Ben Stokes incident

England start to face prospect of Ashes without Stokes

Sep 30, 2017: There is "no point" England turning up in Australia if they don't believe they can without their star allrounder according to team-mate Moeen Ali

The Ashes 2017-18

How would you replace Ben Stokes?

Sep 30, 2017: Ben Stokes is currently part of the Ashes squad, but England will have to start making plans for him not being there. That is easier said than done for a world-class allrounder

England news

Moeen ready to take on Australia's short stuff

Sep 30, 2017: Moeen Ali is prepared for a barrage of short-pitched bowling during the Ashes but believes that could be the opportunity for him to attack

T20 Global League news

CSA close to signing T20 broadcast deal following Lorgat exit

Sep 30, 2017: Cricket South Africa holds meeting with broadcaster SuperSport to discuss a deal for the tournament, which begins on November 3

New Zealand A in India, 2017-18

'My priority is being a reliable Test batsman'

Sep 30, 2017: Back in the country of his birth for the first time as a professional cricketer, Jeet Raval talks about his journey from Ahmedabad to Auckland and his ambitions on and off the field

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 3rd day, September 30, 2017

Seven sessions of grind

Sep 30, 2017: Test matches in the UAE tend to unravel after three days of slow cricket, and the Pakistan-Sri Lanka encounter is no different

India A v New Zealand A, 2nd Test, Vijayawada, 1st day

Thakur and spinners trip up New Zealand A with pink ball

Sep 30, 2017: Jeet Raval, Colin Munro and Tim Seifert offered the only resistance for New Zealand A in the pink-ball day game

India v Australia, 5th ODI, Nagpur

Relaid pitch in focus ahead of series finale

Sep 30, 2017: Will the VCA Stadium produce a belter like it used to, or turn out slow and low as it has done in recent times?

India v Australia, 5th ODI, Nagpur

'More than happy to play as Test bowler' - Umesh

Sep 30, 2017: Team management's decision to spread workload uniformly on the bowlers has helped, says India pacer

Pakistan news

PCB makes domestic T20 participation mandatory for NOCs

Sep 30, 2017: Centrally contracted players will have to feature in the National T20 Cup before they can gain No-Objection Certificates to participate in the T20 Global League and the Bangladesh Premier League

South Africa v Bangladesh, 1st Test, Potchefstroom, 3rd day

South Africa stretch lead to 230 after Maharaj's three

Sep 30, 2017: Bangladesh batted for most of the third day and threatened South Africa at times, but the home side fought back with a clean-up job of the visiting team's tail and furthered their lead to 230 runs

India v Australia, 5th ODI, Nagpur

Aware of the need to score runs - Wade

Sep 30, 2017: Under pressure to retain his spot with the Ashes looming, Matthew Wade says it's just a matter of time before he comes good with the bat

Women's cricket

Mir axed as ODI captain, Maroof to lead side

Sep 30, 2017: Bismah Maroof will succeed Mir as the Pakistan captain, even as the PCB will look to appoint a new general manager for the women's wing and a new selection panel

Australia domestic news

Holland sidelined following knee surgery

Sep 30, 2017: The left-arm spinner has been replaced by Fawad Ahmed in Victoria's JLT One-Day Cup squad

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 3rd day, September 30, 2017

Azhar Ali leads Pakistan's crawl towards parity

Sep 30, 2017: Fifties from Pakistan's top three ensured Pakistan edged - very slowly but surely - towards Sri Lanka's imposing first innings total of 419

County news

Relegated Middlesex seek ECB hearing in crossbow points-deduction furore

Sep 29, 2017: Middlesex are to request a hearing with the ECB in an attempt to have the points deduction from their Championship match at The Oval revoked

England news

'Lessons must be learned from Stokes situation' - Roland-Jones

Sep 29, 2017: Toby Roland-Jones, the fast bowler, has become the first current England player to speak publicly since Ben Stokes' arrest for alleged assault in Bristol on Monday

Quaid-e-Azam trophy

Dodgy Dukes, departmental domination, and Fawad Alam

Sep 29, 2017: Round-up of the first set of fixtures from the 2017-18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 2nd day

'We went in with our strength' - Azhar Mahmood

Sep 29, 2017: Despite Yasir Shah bowling a career-high 57 overs in Abu Dhabi's heat and humidity, Pakistan do not regret going into the first Test with only one specialist spinner

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 2nd day

Nine hours of captain Chandimal

Sep 29, 2017: This wasn't a madcap dash like his 169-ball 162 in Galle two years ago. It was, instead, a quiet epic, the innings of an extravagantly gifted batsman adapting to leadership