Twenty-year-old Tom Banton lights up the Blast and attracts T20 franchise interest

Aug 30, 2019: A small tweak in his stance has made all the difference to the batting of the Somerset opener who's caught the eye of Brendon McCullum and Kevin Pietersen

West Indies v India, 2nd Test, Jamaica

'I was a little emotional' - Ajinkya Rahane on a 'special' hundred

Aug 29, 2019: The West Indies captain, Jason Holder, meanwhile explained why he feels he can't bat higher up the order

Nathan Lyon 'still a huge weapon' against Ben Stokes - Tim Paine

Aug 29, 2019: Australia have had plenty of time to address but also rationalise the madness of their final hour at Headingley

Marcus Harris fights for spot with fifty to delay Steven Smith's batting return against Derbyshire

Aug 29, 2019: Harris scores unbeaten 52 in front of selectors but Smith waits in wings after bowling one over in comeback match

India news

Ambati Rayudu pulls a U-turn, wants to play for Hyderabad again

Aug 29, 2019: India batsman asks to be considered for all formats of the game

India news

Still no MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya replaces Bhuvneshwar Kumar for South Africa T20Is

Aug 29, 2019: Bhuvneshwar was the only player left out from the T20I squad that recently played against West Indies

India Red v India Green, Duleep Trophy 2019-20, 1st day, Alur

Akshath Reddy hopes to sustain career surge

Aug 29, 2019: Aware of the competition among openers, the 28-year-old wants to make big runs to get into the India A reckoning

Michael Klinger masterclass seals quarter-finals spot for Gloucestershire at Kent

Aug 29, 2019: Spitfires must win at Essex as part of a five-way battle on Friday night for the remaining two finals places

Ravi Bopara's unbeaten 70 dumps out Surrey and keeps Essex hopes alive

Aug 29, 2019: Essex must win their game against Kent, but even that might not be enough to qualify

James Vince, Aneurin Donald steer Hampshire past Middlesex

Aug 29, 2019: Twin fifties keep Hants' hopes alive, despite AB de Villiers' best efforts

David Willey helps Yorkshire to consolation win over Northamptonshire

Aug 29, 2019: Willey claims four wickets, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Adam Lyth post fifties in Yorkshire victory

India

Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav receive Arjuna Awards

Aug 29, 2019: They were the only cricketers among the pool of 19 athletes to receive the award this year

Somerset stalwart Peter Trego to leave club at end of 2019 season

Aug 29, 2019: Trego has scored more than 18,000 runs for the club in all formats, but lost his place in the T20 side this season

Colin Munro, Scott Kuggeleijn hit form ahead of Sri Lanka T20Is

Aug 29, 2019: There may be concern that the rest of the batsmen - notably Martin Guptill who needed 24 balls to make only 22 - had left their work only half done

West Indies v India, 2nd Test, Jamaica

India face the Ashwin question, West Indies another batting examination

Aug 29, 2019: A win in Jamaica will make Kohli India's most successful Test captain; West Indies out to preserve improving home record

India A v South Africa A, 1st unofficial ODI, Thiruvananthapuram

Shivam Dube, Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal floor South Africa A

Aug 29, 2019: Dube and Axar struck 121 runs in a 67-ball seventh-wicket partnership while Yuzvendra Chahal took a five-wicket haul

Indian domestic season 2019-20

Barinder Sran switches to Chandigarh after Punjab snub

Aug 29, 2019: All the transfer and pre-season buzz from the Indian domestic season

Charlotte Edwards, Mahela Jayawardene to coach Southampton side in The Hundred

Aug 29, 2019: Jayawardene will be joined by his Mumbai Indians colleague Shane Bond on the staff, while Edwards steps into her first head coach role

India in the West Indies 2019

Kemar Roach 2.0: potential for fast-bowling greatness

Aug 29, 2019: Ten years into his Test career, the numbers indicate that the West Indies quick, in his second coming, has a place among his generation's best

India domestic news

New Kerala captain Robin Uthappa wants to give players 'more security'

Aug 29, 2019: The 33-year-old talks about the Kerala deal and what he's looking to achieve at this stage in his career