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Ravi Bopara and Mohammad Amir bowled typically miserly four-over spells to keep alive Essex's outside chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of NatWest T20 Blast

Essex keep faint qualification hopes alive

Defending champions Northants must win one of their last two matches to reach the quarter-finals after a heavy defeat against Leicestershire

Cosgrove sinks Northants on night of records for Foxes

Kyle Hope gave the West Indians a boost ahead of next week's First Test Match at Edgbaston when he scored the first century of the tour in the day/night game against Derbyshire at Derby

Hope springs eternal to lift West Indies

Sussex boosted their hopes of reaching the knockout stages in the NatWest T20 Blast after easing to a five-victory win over Gloucestershire at Hove

Sussex survive wobble in small chase

An unbeaten half century from Samit Patel helped Nottinghamshire strengthen their lead at the top of the North Group of the NatWest T20 Blast competition

Patel trumps Hain as Notts coast home

Keaton Jennings enjoyed more success with the ball than the bat on his return to the Durham side in a 13-run win at home to Worcestershire in the NatWest T20 Blast.

Jennings makes mark with ball as Durham keep Worcs at arm's length

Two half-century partnerships at either end of the Yorkshire innings set up a resounding Kia Super League win by 28 runs over Lancashire at Headingley

Davidson-Richards stars as Yorkshire claim derby honours

Ted Corbett, the former cricket correspondent of the Daily Star, and a long-term columnist of the Hindu, has died at the age of 82

Former cricket writer Ted Corbett dies aged 82

The move ends the senior batsman's 15-year-long association with the Karnataka team

Saurashtra announce Uthappa signing for 2017-18 season

Ellyse Perry believes it is time to move on from comparing women's cricket with the men's game and celebrate the female version as a sport in its own right.

'Women's cricket can be on a par with tennis' - Perry

11-Aug-2017•Jon Culley

Du Plessis warns SA against wholesale changes

The South Africa Test captain has asked for consideration to be shown to the existing support staff even if the head coach has to be changed

The India opener was hopeful playing in the Tamil Nadu Premier League T20s could get him in the right frame of mind after a five-month layoff from international cricket

Vijay hopes to make 'second innings' count

Tom Helm produced a brilliant final over as Middlesex beat Sussex Sharks by two runs to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the NatWest T20 Blast

Helm takes the helm to steer Middlesex to thrilling victory

Mason Crane marked his maiden England Test call-up with three wickets as Hampshire closed the gap on Glamorgan at the top of the NatWest T20 Blast South Group

Crane marks England call-up with starring role for Hampshire

Suzie Bates clattered an unbeaten 47 as Southern Vipers' bid to retain the Kia Super League got off to the perfect start by mauling Western Storm with a bonus point win

Bates completes Vipers wipe-out as Storm are downgraded to gentle breeze

10-Aug-2017•ECB Reporters Network

Stoneman, Crane earn maiden Test squad call-ups

Mark Stoneman, the Surrey opening batsman, is set to make his Test debut against a pink ball next week, after being named in a 13-man England squad for the first Test against West Indies at Edgbaston

A majority of India's players sport one these days. Can you identify them from their beards?

The great Indian beard quiz

The former wicketkeeper-batsman has signed on for a two-year term starting with the Bangladesh tour in August

Haddin appointed Australia's fielding coach