England in Bangladesh 2016-17

Pace surprise awaits England

Oct 3, 2016: In the practice match in Fatullah on Tuesday, England will be facing two young pace bowlers in the BCB XI who are such unknown quantities that even the BCB didn't know one of their names correctly when announcing the 13-man squad

ICC news

Revised USACA constitution to be presented before ICC board

Oct 3, 2016: The ICC announced on Monday that a revised constitution for USA Cricket Association will be put up for consideration at the next ICC board meeting later this month

Sri Lanka news

Sri Lanka set for pink ball debut

Oct 3, 2016: Pink ball cricket will mark its debut in Sri Lanka when the first unofficial Test between Sri Lanka A and West Indies A commences at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday

County news

Kent seek legal advice after missing out on promotion

Oct 3, 2016: Kent are to take legal advice as they seek to appeal the decision to readmit Hampshire to Division One of the County Championship in place of Durham

County news

Collingwood laments 'kick in the nuts' as Durham go down

Oct 3, 2016: The Durham captain, Paul Collingwood, has described the ECB's decision to relegate his county, and mete out further punishment through the docking of points in all three competitions next season, as 'a massive kick in the nuts'

Bangladesh Premier League news

PCA warns against BPL involvement

Oct 3, 2016: The Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) is to advise England-qualified players against participating in this year's Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on security grounds

India v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Kolkata,4th day

Taylor rues conceding 'big first-innings lead'

Oct 3, 2016: New Zealand's stand-in captain Ross Taylor felt conceding a 100 plus lead hurt his team's chances of trying to level the series in Kolkata

India v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Kolkata,4th day

'Challenging Test cricket is the most exciting thing' - Kohli

Oct 3, 2016: Virat Kohli said winning the Kolkata Test taught his team important lessons. "This was a Test match that players took as an opportunity to build character rather than pressure."

County news

Durham relegated in return for ECB bailout, Hampshire stay up

Oct 3, 2016: Durham have been relegated from the top flight of the County Championship, with Hampshire staying up in their place, after being hit with a penalty for receiving financial support from the ECB during the 2016 season

New Zealand in India 2016-17

Dhawan injured, Gambhir in line to play Indore Test

Oct 3, 2016: India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the third Test against New Zealand in Indore starting October 8 due to a fractured finger that could take at least 15 days to heal

England in Bangladesh 2016-17

Roy set for new opening partner

Oct 3, 2016: Jason Roy is little more than a year into ODI career but he will be the senior opener as England take on Bangladesh this month

India news

Lodha tells banks to halt two BCCI disbursements

Oct 3, 2016: The Lodha Committee has asked two banks not to disburse funds from the BCCI accounts to the state associations with regard to two decisions taken at the board's emergent working committee meeting

ICC news

India reclaim top Test ranking

Oct 3, 2016: India have displaced Pakistan as the No. 1-ranked Test team in the world, following their 178-run win against New Zealand in the second Test in Kolkata

ICC news

Disability chief calls on ICC to raise its game

Oct 3, 2016: The ICC has been challenged to do more for disability cricket if they are to justify the claim of governing a truly global game

South Africa v Australia, 2nd ODI, Johannesburg

Starc difference to Australia - du Plessis

Oct 3, 2016: Following the 142-run win in the second ODI, South Africa's ODI captain Faf du Plessis said that the absence of Mitchell Starc has left a huge hole in Australia's side

Pakistan v West Indies, 2nd ODI, Sharjah

'Shoaib changed momentum of the game' - Holder

Oct 3, 2016: West Indies captain Jason Holder has credited Shoaib Malik as the catalyst for Pakistan's series-clinching victory in the second ODI at Sharjah

South Africa v Australia, 2nd ODI, Johannesburg

'SA won game in first 10 overs' - Warner

Oct 3, 2016: Australia vice-captain David Warner said his side's 142-run loss in the second ODI at Johannesburg could be traced to a poor start in each innings

India v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 3rd day

Maintaining pressure still a challenge - Boult

Oct 2, 2016: Sunday was the third time New Zealand were denied parity by India's lower order, but Trent Boult has said that the visitors are not doing much wrong

India v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 3rd day

'I was never under pressure' - Rohit

Oct 2, 2016: Rohit Sharma has laughed off the notion that he might have been under pressure coming into this Test after scoring 82 from the challenging 43 for 4 in India's second innings

England in Bangladesh 2016-17

We'll be aggressive but also adapt - Buttler

Oct 2, 2016: As England began their first practice session of their tour of Bangladesh, stand-in limited-overs captain Jos Buttler said it was "refreshing" that the focus was back on the cricket