'We need to get a volume of cricket into our young players'

Jul 3, 2018: Ireland have Test status and will play 13 matches over the next five years. What will their priorities be?

Zimbabwe news

Zimbabwe Cricket gets ICC lifeline

Jul 2, 2018: The ICC board has 'agreed a package of measures' that will allow ZC to pay its debt while still receiving funding 'on a controlled basis'

ICC annual conference

ICC approves harsher penalties for ball-tampering

Jul 2, 2018: The offence has been upgraded from Level 2 to Level 3, and can now earn a player bans of up to six Test matches or 12 ODIs

England Lions v India A, Tri-series final, The Oval

Rishabh Pant seals tri-series victory for India A despite Sam Hain hundred

Jul 2, 2018: An unbeaten half-century from 20-year-old Pant helped guide India A to victory in the tri-series final

England v India, 1st T20I, Old Trafford

Start of Indian summer offers true test of England's white-ball aspirations

Jul 2, 2018:

England v India, 1st T20I, Manchester

Want to win every session, every ball - Virat Kohli

Jul 2, 2018: Kohli also hoped India could sort out their middle-order issues in ODIs over the course of the six white-ball games they play on their tour of England

South Africa

T20 league shambles leave CSA looking out of touch with reality

Jul 2, 2018: Three franchise owners have expressed their displeasure with CSA's handling of the GLT20 mess. Two have threatened legal action. Why has the board responded like it has just won an award?

County news

Kim Barnett steps down as Derbyshire cricket advisor

Jul 2, 2018: Barnett returned to his former club in 2016 as Head of Cricket following a coaching restructure, but the side are languishing at sixth in Division Two

England v India, 1st T20I, Old Trafford

Can England-India match up to England-Colombia?

Jul 2, 2018: A bilateral T20I surely cannot compete with a World Cup knockout game, but two fearsome batting line-ups could well provide a feast for the ages at Old Trafford

ICC news

World Test Championship points system values match wins over series triumphs

Jul 2, 2018: By awarding points for every Test match, the ICC cricket committee hopes to incentivise playing for wins and discourage teams from sitting on series leads and playing for draws

County news

Richard Scott leaves Middlesex head coach role

Jul 2, 2018: Richard Johnson will take on Scott's role for the remainder of the Championship campaign with Daniel Vettori already in position to be coach for T20 Blast

Zimbabwe T20I tri-series

Donald Tiripano replaces injured Kyle Jarvis

Jul 2, 2018: The seamer was part of Zimbabwe's preparations ahead of the tri-series, playing for the Zimbabwe Select XI against Kenya and Zimbabwe Chairman's XI

Betting news

Challenge about to get stiffer as India take on England

Jul 2, 2018: After a one-sided start to England's white-ball summer, the challenge is about to get ramped up rather higher with the arrival of Virat Kohli's India

Australia v Pakistan, T20I tri-series, Harare

Stanlake credits Langer for aggression

Jul 2, 2018: Nicknamed 'camel', the fast bowler recorded the most economical spell - 4-0-8-4 - by an Australian in T20Is

Attend Sourav Ganguly's book launch in London!

Jul 2, 2018: Answer the questions and win an invite to the London launch of Sourav Ganguly's biography A Century is Not Enough

ICC news

Quiz - Which of these cricketers play for three or more T20 teams?

Jul 2, 2018: With the possibility of players being limited to three T20 leagues a year, test your knowledge on which cricketers the restriction might affect

FIFA World Cup 2018

Cricketers on FIFA World Cup: An underwear wager, and VAR in cricket?

Jul 2, 2018: What cricketers are saying about the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Australia v Pakistan, T20 tri-series, Harare

Shoaib Malik - the first to play 100 T20Is

Jul 2, 2018: The highlights of a T20 international career that has surged since 2016

County news

Ben Slater closes in on Nottinghamshire move

Jul 2, 2018: Slater, the 26-year-old opening batsman, is in the middle of a productive season for Derbyshire

India News

Rajat Sharma beats Madan Lal to become DDCA president

Jul 2, 2018: Madan Lal and Surinder Khanna both lose out; Shashi Khanna, the wife of the BCCI acting president, was also unsuccessful in the elections