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BCCI president Anurag Thakur has strongly denied that he had lied under oath to the Supreme Court

'No question of perjury' - Anurag Thakur

Tom Abell, who replaces Chris Rogers, will be 23 by the time the 2017 season starts, making him one of the youngest captains on the county circuit

Somerset make Abell Championship captain at 22

Cricket Ireland has announced its list of centrally contracted players for 2017, with the return of Ed Joyce and a specialist wicketkeeping role for Niall O'Brien among the most significant developments

Joyce, Niall O'Brien given Cricket Ireland contracts

For the first time since 1974, two Indian bowlers - R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja - occupy the top spots in the ICC Test bowling rankings

Ashwin, Jadeja go 1-2 in Test bowling rankings

Hamish Rutherford and Mahela Jayawardene hammered centuries in New Plymouth, making it the highest-aggregated T20 ever

Otago trump Central Districts in record 497-run T20

Andre Russell's jet-black bat has been banned by Cricket Australia after discovering that the bat left visible marks on the ball

Cricket Australia bans Russell's black bat

Ravindra Jadeja produced a match-winning spell, by claiming seven wickets for the first time in a Test innings, to help India thrash England by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth and final Test that ended in Chennai on Tuesday.

Jadeja seven-for trips England in fifth Test

The reactions on Twitter after India completed a 4-0 series win

'All because of no world-class spinner'

Alastair Cook has said that the ECB needs to give serious consideration to employing a full-time spin-bowling coach for the national side after the punishment inflicted on the England attack in India.

Cook presses for spin-bowling coach

A round-up of the Regional 4 Day Tournament matches that were played between December 16-19

Chanderpaul ton arrests Guyana's winless streak

Poor form coupled with the availability of KL Rahul, Karun Nair and Manish Pandey has led to Robin Uthappa's exclusion from Karnataka's 16-man squad for the Ranji Trophy quarter-final

Uthappa left out of Karnataka's Ranji quarter-final

As the tournament's profile has grown exponentially in recent years, so too has the involvement of England players

England's players to watch in the Big Bash

Eoin Morgan has said he remains 'comfortable' with his decision not to take part in England's tour of Bangladesh due to his concerns over the security situation

Morgan 'comfortable' over Bangladesh pullout

Karun Nair outgunned his Karnataka teammate, KL Rahul, who fell for 199, to become the second Indian - after Virender Sehwag - to score a triple hundred in Test cricket and stretch India's lead to 282 in Chennai on Monday.

Nair becomes second Indian to score triple ton

In his third innings, Karun Nair became the second Indian to score a Test triple-hundred. Here's how Twitter reacted

'It was very lonely here' - Sehwag

The top five fourth-innings totals in Test cricket

Finishing big

Kevin Pietersen and Pawan Negi were among the high profile players released by the IPL franchises during the transfer window that ended on December 15

List of players released and retained by IPL teams ahead of the 2017 auction

A thrilling Gabba Test highlighted how Pakistan continue to remain predictably unpredictable

The Test match of the year?