Afghanistan v Ireland, World Cup Qualifiers, Harare

Afghanistan pull off the great escape to make World Cup

Mar 23, 2018: Afghanistan lost their group games to Scotland, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong and entered the Super Six with no points, but victories over West Indies, UAE and Ireland - as well as helpful results in other games - meant that Friday's win took them to the 2019 Wo

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 2nd day

Morkel becomes fifth South African to 300 Test wickets

Mar 23, 2018: The fast bowler took the wickets of Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith and Shaun Marsh on the second day at Newlands to reach the milestone in his 85th Test

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 2nd day

Warner in heated exchange with spectator after dismissal

Mar 23, 2018: David Warner was involved in a heated exchange with a spectator as he walked off the ground after his dismissal by Kagiso Rabada on day two of the third Test in Cape Town

Afghanistan news

Rashid Khan on verge of becoming fastest to take 100 ODI wickets

Mar 23, 2018: The Afghanistan legspinner is poised to smash the record currently held by Mitchell Starc by a huge margin

New Zealand v England, 1st Test, Auckland, 2nd day

'If we don't have belief there's no point turning up' - Anderson

Mar 23, 2018: The two things England have most enjoyed in this Test match so far have been with neither bat or ball

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 2nd day

Elgar joins Haynes in carrying-the-bat honours board

Mar 23, 2018: The South Africa opener has become only the second batsman in Test history to carry his bat three times

Australia v England, Tri-Nation Women's T20 series, Mumbai

Gunn, Sciver and Beaumont thrash Australia

Mar 23, 2018: Jenny Gunn's three-wicket haul limited Australia to 149 for 8, before unbeaten half-centuries from Sciver and Beaumont powered England to an eight-wicket victory

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 2nd day

Bowlers keep SA on top after Elgar carries bat

Mar 23, 2018: Morne Morkel ran through Australia's middle order and collected his 300th Test wicket as South Africa strengthened their position

World Cup Qualifier 2018

Four takeaways from the World Cup Qualifiers

Mar 23, 2018: As one of the most competitive ICC tournaments in recent times comes to a close, we take a look at four big talking points from the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe

Queensland v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, final, Brisbane, 1st day

Wet beginning to Sheffield Shield final

Mar 23, 2018: No play possible on day one, despite mostly clear conditions in Brisbane; overnight rain and a wet outfield get in the way at Allan Border Field

New Zealand v England, 1st Test, Auckland, 2nd day

Clinical Williamson arrives at New Zealand's summit

Mar 23, 2018: As has been expected for a long time now, the New Zealand captain overtook Martin Crowe to become the top century-maker from his country. A just reward for an obsessive pursuit of his craft, even as Ross Taylor nips at this heels

New Zealand v England, 1st Test, Auckland, 2nd day

Rain ruins second day after Williamson's record century

Mar 23, 2018: New Zealand's best Test batsman Kane Williamson brightened up a gloomy day in Auckland with his 18th Test hundred, passing Martin Crowe and Ross Taylor to become the country's leading century-maker

Who was the leading Test run scorer when ESPNcricinfo was launched?

Mar 23, 2018: Twenty-five questions to test your knowledge of cricket in the last 25 years

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 1st day

Dean Elgar makes his presence felt

Mar 22, 2018: For someone who has identified his role as being partly to "irritate the opposition", the South African opener had been unusually subdued in the first two Tests. On day one at Newlands, he was back to his immovable, in-yer-face best

England v Australia, T20 tri-series, Mumbai

Shrubsole ruled out of England's T20 opener on Friday

Mar 22, 2018: During England's second warm-up match against India A on March 20 in Mumbai, Shrubsole fell awkwardly on her right shoulder while taking a catch and sustained a minor sprain

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 1st day

Cummins channels big Merv in spell of heart and skill

Mar 22, 2018: There was a fittingness about Allan Border's moustachioed battering ram being in the crowd at Newlands to watch his svelte modern-day avatar go to work in a display that turned day one of the third Test

England news

Glamorgan reveal £2.5m compensation from ECB for not staging Tests

Mar 22, 2018: Confirmation of Glamorgan's £2.5m payout from ECB comes ahead of an emergency meeting of county chairmen on March 26

World Cup Qualifier 2018, Harare

Guys are shattered in the change room - Cremer

Mar 22, 2018: With his team's World Cup dreams all but shattered, a devastated Zimbabwe captain lamented the two missed opportunities to qualify against West Indies and UAE

India news

BCCI ACU finds no evidence of Shami corruption

Mar 22, 2018: Hasin Jahan, the fast bowler's wife, is understood to have backtracked on her original allegation about her husband accepting money during a recent stopover in Dubai

World Cup Qualifier 2018, Harare

UAE all but end Zimbabwe's World Cup dream

Mar 22, 2018: Chasing 230 in 40 overs in a rain-affected match, Zimbabwe went into the last over needing 15, but managed only 11