South Africa have called-up uncapped batsman Rilee Rossouw to replace injured Quinton de Kock for the second Test against the West Indies.
The 25-year-old has yet to play a Test, with his international experience limited to nine one-day games and three Twenty20 matches.
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Pakistan veteran Shahid Afridi has announced he will retire from one-day internationals after next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Afridi told a news conference on Sunday that he will focus on T20 matches after the tournament is over, as Pakistan look ahead to the ICC World Twenty20 in India in 2016.
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The West Indies have contained off-spinner Sunil Narine in their provisional World Cup squad for Australia and New Zealand next year.
Narine was pulled in the ill fated tour of India in October after being reported for a suspect bowling action through the Champions League Twenty20 series.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has offered Sean Abbott, who bowled the ball which resulted in the departure of batsman Phillip Hughes, his total support in returning to the sport.
The 22-year old, that has played in three Twenty20 internationals as well as a one-dayer for Australia, is understood to possess experienced counselling because the injury at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
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Gloucestershire have awarded batsman Ian Cockbain a new contract which keeps him at Bristol until 2017.
Cockbain has scored 1751 first class runs in the past three seasons, plus 1005 in one-day cricket and 771 in Twenty20.
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International Cricket Council chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan has been cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.
Srinivasan had been relieved of his duties as the country’s cricket board president during the course of the investigation.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have revealed the dates for England’s 2015/16 winter tour.
The tour will last 72 days and consist of four Test matches – starting with the traditional Boxing Day Test at Kingsmead in Durban – five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals.
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Talks are progressing between the West Indies Cricket Board and their Indian counterparts after cutting short their tour last month, the WICB has announced.
An internal contractual dispute led to the West Indies squad leaving India midway through their tour despite having three Tests, a fifth ODI and one Twenty20 match scheduled.
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England Women fast bowler Katherine Brunt says the 2015 Women’s Ashes could be the most exciting yet thanks to the new points system.
The multi-format series, which you’ll be able to watch live in its entirety on Sky Sports for the first time next summer, will again consist of three ODIs, three Twenty20s and one Test, to be played from August 11-14 at Canterbury.
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Australia have responded swiftly with their Twenty20 defeat to South Africa by drafting in allrounder Glenn Maxwell for the remaining three-match series.
The Aussies were beaten by seven wickets in the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday after Proteas lefthander Rilee Rossouw smashed 78 from 50 balls.
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Former England all rounder Paul Collingwood has consented to come back to Scotland’s coaching staff for next year’s World Cup.
The 38-year old Durham captain, who’s England’s most capped one-day player and World Twenty20 winning captain, formerly worked with Scotland as combined-interim head coach when they booked their spot in the tournament from the beginning of the entire year.
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Ben Dunk and Nathan Reardon have been included in Australia’s squad for the Twenty20 series against South Africa in November.
The duo are named in a 13-man party that also contains Shane Watson, with the all-rounder set to make his international comeback from injury having not featured for his country since April.
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood does not believe Twenty20 cricket is a threat to Test and one-day cricket.
The 39-year-old, speaking at the launch of the International Cricket Council’s nine-day camp in the United Arab Emirates for emerging players to learn how to play the shortest format of the game, feels it is not harming the youngsters’ batting techniques.
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West Indies Cricket Board member Clive Lloyd expects the recent activities of his national team is not going to leave cricketing ties with India “irreparable”.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is understood to be considering its response following the West Indies’ withdrawal in the tour of India, with a one-day international, a Twenty20 international and three Tests staying.
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Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell has signed a fresh four-year contract together with the county.
The 30-year old scored 1,334 runs last season at the top of the sequence to head his side back to Division One of the LV= County Championship, while he was also their leading scorer in Twenty20 cricket.
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Sky Sports has won the rights to show some of international cricket’s biggest events including the ICC Cricket World Cup, World Twenty20 and Champions Trophy.
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The summer sun slowly begins to make way for frost and fog as another domestic season is ticked off with mixed results for the 18 first-class counties.
Yorkshire reigned supreme in red-ball cricket while their bitter rivals Lancashire lost their coach, top-flight status and a thrilling Twenty20 Final against hosts Birmingham.
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Australian trainer Darren Lehmann supported Mitchell Johnson will play in the approaching Tests and one-day series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Johnson was removed in the Twenty20 Champions League having a rib injury, but left together with the national squad for the UAE on Sunday.
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Duncan Fletcher will continue to head India through the World Cup with Ravi Shastri keeping his job as team manager.
Fletcher’s future as trainer came under examination when Shastri was made prior to the one day series with England, however they appeared from that series having a 3-1 triumph and just lost the dead rubber before going down in the single Twenty20 international.
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Mitchell Johnson is fighting to beat a rib injury and WOn’t be released to compete in a Twenty20 tournament in India.
Cricket Australia says the quick bowler will continue to work with medical staff before being given the thumbs up to go back to activity.
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