Cricket News

Pakistan swept past world champions West Indies in the third and final Twenty20 international, securing an eight wicket win in Abu Dhabi to achieve their first-ever clean sweep in the shortest format.

Batsman Jaik Mickleburgh is to leave Essex when his contract expires at the end of this month.

Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith both hit unbeaten fifties as Australia cruised to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Ireland in the one-day international in Benoni on Tuesday.

England's tricky winter tour of the sub-continent is soon to commence, with three ODIs and two Test matches in Bangladesh, starting on Friday, October 7.

Somerset spinners Jack Leach and Dom Bess have both signed new contracts at Taunton.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers has been ruled out of the one-day international and Test series against Australia after failing to recover from an elbow injury.

Ben Duckett has been named as the 2016 Cricket Writers' Club Young Player of the Year.

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