also picking up the Championship award

Lawrence collects CWC young player accolade

The 18-year old has been advised rest due to a side strain picked up during a training camp ahead of the Ranji Trophy season

Shubman Gill ruled out of New Zealand A one-dayers

A Caribbean Select XI will take on a Trinidad team on October 14 to help raise money for victims of the hurricanes that ravaged the Caribbean islands in September

Sammy, Pollard to lead teams in fundraiser for hurricane victims

Henry Nicholls ended a lean series with an innings of 94, but there was little else for New Zealand A to feel pleased about as they lost their last nine wickets for 86 runs

Karn bags another five-for as India A win by an innings

Australia women lose No. 1 ranking for the first time since the introduction of the combined ranking system in October 2015

England edge ahead of Australia to No. 1 in women's rankings