Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades, BBL 08, Adelaide

Renegades leapfrog to first after Christian and Nabi seal win over Strikers

Dec 23, 2018: From 5 for 82, the duo struck 94 runs in just eight overs to seal Renegades' second win of the season

BBL 2018 news

Tymal Mills ruled out of BBL with hamstring strain

Dec 23, 2018: The England quick faces up to eight weeks on the sidelines, having sustained an injury during Hobart Hurricanes' practice game

Australia

Don't judge MCG pitch by its grass cover - Marcus Harris

Dec 23, 2018: The batsman is expecting slow scoring but the opportunity for runs to be made by batsmen diligent enough to play within their lanes

Netherlands news

Uncapped Leon Turmaine in Netherlands squad for India tour

Dec 23, 2018: Netherlands will play a T20I quadrangular series in Oman from 8 to 18 February next year before travelling to India to play a number of first-class sides

Women's Big Bash League

Sophie Devine produces all-round first for the WBBL

Dec 23, 2018: The New Zealander scored 95 and then bagged five wickets in a superb display against Melbourne Stars

Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne

India's worries ahead of Boxing Day

Dec 23, 2018: Either out of poor injury management or through desperation, India are trying to cover too many bases. Some of the players they need to decide on in the coming two days

India in Australia 2018-19

Ravindra Jadeja carried injury to Australia, was only '70-80% fit' in Perth

Dec 23, 2018: India's injury-management policies have resurfaced after Ravi Shastri revealed that Jadeja had been nursing a shoulder injury even before landing in Australia

Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne

Aaron Finch's finger 'felt like it was going to explode'

Dec 23, 2018: The opener remains unsure how comfortable fielding will be but has no concerns about his place in the Boxing Day Test

Can the Test series hold its own against the BBL?

Dec 23, 2018: The two matches so far have been a great advertisement for the format, but is there too much cricket competing for people's attention?

4-day franchise series

Hashim Amla finds form; Faf du Plessis, Duanne Olivier impress ahead of Boxing Day Test

Dec 22, 2018: Most of the national squad that will reassemble to take on Pakistan next week were given good workouts in the latest round of domestic four-day fixtures

Ranji Trophy 2018-19

Delhi-MP Ranji clash at Kotla delayed, reports say pitch overwatered

Dec 22, 2018: North Zone curator Sunil Chauhan overwatered a pitch and left the venue before toss, leading to a two-and-half-hour delay in the Delhi-MP Ranji fixture

Bangladesh v West Indies, 3rd T20I, Mirpur

Ready to risk sanctions for team's sake - Brathwaite on umpiring errors

Dec 22, 2018: Play was suspended for eight minutes in Mirpur after umpire Tanvir Ahmed made wrong no-ball calls off Oshane Thomas

Big Bash League 2018-19

D'Arcy Short, James Faulkner, Jofra Archer consign Brisbane Heat to second defeat

Dec 22, 2018: Hurricanes survived a late cameo from Ben Cutting to start their campaign in style

Super Smash 2018-19

Santner makes winning return after injury layoff

Dec 22, 2018: The allrounder chipped in with a handy cameo for Northern Districts in his first game in nine months

Bangladesh v West Indies, 3rd T20I, Dhaka

Lewis 89, Paul five-for help West Indies clinch T20I series

Dec 22, 2018: Spurred by controversial no-ball calls and Lewis' belligerent 89, West Indies finally found success in Asia this winter

Pakistan in South Africa 2018-19

Paterson called up for Boxing Day Test after Philander injury

Dec 22, 2018: The fast bowler, however, is unlikely to play, with Duanne Olivier, the initial back-up bowler, slated to partner Steyn and Rabada in the pace attack

Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers, Big Bash League 2018-19, Sydney

O'Keefe, record stand give Sixers opening win

Dec 22, 2018: O'Keefe's three-wicket burst in his first two overs helped Sixers defend 165, which had been built on a record fourth-wicket stand of 124 between Jordan Silk and Daniel Hughes

Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat, Women's Big Bash League 2018-19, Sydney

Ellyse Perry: 419 runs, 209 average, 142 strike-rate

Dec 22, 2018: For the second time this season, the Sydney Sixers captain completed a T20 century even as it seemed like time was running out

Ranji Trophy 2018-19

From legal battles to last-minute flights: Puducherry's cricketing journey

Dec 22, 2018: The story of a motley crew of industrialists, semi-pros, amateurs and professionals, who came together to build something special

Australia news

Cameron Bancroft: 'People will judge you as a cheat, but that is OK'

Dec 22, 2018: The batsman, banned for nine months after the ball-tampering scandal, has revealed he pondered life without cricket as he served his suspension