Cricket News

Essex's push for a seventh Specsavers County Championship victory of the campaign was held up by the rain on day three of their clash with Somerset at Chelmsford.

Few watching live at Headingley or on the television will forget Windies' momentous five-wicket win over England in the second Test, a result Bob Willis described as "amazing".

Hope supposedly springs eternal - but Windies were just grateful he sprung twice at Headingley.

England have named an unchanged squad for the third and final Test against the West Indies at Lord's.

The ECB have confirmed that bowling coach Ottis Gibson has agreed to join Cricket South Africa as their new head coach.

Pakistan opener Sharjeel Khan has been banned for five years - two-and-a-half suspended - over a spot-fixing scandal affecting the Pakistan Super League.

Bangladesh have made history by beating Australia in a Test match for the first time.

The group stage in this season's Kia Super League featured two tons and nine fifties - and ended with Southern Vipers, Surrey Stars and Western Storm reaching Finals Day.

Agony followed quickly upon disappointment for Nottinghamshire on NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day in 2016 as Nuts the Squirrel narrowly missed out on victory in a thrilling Mascot Race.