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The BCCI has asked all its state units to be more accountable, seeking relevant proof and information from them for the various subsidies they have been granted in the last ten years

Impressive bowling in the third ODI and that Zimbabwe also chased down 304 in the first match of the ongoing tour augurs well for the hosts for the only T20 against New Zealand on Sunday

Shortly after Michael Clarke had fought back tears on confirming his retirement, Alastair Cook let his emotions through as he tried to soak in his achievement of becoming just the third England captain to win two Ashes series on home soil

Joe Root has moved to the top of the ICC Test batting rankings following his fine showing in the 2015 Ashes, which England wrapped up 3-1 at Trent Bridge with a Test to play

England regained the Ashes 10.2 overs into the third day at Trent Bridge with a thumping win by an innings and 78 runs in the fourth Investec Test

Australia captain Michael Clarke is set to retire from international cricket at the end of the ongoing Ashes series

Yorkshire's bowlers dismissed Durham for 156, having been bowled out for 162 earlier in the day, as wickets tumbled in Scarborough

A nonchalant Mitchell Starc has said Australia's imminent Ashes humiliation is "not ideal" but "only a game of cricket", brushing off talk about the implications of the team's second surrender to England in as many weeks

Warwickshire enjoyed the best of the opening day in the Ageas Bowl sunshine as they reduced to Hampshire to 255 for 8 at the close of play.

Benny Howell and Hamish Marshall combined in a stand of 129 to help propel Gloucestershire to a first-innings lead against Glamorgan

At Lord's, 11 wickets fell in the day, as a sizeable crowd showed up to witness the first Championship match at the ground since Hampshire arrived at the end of June

Colchester claims to be the oldest town in Britain. Mark Pettini is not an old man but, on his 32nd birthday, he relished Essex's Championship return to the salubrious Castle Park. It might well be the day that reinvigorates Pettini's first-class career

Alex Gidman re-launched his fledgling Worcestershire career at New Road with a battling 71 in two-and-half hours against Nottinghamshire in his first LV= County Championship innings for nearly six weeks

Wayne Madsen has played many more fluent and attractive innings in his long and illustrious career, but the South African cannot have made a more hard-fought than that which he scored on the first day against Leicestershire

Stephen Peters, the former Northamptonshire captain, has announced his immediate retirement from the game

Haseeb Hameed responded to a century from Australia Under-19's Caleb Jewell with an unbeaten half-century of his own to guide England to a comfortable draw in the Youth Test at Chester-le-Street

The BCCI has formed ad-hoc committees to look after cricket administration in Bihar and Uttarakhand

Cheteshwar Pujara and KL Rahul rescued Indians from a shaky start after Ishant Sharma's searing opening spell saw the Sri Lanka Board President's XI bowled out for 121

Uncapped left-arm seamer Vishwa Fernando has been named in Sri Lanka's squad for the three-Test series against India, while Shaminda Eranga and Suranga Lakmal are unavailable due to injury

At a time when Australia are scouring high and low for batting options, Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja put themselves front and centre with a couple of effortless centuries against India A in Chennai to lead a 119-run rout