England v New Zealand, 1st Investec Test, Lord's, 1st day

Stokes delighted with extra responsibility

May 21, 2015: Ben Stokes credited the belief the England coaching team have shown in him after thumping a fluent 92 in the first innings of the Investec Test at Lord's

England news

'New coach will run show' - Strauss

May 21, 2015: Andrew Strauss has insisted he will allow England's new head coach the "space to do his job" despite having already made some major decisions regarding selection and tactics

Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2015, Qualifier 2, Ranchi

Competition lies in both teams' top order - Fleming

May 21, 2015: Stephen Fleming, the Chennai Super Kings head coach, has said the top-order batting of either side will play a decisive role in the outcome of the second Qualifier against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday in Ranchi

Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 1st T20, Lahore

Afridi eyes build-up towards World T20s

May 21, 2015: The security arrangements had been the focus since Zimbabwe's arrival in Pakistan but on the eve of the first ever Twenty20 international at the Gaddafi Stadium, the attention returned to cricket

West Indies news

WI coach Simmons opens door for IPL quintet

May 21, 2015: West Indies coach Phil Simmons has opened the door for Dwayne Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard to return to the Test team

Bangladesh news

Robi Axiata new Bangladesh team sponsor

May 21, 2015: The BCB has declared mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited as the sponsor of the Bangladesh team for the next two years

Scotland news

Scotland include Watt, Umeed for three-day game

May 21, 2015: Scotland have included 18-year-old left-arm spinner Mark Watt and 19-year-old top-order batsman Andrew Umeed in their 12-member squad for the three-day match against UAE at the Ageas Bowl

WI Women in Sri Lanka 2015

Prabodhini, Hasini added to SL Women T20 squad

May 21, 2015: Sri Lanka Women added Udeshika Prabodhani and Hasini Perera in their 14-member squad for the Twenty20 series against West Indies Women

County news

Mills may have to quit first-class cricket

May 21, 2015: Tymal Mills could be forced to retire from first-class cricket after being diagnosed with a congenital back condition

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals, Eliminator, Pune

'De Villiers has helped my batting' - Mandeep

May 21, 2015: RCB batsman Mandeep Singh credited his improved performance in recent matches to AB de Villiers' help with technical aspects of batting

England v New Zealand, 1st Investec Test, Lord's

McCullum sympathy for England 'trust' issues

May 20, 2015: Brendon McCullum was conscious not to be drawn into the Kevin Pietersen debate but was happy to expand on his and New Zealand's team philosophy, which has underpinned their rise up the Test rankings

Bangladesh news

Rubel Hossain acquitted by Dhaka court

May 20, 2015: A Dhaka court on Wednesday acquitted Rubel Hossain from a sexual abuse case filed in December last year by Bangladeshi actress Naznin Akhtar

England v New Zealand, 1st Investec Test, Lord's

'No ultimatum' on Pietersen - Cook

May 20, 2015: Alastair Cook has denied making any ultimatum over the possible England recall of Kevin Pietersen, but admitted he agreed to the decision not to include him in the team's plans for the summer

India news

Fletcher's replacement not decided yet

May 20, 2015: The BCCI is yet to decide on the replacement of Duncan Fletcher, the India coach whose tenure ended after the World Cup, and the time frame for the appointment has not been set

Zimbabwe in Pakistan 2015

'Amazing feeling to play at home' - Umar Akmal

May 20, 2015: Umar Akmal has said he is excited to play for Pakistan in front of his home crowd for the first time in his career, and is overjoyed that international cricket is returning to his country with the Zimbabwe series

India news

India build up to World T20 with plenty of matches

May 20, 2015: The BCCI has scheduled at least 11 Twenty20 internationals for India over the next ten months as they build up to the World T20 at home in March 2016

Mumbai v CSK, Qualifier 1, Mumbai

Need time for team to click in franchise cricket - Pollard

May 20, 2015: Kieron Pollard said even though it is not easy to adapt immediately to the demands of franchise cricket, Mumbai need to work on winning in the early stages of the IPL

India in Bangladesh 2015

Harbhajan returns to India's Test squad

May 20, 2015: Harbhajan Singh has been recalled to the India squad for the solitary Test in Bangladesh in June. Ravindra Jadeja has been dropped from the squad that toured Australia

Mumbai v CSK, Qualifier 1, Mumbai

MS Dhoni fined for 'horrible' comment

May 20, 2015: MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, has been fined 10% of his match fee for making an inappropriate public comment with respect to an umpire's decision

ICC cricket committee recommendations

'World Cup showed imbalance between bat and ball'

May 20, 2015: Iain O'Brien and Ajit Agarkar discuss some of the recommended changes to playing conditions in one-day cricket made by the ICC Cricket Committee