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West Indies coach Phil Simmons believes allrounder Ben Stokes is the glue that holds the England side together and said he was in the mould of Jacques Kallis

In the election-debate episode of The West Wing President Jed Bartlet and his staff talk about "the square foot of real estate" which lies inside a person's head. Were he to watch the TV show, Lancashire seamer Kyle Jarvis might nod his head in qui

Warwickshire ultimately decided that much as they might have liked to leave Headingley with a win it was the long game that they were really interested in. Thus not losing became the priority that dictated their tactics on the final day

Plays of the day from the rained out game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals

A three-wicket haul from Tharindhu Kaushal and a run-a-ball 110 from Kusal Perera helped Sri Lanka A beat Pakistan A by seven runs and gain an unassailable 2-0 series lead

Composed centuries from captain Adam Voges and James Franklin led Middlesex to a five-wicket Championship victory over Somerset at Taunton after they had been set an unlikely 402 to win

Pace bowler Mark Footitt and opening batsman Billy Godleman guided Derbyshire to a seven-wicket win over Gloucestershire at Bristol.

Northamptonshire ended a run of 20 Championship matches without a win by beating Leicestershire by 92 runs at Grace Road

Fast bowler Bilawal Bhatti has been picked by Pakistan's national selection committee as a replacement for the injured Rahat Ali for the ongoing Tests against Bangladesh

Making sound plans and sticking to them was how Pakistan overcame their fielding lapses and an unresponsive pitch in the first Test against Bangladesh

Scott Borthwick's unbeaten 97 saw off Sussex at Chester-Le-Street and ensured that Durham preserved their unbeaten record

England's newest one-day captain, James Taylor, may only be in the job for one game but he is hopeful of having a more lasting role to play in revitalising the team

Murali Kartik, the former India spinner, said the ban on his offbreaks is a setback for Sunil Narine but added rushing him back into bowling could be detrimental to Narine and his team Kolkata Knight Riders

Left-hand batsman Stacy Ann King, offspinner Afy Fletcher, and 19-year old allrounder Chinelle Henry have been recalled to West Indies women's squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka

Rajasthan Royals chose to bowl on a Chinnaswamy Stadium surface expected to have a little in it for the seam bowlers

After gifting a slender two-run win to Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday, Kolkata Knight Riders have a chance to make amends at their home ground on Thursday

Joe Dawes, India's former bowling coach, has asked for India to manage the workloads of their fast bowlers better, and also called for better communication between the national team management and the rest of the cricket set-up

Ranchi will host IPL's second qualifier on May 22 for logistical reasons

Ireland have announced that John Bracewell has been appointed as their new head coach

X-rays have revealed that Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has suffered a sprain on his injured right ring finger on the second day of the first Test against Pakistan