Cricket News

Gloucestershire increased their lead at the top of the NatWest T20 Blast south table courtesy of a six-wicket victory over Surrey at the Brightside Ground on Wednesday.

An unbeaten 166 from Kent skipper Sam Northeast was not enough to prevent his side falling to a 10-wicket defeat at Essex in Specsavers County Championship Division Two.

Middlesex recorded an innings victory over Yorkshire after the defending champions collapsed to 167 all out on the final day of their Specsavers County Championship Division One clash at Scarborough.

Jos Buttler is ready to play with "conviction" if he is recalled to the England team on Thursday for the four-match Test series against Pakistan.

Having made light work of Sri Lanka in all three formats of the game, next up for England is a four-match Test series with Pakistan.

Sri Lanka's cricket board will seek compensation from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over the wrongful suspension of wicketkeeper Kusal Perera.

Tino Best, Ravi Bopara, Liam Livingstone, Ross Taylor and Philip Salt have been given penalties for indiscipline in recent county matches.

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Ricky Ponting believes the time has arrived for cricketing authorities to limit the size of bats.