Cricket News

A first-over hat-trick by Jake Ball left Specsavers County Championship Division One leaders Middlesex rocking at the end of day one of their clash with bottom side Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

Leicestershire were bowled out for 135 by Sussex in Division Two of the Specsavers County Championship on a day in which 17 wickets fell.

Australia posted a record T20I score of 263-3 against Australia as Glenn Maxwell blasted 145 not out off 65 balls in Pallekele.

All-rounder Ben Stokes is in line to make his first T20 appearance for England since the ICC World Twenty20 final when England take on Pakistan at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

Michael Vaughan believes England's players should trust the advice of the ECB security team and travel to Bangladesh this autumn.

Chris Jordan is the latest player to commit unequivocally to England's tour of Bangladesh, in the belief "more than enough security" measures will be in place.

Chris Jordan held his nerve to bowl England to a Super Over victory and seal a 3-0 Twenty20 series win over Pakistan in the UAE last November.

AB de Villiers has recovered from an elbow injury and is back in South Africa's ODI squad to face Australia later this month, live on Sky Sports.

Former England coach Peter Moores will become head coach of Nottinghamshire at the end of the domestic season.

New Zealand selectors have kept faith with off-form opener Martin Guptill after naming him in a 15-man squad for a three-Test tour of India.