Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Lahore

SL team surrounded by 'extraordinary' security arrangements in Lahore

Oct 29, 2017: With roads sealed off and huge security convoys, the security arrangements provided to the Sri Lanka team are similar to the protocol followed for a presidential visit

The Ashes 2017-18

Understated Foakes a world-class understudy

Oct 29, 2017: Ben Foakes has been described as "the best wicketkeeper in the world" but will travel to Australia as Jonny Bairstow's deputy

An outsider's inside view of Sri Lankan cricket

Oct 29, 2017: The memoirs of a fan who has seen the excellence and the excesses of the country's cricket

Four-day Tests require a compromise between players and administrators

Oct 29, 2017: Players and administrators need to work in partnership to take the game into the future

Zimbabwe v West Indies, 2nd Test, Bulawayo

Holder backs 'main man' Bishoo to fire again

Oct 28, 2017: West Indies captain hopes the rest of his attack allows the legspinner "liberty to express himself" once again

The Ashes 2017-18

Woakes questions Australia's pace depth

Oct 28, 2017: Chris Woakes has highlighted the injury records of Australia's three frontline quicks, as well as the lack of certainty over who will keep wicket ahead of the Ashes

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Lahore

Lahore readies itself for that international feeling

Oct 28, 2017: The city might be gaining a new familiarity with the feeling of hosting international cricket, but there is additional meaning to this latest match, given the identity of the visiting team

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Lahore

The hidden benefits of Sri Lanka's return to Lahore

Oct 28, 2017: The SLC has gone out of its way to ensure the tour goes ahead, and its president Thilanga Sumathipala stands to gain considerable favour

India v New Zealand, 3rd ODI, Kanpur

India brace for another Boult examination

Oct 28, 2017: With a strike rate that's up there with the very best in ODI history, the left-arm quick brings cutting edge to a New Zealand attack that otherwise relies on building pressure through dot balls. How India negotiate his spells could prove key to the way th

Western Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, Perth, 3rd day

Debutant Kelly's four-for extends WA advantage

Oct 28, 2017: Ashes aspirants Hilton Cartwright and Marcus Stoinis made thirty-somethings each to push the hosts' lead to 294 by stumps on the third day in Perth

South Australia v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, 2nd day

Starc's burst negates South Australia's century opening stand

Oct 28, 2017: New South Wales procured themselves a lead of 150, steered by Daniel Hughes' 101-ball 57, before it was business as usual for Mitchell Starc

Queensland v Victoria, Sheffield Shield, Brisbane, 3rd day

Khawaja hundred helps Queensland topple Victoria

Oct 28, 2017: Usman Khawaja took away the Player-of-the-Match award; Jack Wildermuth and Michael Neser returned combined figures of 7 for 88 in the second innings to take Queensland home

Zimbabwe v West Indies, 2nd Test, Bulawayo

Cremer targets big runs in the first innings

Oct 28, 2017: Zimbabwe's lower-middle order had crumbled twice in the first Test, with nos. 5 - 8 making 36 runs in the first innings and 48 in the second

South Africa v Bangladesh, 2nd T20I, Potchefstroom

The final chance for Bangladesh to impress on tour

Oct 28, 2017: Shakib Al Hasan and the rest of his team have to pull their act together in Potchefstroom if they are to avoid returning home empty-handed

The Ashes 2017-18

Get Stokes to Australia? Not so fast...

Oct 28, 2017: The latest developments in the Ben Stokes case don't necessarily mean he will take part in the Ashes

India v New Zealand, 3rd ODI, Kanpur

Who will blink first - India or New Zealand?

Oct 28, 2017: The two sides will square off in an ODI series decider for the second time in two years

Australia v England, 3rd ODI, Women's Ashes, Coffs Harbour

Blackwell abides in changing times

Oct 28, 2017: From a nuggety get-out-of-strife type, the Australia batsman, who is set to play her 250th international match on Sunday, is now the side's most versatile player

Zimbabwe v West Indies, 2nd Test, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe seek to fix batting issues in bid to draw level

Oct 28, 2017: Zimbabwe are often a side that only really gets going a couple of games into a tour and the chastening experience of the first Test will likely spur greater resolve in what is a must-win game if they are to level the series

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I, Abu Dhabi

Pothas 'proud of' T20 team despite losing series

Oct 28, 2017: The Sri Lanka coach is looking at the side's dismal streak of losing seven straight limited-overs matches in the UAE as 'five defeats and two good games'

England news

Two men claim Stokes saved them from homophobic attack

Oct 28, 2017: They have come forward to support the claim made by Stokes in the wake of his arrest, namely that he was acting in defence of two companions following a homophobic attack