Cricket News

Jason Holder has said that setting a standard for performance within the team will be his first priority when he takes charge as West Indies' Test captain on the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka

Sussex and Somerset both know a win will secure their First Division future and Sussex's odd couple, Mike Yardy and Azhar Zaidi, combined to give them the edge at Hove

Hampshire's desperation to avoid relegation led to an honest-to-goodness hard-working day of solid Championship battling, unfashionable down to its bootstraps

Daniel Bell-Drummond was the sole casualty of a rain-ruined opening day in Canterbury where only 15 overs were bowled at the start of Kent's final home game

Tom Fell was cruelly run out for 83 as Worcestershire took the attritional approach in reaching 223 for 4 from 83 overs on the first day of their LV= County Championship match against Durham

Karachi Blues qualified for the finals after an eight-run win against Multan Region despite a late scare

Josh Davey's magnificent opening spell was undercut by heavy thunderstorms in Amstelveen as the first WCL Championship match between Scotland and Netherlands headed to a reserve day after the hosts were reduced to 74 for 5

Nick Compton met with the England coach Trevor Bayliss on Monday to perhaps offer hope that his international career is not over

Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes is in contention to be part of the England Lions coaching set-up during the squad's tour to the UAE

Ravi Shastri, the India team director, has highlighted the need for patience to be successful against South Africa in the upcoming tour

Wicketkeeper Richmond Mutumbami made a comeback to the Zimbabwe limited-overs squads to face Pakistan for the two T20s this month and three ODIs in October

Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh's Test captain, has said that the upcoming two-Test series will be his side's best chance to beat Australia

Mitchell Starc's ankle injury flared up again during the Ashes and subsequent ODI series in England but 'surgery will be a last resort' according to Australia's physiotherapist Alex Kountouris

Cameron Bancroft, who could become Australia newest Test opener, has said that he will do "everything in your power" to play his own game and be successful

Brian Close, the former captain of England, Yorkshire and Somerset and one of cricket's most admired characters, has died at the age of 84

Andrew Fekete made his first-class debut at 28, and at 30 he has shot out of left field to be picked in Australia's squad for the Test tour of Bangladesh. Even Fekete considered himself "a fair way down the pecking order" a couple of months ago

Tasmania fast bowler Andrew Fekete is the surprise inclusion in Australia's Test squad for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh

Netherlands and Scotland have been neck and neck all summer, sharing the title at July's World Twenty20 Qualifier before a tense four-day Intercontinental Cup encounter. Now they are set to tussle for sole possession of first place in the WCL Championship

Bangladesh A captain Mominul Haque has said he will try to make the best use of his experienced line-up against India A