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Scyld Berry: Party to tour UAE is likely to include Surrey spinner and Notts batsman but there is no place for Gary Ballance and Alex Hales may be a squad player only

West Indies batsman has proudly flaunted his indoor strip club on Instagram

England's selectors are unlikely to rush into naming their squad to take on Pakistan in three Tests in the United Arab Emirates.

MS Dhoni, Brian Lara and Brendon McCullum will join other world-class stars at the Kia Oval on Thursday for the inaugural international Help for Heroes fundraiser, Cricket for Heroes.

Australia's long tour has come to an end with a 3-2 win over England in the ODI series, but with the Ashes lost again on English soil it has been an ultimately disappointing trip.

Michael Vaughan: I will remember Brian Close as an inspiring figure at Yorkshire - and a captain I would have loved to have played under

England will announce their squad for the upcoming three-Test series against Pakistan on Tuesday, with one of the key decisions being who partners Alastair Cook at the top of the order.

Michael Holding says the late Brian Close was a cricketer who had a "legendary toughness".

Scyld Berry: The former England opener, who has died aged 84, deserved his lionheart reputation for standing up to the great West Indies attacks of the 1970s

Australia say they plan to continue using key paceman Mitchell Starc until his troublesome ankle injury requires an operation.

Uncapped duo Andrew Fekete and Cameron Bancroft have been named in a new-look Australia squad for the upcoming Test tour of Bangladesh.