South Africa v Australia, 4th Test, Johannesburg, 3rd day

Australia made to grind as SA lead crosses 400

Apr 1, 2018: Tim Paine and Pat Cummins showed fight with the bat, and Cummins was a constant threat with the ball, too, but South Africa remained firmly in control of the match, and almost certain to complete a historic home series win against Australia

South Africa v Australia, 4th Test, Johannesburg, 3rd day

Morkel pulls up with injury in his final Test

Apr 1, 2018: He left the field 40 minutes before lunch on the third morning in Johannesburg for some treatment. The team management hope he could push on for the rest for the match

South Africa news

Steyn likely to join Hampshire in June

Apr 1, 2018: Steyn, who has not played competitive cricket since the New Year's Test against India, will look to county circuit to get game time ahead of South Africa's next assignment in Sri Lanka in July

New Zealand v England, 2nd Test, Christchurch

Vince, Stoneman and the story of their mixed results

Apr 1, 2018: Although they couldn't convert their half-centuries, James Vince and Mark Stoneman have probably done enough to feature in the home Tests against Pakistan

New Zealand v England, 2nd Test, Christchurch, 3rd day

New-ball nirvana: Anderson, Broad, Boult, Southee take all 20 wickets

Apr 1, 2018: For just the third time in Test history, the two new-ball bowlers on either side shared the first 20 wickets to fall

Tri-Nation Women's T20 series 2017-18

Australia overcome past bruises with eye on World T20

Apr 1, 2018: Having relinquished both their limited-overs titles in successive years, the tri-series win assumes greater significance for Meg Lanning's team as they head into the World T20 later this year

New Zealand v England, 2nd test, Christchurch, 3rd day

Cook's leanest series stirs talk of future

Apr 1, 2018: Another cheap dismissal pushing at Trent Boult extended Alastair Cook's run of indifferent form - but it never pays to write off England's leading Test run-scorer

New Zealand v England, 2nd Test, Christchurch, 3rd day

Vince, Stoneman build strong England position

Apr 1, 2018: James Vince and Mark Stoneman produced valuable fifties to build on England's hard-earned advantage at Christchurch

Cricket Australia and the ICC have to take some blame for poor player behaviour

Apr 1, 2018: They have consistently failed to halt the slide in on-field behaviour that has increasingly undermined the game's image

The Indian girl who became the leader of the USA

Apr 1, 2018: Shebani Bhaskar has played cricket all over the world. Now she's leading the United States in their biggest challenge to date

India news

Devendra Bundela retires from first-class cricket

Mar 31, 2018: Madhya Pradesh veteran ends 22-year career as the most-capped Ranji Trophy cricketer, and the third-highest run-scorer in tournament history

South Africa v Australia, 4th Test, Johannesburg, 2nd day

Bavuma digs in for innings of character

Mar 31, 2018: He was left stranded five short of what would have been his second Test hundred, but Temba Bavuma did enough by then to answer many of the questions that have been raised over his place in South Africa's Test team

South Africa v Australia, 4th Test, 2nd day, Johannesburg

Cricket failings set scene for Australia's disintegration

Mar 31, 2018: The controversies of the past week won't be forgotten soon, but Australia's batting has been equally responsible for their freefall despite a win in Durban

South Africa v Australia, 4th Test, Johannesburg, 2nd day

Bee-stung de Kock misses Shaun Marsh stumping

Mar 31, 2018: Keshav Maharaj's flight left Australia's No. 5 stranded outside his crease, but he lived to fight on (though not for too long) thanks to the timely efforts of a wicketkeeper-hating bee

South Africa news

Lions axe Geoffrey Toyana as head coach

Mar 31, 2018: Franchise redeploys him as High Performance Coach after two trophy-less seasons; Enoch Nkwe, the current national women's team assistant coach, believed to be in the running to take over

BCCI news

BCCI appoints former Rajasthan DGP as head of Anti-Corruption Unit

Mar 31, 2018: Neeraj Kumar, the former police commissioner of Delhi, has been retained as Advisor for the unit till March 31, 2018

India news

Irfan Pathan joins J&K in player-cum-mentor role

Mar 31, 2018: The 33-year-old played only two matches for Baroda in 2017-18 before being dropped from the team and removed from captaincy

Pakistan vs West Indies 2018

In-form Pakistan heavy favourites against inexperienced West Indies

Mar 31, 2018: As Karachi gears up for its first international match in nine years, the mood around the game is not so much about the revival of big cricket in Pakistan as much as its normalisation

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 3rd women's T20I, Colombo

Javeria, spinners help Pakistan seal 2-1 series win

Mar 31, 2018: Sana Mir, Nashra Sandhu, Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar returned combined figures of 15-0-41-3 as Pakistan, defending 113, restricted Sri Lanka to 75 for 8

South Africa v Australia, 4th Test, 2nd Day, Johannesburg

Bavuma, Philander leave Australia staring at follow-on

Mar 31, 2018: South Africa's last four wickets added 189 to shore up an already strong total before Australia's new look batting line-up went on a freefall