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Jonathan Agnew and his colleagues leave Geoff Boycott in a state of trepidation with a well-executed prank

Pranking Geoffrey Boycott

The investment company was one of two local buyers - out of eight - unveiled as franchise owners by Cricket South Africa in June

Owner of Stellenbosch franchise pulls out of T20 Global League

Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard have had a long on-field rivalry going in franchise T20s, and their latest encounter had Bravo showing off his dance moves

Bravo v Pollard: CPL 2017 edition

Allrounder Marcus Stoinis will return to his home state of Western Australia for the 2017-18 season, after spending the past five summers playing with Victoria

Stoinis heads home to Western Australia

West Indies' batsmen looked in good order and Kieran Powell struck a century as a less-than-testing warm-up against a weakened Derbyshire side ended in a tame draw

Powell strolls to hundred in untaxing warm-up

South Africa A amassed a 292-run lead courtesy a disciplined show from their bowlers and an unbroken second-innings fifty stand from their openers

Piedt, Hendricks three-fors choke India A

It looked all over when Johann Myburgh took Somerset within 22 runs with three overs remaining but Marchant de Lange summoned a matchwinning response

De Lange's rescue act takes Glamorgan through

Aaron Finch took 30 off one over from David Wiese and equalled Surrey's sixes record to ensure victory over Sussex in a vital NatWest Blast encounter

Finch's brutal over gives Surrey the edge

Pakistan could be on the verge of hosting their highest-profile international visitor in the last eight years, with Sri Lanka considering a visit for a T20 in September-October

Sri Lanka 'keen' to visit Pakistan for T20s in September

Alex Hepburn's new Worcestershire record could not stop Dan Christian sweeping Nottinghamshire into the quarter-finals

Christian's all-round show takes Notts through

Jamie Porter responded to his recall in style to keep Essex still hoping for a quarter-final place

Recalled Porter keeps Essex believing

Ed Pollock and Dominic Sibley made light work of their victory target at Chester-le-Street

Pollock puts Bears on verge of last eight

Yuvraj Singh and wicketkeepers Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant have been omitted from India's squad for the limited-overs leg of the Sri Lanka tour

Yuvraj dropped; Ashwin, Jadeja rested for Sri Lanka ODIs

In his letter to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri, Lalit Modi wrote of his decision to resign as president of the Nagaur District Association and urged the national board to release the funds due to the RCA

Modi calls time on cricket administration 'for now'

Shai Hope and Roston Chase scored unbeaten hundreds but Shannon Gabriel suffered problems with his run-up, bowling 20 no-balls

Gabriel worry for WI as batsmen find form

Adam Milne claimed 5 for 11 as Kent beat Somerset by six wickets at Taunton to keep alive their chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the NatWest T20 Blast

Milne's five-for lifts Kent back into contention

Leicestershire completed a second win in two days to put themselves firmly back in the hunt for quarter-final qualification, beating Yorkshire by four wickets with two balls remaining

Ronchi, Ackermann keep Leicestershire in quarter-final hunt

A superb individual performance from Stafanie Taylor gave Western Storm lift-off in the Kia Super League as they defeated Loughborough Lightning by five wickets

Taylor dominates Lightning with bat and ball