Cricket News

Shashank Manohar has resigned as president of India's cricket board and is now free to run for election as the next International Cricket Council chairman.

James Vince is confident he will be ready for a Test debut next week if he gets the nod from England's selectors.

Kent captain Sam Northeast missed out on becoming the fourth player of the week to notch a Specsavers County Championship double century on a rain-affected day three against Gloucestershire.

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa took 6-19 for Rising Pune Supergiants but it was not enough to stop them following a four-run defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Ball-by-ball commentary of the IPL clash between Rising Pune Supergiants and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Watch on Sky Sports 2.

Joe Root warmed up for England duty by completing a double century on day three of Yorkshire's Specsavers County Championship clash with Surrey at Headingley.

Sri Lanka seamer Dhammika Prasad is set to have a scan on the shoulder injury which forced him out of the tourists' draw against Essex.

Middlesex have announced Australia international George Bailey will join the county at the end of June and the hard-hitting middle-order batsman has announced he cannot wait to get started.

With James Taylor forced to retire due to a heart condition and Nick Compton solid rather than spectacular in South Africa this winter, spots are up for grabs in England's middle order.