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Rajasthan Royals have to win to have a chance of qualifying, whereas a win for Kolkata Knight Riders would put them through to the playoffs

The NatWest T20 Blast begins tonight with confidence growing that it could achieve its aim of attracting one million people through the gates in 2015 - two years ahead of schedule. It may need to as ambitions for a successful T20 tournament are higher tha

Leon Johnson, the Guyana batsman, will lead WICB President's XI in a three-day tour match against Australia at North Sound in Antigua later this month

BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said that Bangladesh are unlikely to have a new captain for the one-off Test against India next month

England's outgoing bowling coach David Saker has been appointed coach of Victoria for the next three seasons

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur has said that the Indian board is willing to extend all kinds of help to Afghanistan, who want to use an Indian venue to play their matches

Chris Gayle has signed with the Melbourne Renegades for the 2015-16 Big Bash League

Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar are reportedly planning a new Twenty20 competition for retired international players

Sri Lanka A's lower-order collapse enlivened a short second day's play at Pallekele, where only 32.1 overs were possible

An unbeaten 40-ball 50 from captain Sarfraz Ahmed and Asad Shafiq's 36-ball 46 helped Karachi Dolphins to a seven-wicket win over Multan Tigers with three overs to spare

ESPNcricinfo looks ahead to the important issues that are likely to be discussed by the ICC cricket committee, chaired by Anil Kumble, which will meet in Mumbai on Friday and Saturday

Paul Terry, the newly-appointed director of coaching at BCB's National Cricket Academy, has said his primary goal is to make the High Performance unit a long-term programme

The most striking aspect of the Investec summer launch came in the contrast between Ian Bell's understandably guarded responses, and the utter relaxation of Grant Elliot, nevertheless taken aback by the headlines around English cricket in the past 48 hour

England batsman Alex Hales will join Mumbai Indians as a replacement for injured New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson

Confusion surrounds Zimbabwe's upcoming tour to Pakistan with Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) still in talks with its own government over security concerns

Rohit Sharma's decision to give Kieron Pollard the final over was a masterstroke, as the medium-pacer kept his nerve to defend 12 runs

England may feel they have rid themselves of one devil having informed Kevin Pietersen he will not be considered for selection this season but they will inherit another with Adam Lyth set to become the 666th Test cricketer for England having been named in

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur has said that the Indian board and PCB are in discussion over the host broadcaster of India's series against Pakistan, scheduled to be played in December, and that deciding the broadcaster is the Pakistan board's "prerogative"

The ICC and Sri Lanka Cricket are closer to overcoming their stand-off after ICC made a conditional commitment to release further funds to SLC

One point separates Sunrisers Hyderabad from Royal Challengers Bangalore, and while defeat will not rule out either side's progress into the playoffs, it will certainly complicate it