South Africa v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Johannesburg

Dean Elgar named stand-in captain for Johannesburg Test

Jan 9, 2019: The selectors have also added the uncapped Cape Cobras opening batsman Pieter Malan on standby for Aiden Markram, who sustained a right thigh injury during the second Test

Australia news

Will Pucovski digests whirlwind Test call-up

Jan 9, 2019: The 20-year old is coming to terms with a year in which he compiled a monumental double ton, stood out of the game with mental health issues, made a return with a new outlook

Australia news

Selector Trevor Hohns critical of 'unprecedented' schedule

Jan 9, 2019: 'We've been from Test cricket to T20 cricket to one-day cricket to Test cricket and we're going to one-day cricket again now, so that's been a bit of a challenge in itself'

Australia v Sri Lanka

Will Pucovski earns Australia call-up as Marshes and Handscomb dropped

Jan 9, 2019: Joe Burns and Matt Renshaw have also been recalled amid a significant batting shake-up following the series defeat against India

West Indies news

CWI asked to 'rescind' Pybus appointment

Jan 9, 2019: The Leewards Islands Cricket Board has cited "grave concerns" over the process followed by the CWI president Dave Cameron to appoint West Indies' new head coach

How Kohli has changed India's attitude

Jan 9, 2019: His passion and intensity convey themselves to his team-mates and inspire them

How good a year was 2018 for bowlers?

Jan 9, 2019: An analysis of the standout statistical trend from Test cricket in the year gone by

USA news

USA formally approved to rejoin ICC as Associate Member under USA Cricket

Jan 8, 2019: This paves the way for a transition back to autonomous governance following more than three years of oversight from an ICC Americas caretaker administration

Comilla Victorians v Rangpur Riders, BPL 2019

Mahsrafe shines as Comilla Victorians fold for 63 in big loss

Jan 8, 2019: Rangpur Riders' captain elected to bowl and gave Comilla Victorians no respite, knocking over their to four batsmen with the score not even past 20

Big Bash League 2018-19

Joe Root's BBL squib reawakens T20 doubts for England's most vital batsman

Jan 8, 2019: England's Test captain misses chance to prove point in shortest format, as thoughts turn back to seismic 2019 summer

Ranji Trophy 2018-19

Vidarbha, Rajasthan through; Karnataka lose in two days

Jan 8, 2019: MP in must-win but Andhra lead by 239, Punjab on track for qualification after taking sizable lead against Bengal

Sri Lanka in Australia 2018-19

Kusal Perera returns to Sri Lanka Test squad

Jan 8, 2019: Danushka Gunathilaka was dropped after managing only 16 runs in four innings in New Zealand

IPL 2019 news

Paddy Upton set to return as Rajasthan Royals head coach

Jan 8, 2019: He had taken up a similar role with the IPL franchise from 2013 to 2015

Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat, BBL 2018-19

Brisbane Heat win despite losing 6 for 11

Jan 8, 2019: They collapsed in the middle, but much of the good work done by McCullum and Lynn didn't go to waste in a truncated contest

Celebrate the historic moment, but don't ignore history, India

Jan 8, 2019: To become the first Asian team to win a series in Australia is fantastic, but it's a win that has been two decades in the making

IPL 2019

IPL 2019 to be played entirely in India, will begin on March 23

Jan 8, 2019: The full schedule likely in February but Chennai will host the tournament opener and the final

Dhaka Dynamites v Khulna Titans, BPL 2018-19

Shakib Al Hasan, Hazratullah Zazai blow away Khulna Titans

Jan 8, 2019: Zazai struck five sixes and three fours in his 36-ball 57 before Shakib's 3 for 18 reduced Titans to 87 all out to hand Dynamites a 105-run win

Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2018-19

Hamstring strain rules Neesham out of one-off SL T20

Jan 8, 2019: Central Districts allrounder Doug Bracewell, who was a part of the ODI squad, will replace him in the 13-member T20 squad

ICC rankings news

Pujara's best overseas tally vaults him to No. 3 in Test rankings

Jan 8, 2019: India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and South Africa fast bowler Duanne Olivier were also big gainers

Australia v India, 4th Test, Sydney

Defeated Australia measure the wages of impatience

Jan 8, 2019: The whole of the Australian game was in a hurry to try and find answers in a year of disarray and it left them no match for India's class