Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Test, P Sara Oval

'Freedom doesn't mean swinging at every ball' - Dimuth Karunaratne

Aug 27, 2019: The Sri Lanka captain has been lauded for letting his batsmen play their shots, but after the Colombo defeat he was critical of their lack of patience

Ashes News

Pat Cummins seeks perspective amid Leeds chaos

Aug 27, 2019: The calamity of Cape Town 18 months ago has helped Australia accept that the Headingley loss was simply a game of cricket they can learn from

Tony Irish in running for PCA chief executive role

Aug 27, 2019: Head of FICA understood to be in top two for PCA job and could combine roles

How many teams have won a Test after being dismissed for less than 100 in their first innings?

Aug 27, 2019: And was England's 67 at Leeds their lowest total in an Ashes Test?

County diary

Stokes (nearly) stops play, Robinson runs riot, and hybrid hijinx

Aug 27, 2019: The latest snippets from the county circuit, including a record-breaking Blast season and the next Banton in the queue

Lancashire to shift 'home' Vitality Blast quarter-final to Chester-le-Street

Aug 26, 2019: Durham agree to host Lancashire's quarter-final due to clash with Old Trafford Test

Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Test, P Sara Oval, 5th day

Not out of nowhere - how New Zealand won the P Sara Oval Test

Aug 26, 2019: Blessed with some of the finest players in the world, you can be sure that this New Zealand team knows what it is doing

Wayne Madsen, Billy Godleman help put Derbyshire into quarter-finals

Aug 26, 2019: Ravi Rampaul picks up 3 for 19 and defends 16 off last over as Derbyshire secure last-eight spot

Alex Carey keeps Glamorgan winless as Sussex secure top spot

Aug 26, 2019: Glamorgan's 174 for 4 shown to be inadequate after Australia keeper blasts 23-ball fifty

'Village cricketer' Jack Leach savours moment as unlikely Ashes hero

Aug 26, 2019: Spinner admits he thought he would be watching series at home - but now keen to prove his worth as a bowler

From Vishwa to Panesar - six great single-figures innings

Aug 26, 2019: After Jack Leach's heroics at Headingley, we look back at half-a-dozen other unlikely batting heroes

MSL news

CSA extends commercial deal for MSL with Global Sports Commerce

Aug 26, 2019: The new agreement which runs from 2019 to 2023 makes GSC the official broadcast and digital rights holder outside South Africa

Batting in spotlight as Australia plot resurrection of their own

Aug 26, 2019: Justin Langer concedes batsmen haven't produced as tourists head for Derby with questions aplenty

BCCI news

Rahul Dravid to meet BCCI's ethics officer over conflict of interest allegations

Aug 26, 2019: PTI reported that Dravid will be meeting Justice DK Jain in person in Mumbai on September 26

Hong Kong news

Hong Kong's Irfan and Nadeem Ahmed banned from cricket for life

Aug 26, 2019: The ICC also penalised their team-mate Haseeb Amjad for spot-fixing and he is out for five years

'You don't become Amla and Steyn overnight' - Ashwell Prince

Aug 26, 2019: South African cricket is going through a period of transition, says former batsman, who is in India to oversee a spin camp

Pakistan news

Misbah-ul-Haq applies for the role of Pakistan's head coach

Aug 26, 2019: Misbah-ul-Haq has resigned from the PCB cricket committee and applied for the position of head coach of the Pakistan national side

Karun Nair's 166 and 99 puts India Red in day-night Duleep Trophy final

Aug 26, 2019: Young Ankit Kalsi of Himachal Pradesh was the other impressive performer with the bat, scoring 106 and 64 for India Red

Pakistan news

Ijaz Ahmed is the new Pakistan Under-19 coach

Aug 26, 2019: The former batsman has been appointed coach of the U19 side, but his work will extend to overseeing the A team as well as the U16s

The Ashes 2019

Ben Stokes, Kusal Perera and others: Which is the greatest fourth-innings knock in recent memory?

Aug 26, 2019: Take our poll and tell us which of these fourth-innings epics from the past 25 years sticks out in your memory as the best of the lot