Leaving aside the shortcomings of their bowlers, it's hard to know what more England could have done to stay competitive in their three-match ODI series in India

Wicketkeeper Tom Blundell has been included in the New Zealand ODI squad for the Chappell-Hadlee series against Australia later this month

Michael Carberry has returned to training with Hampshire as he continues his recovery from cancer

The wicketkeeper-batsman, who was also Hong Kong's batting coach, will begin his new role from April 2017

Alex Hales sustained a fractured hand in the defeat in Cuttack and England have called up Jonny Bairstow to replace him in the T20 squad

Odine Kirsten with 10-5-10-4 and Marcia Letsoalo with 10-3-13-3 dismantled Bangladesh in Cox's Bazar to seal the women's ODI series 4-1 in South Africa's favour

Some of the doubts over the Under-19 series between India and England were addressed on Friday when the BCCI announced the schedule for the seven-match tour

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, playing his first ODI in a year, produced a match-winning five-over second spell that yielded just 39 runs to help India edge out England by 15 runs in the second ODI in Cuttack on Thursday.

The debutant said it was important for him to grab the chances he got, like he did in the third ODI when he made use of two reprieves to share in a match-winning stand for Australia

Yuvraj Singh, who struck his first ODI hundred since the 2011 World Cup, savoured his emotional knock against England in Cuttack

Delhi Daredevils batsman Mayank Agarwal was acquired by the Rising Pune Supergiants in the second trading window for IPL 2017, which is open from January 13 to 20

The Twitter world rose up to applaud Yuvraj Singh's hundred, in his second game since being recalled to India's ODI squad

Yorkshire's teenaged fast bowler is returning from injury to lead England Under-19s in India, and launch what he hopes will be a breakthrough year

The father of an England Under-19 cricketer has successfully applied to Bradford Magistrates Court to have an all-night curfew lifted so he can watch his son on a forthcoming tour of India

Mignon du Preez's 108-ball 79 and a disciplined bowling performance helped South Africa complete a series win after routing Bangladesh by 94 runs in the fourth ODI in Cox's Bazar

A round-up of the Ford Trophy matches played on January 18, 2017

In the past week, we have seen two shots that left us awestruck: Virat Kohli's jab that sailed over midwicket and Najibullah Zadran's six over the extra-cover boundary despite slipping in the process. Will either of the two top this compilation?

AB de Villiers is "not picking and choosing" the Tests he plays, according to CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat

Kagiso Rabada eclipsed Dale Steyn as the highest-ranking South African in the latest ICC rankings for Test bowlers while Hashim Amla's return to form meant the batsman jumped four positions to sixth

AB de Villiers has said he is not retiring from Test cricket, squashing speculation over the last few days that he was going to give up the longest format