Sri Lanka v England, 1st ODI, Dambulla

Can Sri Lanka emerge from chaos against world's best one-day team?

Oct 9, 2018: England are without a couple of first-choice pace bowlers but bring a formidable batting line-up against a struggling home team

Sri Lanka v England, 1st ODI, Dambulla

Our situation similar to England's after 2015 World Cup - Chandimal

Oct 9, 2018: The similarities between Sri Lanka's present plight and England's situation following their group-stage exit in the 2015 World Cup are unmissable

Sri Lanka v England, 1st ODI, Dambulla

You have a target on your back being No. 1 - Jos Buttler

Oct 9, 2018: Previous England sides have toured Sri Lanka with trepidation, but not this one which has risen to the top of the rankings

Australia news

Bailey calls for second domestic 50-over window

Oct 9, 2018: The JLT Cup has been squeezed into a brief window around September and October for the past five years, coinciding with Australia's drop from first to sixth in ODI rankings

Sri Lanka v England, 1st ODI, Dambulla

Eoin Morgan would be willing to drop himself at World Cup

Oct 9, 2018: The England one-day captain would not let personal achievements stand in the way of team success

County news

Billy Root joins Glamorgan to prove his worth

Oct 9, 2018: Root wants to play regularly in all three formats and Nottinghamshire's spending splurge suggested his chances might be limited

Pakistan v Australia 2018-19

Indifferent results prompt PCB to drop day-night Test this season

Oct 9, 2018: The adverse effect the pink ball and the dew have on Yasir Shah's bowling and Pakistan's iffy results in day-night Tests have led to the move

Pakistan v Australia, 1st Test, Dubai, 3rd day

Bilal's six-for gives Pakistan the grip despite late blows

Oct 9, 2018: Australia lost 10 for 60 after a solid 142-run opening stand to concede the advantage on a platter to Pakistan

Scotland news

Scotland's Con de Lange battling brain tumour

Oct 9, 2018: Cricket Scotland announces fundraising appeal for 37-year-old left-arm spinning allrounder

Women's World T20 2018

Australia name Bolton, Jonassen for Women's World T20

Oct 9, 2018: The 15-member squad will take on Pakistan in three T20Is in Malaysia before heading to the Caribbean for the World T20

Who's the youngest player to make a century on Test debut?

Oct 9, 2018: Also: an 11-ball over with no wides or no-balls - truth or fiction?

Pakistan v Australia, 1st Test, Dubai, 2nd day

Haris Sohail breaks through with innings of unhurried intelligence

Oct 8, 2018: He learned plenty about batting at Test level during Pakistan's tour of the UK without quite making the big scores to show for it. Now, in Dubai, he made all that learning count

Betting news

Spinners to the fore as England and Sri Lanka prepare to do battle

Oct 8, 2018: With the first ODI of their five-match series looming on Wednesday, England's credentials as a white-ball force are about to face a tricky test

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018/19

Jharkhand, Haryana seal last two quarter-final spots

Oct 8, 2018: Mumbai, Maharashtra, Delhi, Andhra, Hyderabad and Bihar had already qualified

South Africa v Zimbabwe, 1st T20I, East London

T20 series offers South Africa's fringe players a World Cup window

Oct 8, 2018: There is a mixture of youth and experience for the matches against Zimbabwe as the hosts look to build on a their one-day success

Pakistan v Australia, 1st Test, Dubai, 2nd day

Marnus Labuschagne's leggies re-open an old question

Oct 8, 2018: Australia's fingerspinners have learned to adapt to Asian pitches that offer turn or inconsistent bounce. On flat tracks like Dubai's, however, they lack the cutting edge that a specialist wristspinner can bring

ICC news

Three Hong Kong players charged for fixing and corruption

Oct 8, 2018: Irfan Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed and Haseeb Amjad have been charged by the ICC with breaching its anti-corruption code for a total of 19 counts

West Indies in India 2018-19

A case for India to play all three openers in Hyderabad?

Oct 8, 2018: If India have decided that KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal will be their three openers in Australia, it's prudent to pick all three in their last Test before the tour. But who sits out?

South Africa v Zimbabwe, 1st T20I, East London

Can South Africa crack code T20 with a bolstered line-up?

Oct 8, 2018: South Africa have lost more T20Is than they have won in the last two years, cycling through four captains and no less than 28 players

Bangladesh v Pakistan, one-off women's ODI, Cox's Bazar

Khadija's six-for sets up six-wicket Bangladesh win

Oct 8, 2018: It was a comeback of sorts for the home team, which had lost the T20I series 3-0 only two days ago