Australia in South Africa 2017-18

The six words that put Lehmann in the clear

Mar 28, 2018: James Sutherland on why Cricket Australia's investigations found Darren Lehmann to be distanced from the ball-tampering incident

New Zealand v England, 2nd Test, Christchurch

Time ripe for change after England's long winter

Mar 28, 2018: When England take the field in Christchurch, five months after first arriving in Australia for the Ashes, they will be looking to avoid a record 13th away Test without a win

England news

ECB hit by second board member resignation

Mar 28, 2018: The ECB has been thrown into further turmoil by the resignation of a second board member but has declined the request for an independent inquiry into the issue of compensation payments to Test-hosting counties

Ball-tampering scandal

CA says sandpaper was used to tamper, not sticky tape as Bancroft claimed

Mar 28, 2018: The board issued a detailed statement of the punishment handed out to Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft for ball tampering

IPL 2108

Warner and Smith axed from IPL 2018

Mar 28, 2018: The decision from the BCCI came as news broke that CA was banning the players for 12 months, in the wake of tremendous outrage over the ball-tampering incident at Newlands from back home in Australia

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Women's T20I series, Colombo

Javeria's record fifty helps Pakistan clinch thriller

Mar 28, 2018: Pakistan lose 6 for 38 in small chase before No. 11 debutant Fatima hits boundary off the penultimate delivery to seal one-wicket win

Ball-tampering saga

'The punishment does not fit the crime' - Warne

Mar 28, 2018: The cricket world reacts to the sanctions on Smith and Warner

Ball-tampering scandal

Smith, Warner banned for 12 months by Cricket Australia

Mar 28, 2018: Cameron Bancroft, the player to actually tamper with the ball during the Cape Town Test, has been banned for nine months, as the fall-out of the scandal rumbles on

Australia v England, Women's T20 tri-series, Mumbai

Kimmince, Perry inflict crushing England defeat

Mar 28, 2018: Australia captain Meg Lanning becomes the first Australian - male or female - to pass 2000 T20I runs during the course of a modest chase

IPL 2018

Warner steps down as Sunrisers Hyderabad captain

Mar 28, 2018: David Warner has stepped down as captain of IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in the wake of his role in the ball-tampering scandal in the Cape Town Test

Ball-tampering scandal

'Lehmann is one of the good guys' - Allan Border

Mar 28, 2018: With Darren Lehmann set to speak publicly for the first time since the ball-tampering scandal broke, former Australia captain Allan Border has thrown his support behind the under-fire coach

New Zealand news

Astle ruled out of Christchurch Test; Sodhi called-up

Mar 28, 2018: No sooner had Todd Astle been grasping a rare opportunity in Test cricket than he has been hit by injury

In praise of Morkel

Mar 28, 2018: It has been his fate to be seen as someone forever on the margins, but he has been everything quick bowling should be

Australia's ball-tampering scandal

Lehmann at heart of cultural contradiction

Mar 27, 2018: Cricket Australia claim they want to tackle their team's cultural malaise, yet they've stood by the man most associated with the winning-at-all-costs mentality

England in New Zealand 2017-18

Moeen faces axe as Ashes form continues

Mar 27, 2018: England allrounder could be the fall guy for Auckland defeat, says Trevor Bayliss, with Livingstone and Leach potential debutants

Australia's ball-tampering scandal

'Teams have been waiting for Australia to stuff up' - Bayliss

Mar 27, 2018: England coach said he was "embarrassed" by what his fellow countrymen had done during the Cape Town Test

Ball-tampering scandal

Smith, Warner and Bancroft to leave South Africa

Mar 27, 2018: Australia coach Darren Lehmann was found to have had no knowledge of the ball-tampering plan, and will remain in his position

Australia in South Africa 2017-18

'I would hope this never happens under my watch' - Gibson

Mar 27, 2018: The schadenfreude is subtle in the hosts' camp, but its there. They know Australia are in a bad position, so they sniff a maiden home-series win against this opposition since readmission

England news

Wheeler takes on extra PCA duties in absence of chief executive

Mar 27, 2018: Matthew Wheeler is to take on 'many of the roles and responsibilities' of PCA chief executive, in the continued absence of David Leatherdale

Sri Lanka news

Sri Lanka Super Four Provincial Tournament to start this week

Mar 27, 2018: The tournament, which will consist of four provincial teams based around SLC Centres of Excellence in Colombo, Galle, Kandy and Dambulla, will also serve as a testing ground for Sri Lanka's tour of the West Indies in May