Australia news

John Hastings retires from Test and ODI cricket

Oct 6, 2017: The 31-year old allrounder will continue playing T20 cricket and remains eligible for selection by Australia in the shortest format

Pakistan Super League 2018

Multan announce draft picks, Malik and Pollard platinum players

Oct 6, 2017: News from the trade window of the Pakistan Super League, where a few big names found new homes

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Dubai

'Sri Lanka are not going to play for a draw' - Chandimal

Oct 6, 2017: The captain also said the onus was on the fast-bowlers to make the best use of the slightly more seamer-friendly conditions a day-night Test offers

West Indies news

Gayle 'committed to West Indies cause' - Law

Oct 6, 2017: Stuart Law has suggested West Indies could show leniency in their selection policy towards senior players such as Chris Gayle because of the experience they bring

Rangana Herath and his fourth-innings mastery

Oct 6, 2017: In the Abu Dhabi Test, Rangana Herath once again showed his fourth-innings mastery, becoming only the fourth bowler to take 100 wickets in the last innings

Australia in India 2017

My body has let me down, but I will push myself - Nehra

Oct 6, 2017: The India seamer is set to push, cajole and threaten his body, just so he can extract the last remnants of cricket life from it one more time

'I have embraced the fact that these guys can play extreme cricket'

Oct 6, 2017: West Indies coach Stuart Law on the changes he'd like to see, the fate of the T20 "rebels", trying to build a new team culture, and more

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Dubai

Pakistan look to seniors to undo Abu Dhabi anomaly

Oct 5, 2017: The performances of some key players amplified long-standing issues of form, but Sarfraz Ahmed is positive that one innings doesn't make a bad side as Pakistan look to avoid a first home series defeat in ten years

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Dubai

Sri Lanka's 'upset' adds significance to day-night Test

Oct 5, 2017: Pakistan were favourites to begin due to Sri Lanka's misadventures more than their own conquests. Now that the 'underdogs' are leading 1-0, there's much to play for with the pink ball

South Africa v Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Bloemfontein

Onus on South Africa's rookie seamers and Bangladesh's senior batsmen

Oct 5, 2017: For the first time since January 2007, South Africa will go into a Test without one of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander. Bangladesh, meanwhile, will have to cope without Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Dubai

Pakistan's curious affair with day-night Test cricket

Oct 5, 2017: It's expensive to host in the UAE, the market circumstances are unlike others in the cricket world, and the turnout is negligible. So why does Pakistan insist on playing pink-ball cricket there?

South Africa news

Pollard named Bloem City Blazers captain

Oct 5, 2017: Kieron Pollard will captain Bloem City Blazers in South Africa's T20 Global League, which begins next month

Pakistan news

'Mir wanted former team-mates appointed to selection committee'

Oct 5, 2017: Shamsa Hashmi, former general manager of the Pakistan women side, criticised the former captain's tactics, and said that she had been trying to control Mir's 'manoeuvring and hegemony by counselling'

Sri Lanka women in West Indies 2017

Sri Lanka women bank on batting against West Indies

Oct 5, 2017: Head coach Hemantha Devapriya is optimistic about Sri Lanka's batting prowess after a demonstrable improvement in the Women's World Cup earlier this year

Ranji Trophy 2017-18

The six probables in the selectors' lens

Oct 5, 2017: Ahead of the Ranji season, ESPNcricinfo takes a look at six players who are on the periphery of the Indian Test team

England news

Topley, Overton on England Pace Programme

Oct 5, 2017: Reece Topley, the England left-armer, and Jamie Overton will continue their rehabilitation from back injuries as part of the ECB's Pace Programme in South Africa this winter

Ranji Trophy 2017-18

Ankle sprain causes injury scare for Vijay

Oct 5, 2017: The latest news and updates from the Ranji Trophy circuit

Women's Ashes 2017-18

Australia will be out for 'revenge' in Women's Ashes, warns Beaumont

Oct 5, 2017: Tammy Beaumont says that England's women now have a "massive target on their backs", as the squad prepares to set off for Australia to contest this winter's Ashes

India v Australia, 1st T20I, Ranchi

Behrendorff focused only on debut against India

Oct 5, 2017: With James Pattinson joining Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood on the injury list, the Western Australia quick could be a potential dark horse for the Ashes, but he isn't looking too far ahead

Bangladesh in South Africa 2017-18

Saifuddin earns maiden ODI call-up for Bangladesh

Oct 5, 2017: The seam-bowling allrounder did well at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup and has since then been earmarked for the senior team