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Yorkshire's allrounder David Willey will rejoin the England ODI squad later this week after an injury to his left hand was found to be less serious than first feared

Willey to rejoin ODI squad despite injury

Pakistan have risen to No. 1 in the Test rankings for the first time. They have taken over the top position from India, following India's washout against West Indies in Trinidad

Pakistan rise to No. 1 in Test rankings

By Monday, when there was no cricket played again, eight of the 12 sessions had been lost to rain and a wet outfield at Kingsmead

Soft-outfield fiasco prevents play again

Middlesex will be without their County Championship captain Adam Voges for the remainder of the season after he picked up a hamstring injury during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka

Voges ruled out of Middlesex return

The left-arm spinner George Dockrell has been recalled to Ireland's squads for the tour of South Africa and the ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Hong Kong

Dockrell recalled for Intercontinental Cup and South Africa tour

England captain Heather Knight struck a perfectly-paced half-century to guide Western Storm into the Women's Super League final with a five-wicket victory over Loughborough Lightning

Knight's fifty trumps Perry for final berth

David Willey, the left-arm seamer, has been ruled out of England's ODI series against Pakistan after suffering a hand injury on T20 Blast Finals Day

Willey ruled out of early Pakistan ODIs with hand injury

England fast bowler Stuart Broad has signed with the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2016-17 Big Bash League

Stuart Broad joins Hobart Hurricanes for BBL 2016-17

India A surged to the top of the points table in the Quadrangular A team one day series with a bonus-point, 86-run win over the National Performance Squad in Townsville on Sunday

India A thump NPS for bonus-point win

The upcoming ODI series between England and Pakistan will be used as a trial to see whether front foot no-balls can be effectively determined by the TV umpire

TV umpire to call front foot no-balls in England-Pakistan ODIs

Pakistan seamer Sohail Khan, who returned to Test cricket recently, has said doing his homework on England batsmen helped him reap rewards in the two Tests he played

Did homework on England batsmen - Sohail

Writing for the Age, Emma Quayle describes her colleague Jesse Hogan's recovery this year after he suffered a stroke in February and has spent time in rehabilitation since then

Jesse Hogan's admirable story of recovery

In the aftermath of Australia's 0-3 whitewash at the hands of Sri Lanka, captain Steven Smith spoke about his annoyance at the nature of his dismissals and his frustration at letting good positions slip

Smith 'angry' with himself over his dismissals

South Africa A knocked over Australia A for 107 at the Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville, before breezing to the target with eight wickets in hand and 174 balls to spare

South Africa A steamroll Australia A for first win

Hardus Viljoen, the South Africa fast bowler, has signed as Kent's overseas player, to strengthen their attack for the last four Championship matches of the season

Viljoen joins Kent for Championship run in

England batsman Alex Hales hopes that a return to white-ball cricket will have a rejuvenating effect on his game, as it did following a tough Test debut in South Africa at the start of the year

Hales keen to 'free the arms' after Test disappointment

Subrata Banerjee, the former international umpire, has died at the age of 71 in Kolkata

Former international umpire Subrata Banerjee dies

ESPNcricinfo sizes up the challengers for this year's Finals Day, with only one former champion among the four

Underdogs versus underperforming heavyweights

Rangana Herath's domination in the just-concluded three-Test series against Australia is almost unrivalled and rightly thrusts him into a spotlight he has long deserved

Unassuming, loveable, deadly - Herath emerges from the shadows