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Jake Ball has earned a white-ball contract but fellow pace bowlers Wood and Steven Finn have both slipped down the pecking order

Stokes, Hales retained; Wood loses Test contract

Darren Lehmann, Australia's coach, has admitted that Ben Stokes' alleged involvement in a street brawl in Bristol has revived memories of David Hookes' death in 2004

Stokes incident a 'touchy' subject for Australia coach Lehmann

The No. 3 batsman made the third-highest score for Scotland and led them to their third-largest ODI victory by margin of runs

MacLeod 154 propels Scotland past PNG

The 25-year old smashed Nathan Lyon for 32 runs to equal AB de Villiers' Australian record for the most runs scored in a single over

Ross equals de Villiers' record in Redbacks win

Kieron Pollard will captain Bloem City Blazers in South Africa's T20 Global League, which begins next month

Pollard named Bloem City Blazers captain

Reece Topley, the England left-armer, and Jamie Overton will continue their rehabilitation from back injuries as part of the ECB's Pace Programme in South Africa this winter

Topley, Overton on England Pace Programme

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