Cricket

Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali is run out in bizarre circumstances, after mistakenly thinking the ball had reached the boundary on the third day of the second Test with Australia.

Joe Denly is not ruling out opening the England batting in the Tests against Sri Lanka - nine years after his last cap, in an ODI.

Former Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria admits to spot-fixing while at Essex, ending six years of denial.

Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris pays tribute to departing head coach Robert Croft, who leaves the Welsh county after three decades.

England outclass Sri Lanka to win a rain-affected third one-day international and take a 2-0 series lead with two games left.

The ECB says it had "very little wriggle room" when organising the tour of Sri Lanka, after a third successive ODI was affected by rain.

Glamorgan part company with coach Robert Croft after three seasons in charge, after the county finished bottom of the County Championship.

Former England opener Michael Carberry parts company with Leicestershire by mutual consent.

West Indies coach Stuart Law is suspended by the ICC for the first two of his side's five one-dayers against India.

James Bracey signs a new deal with Gloucestershire to keep him at the club until the end of the 2021 season.

Former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya is charged by the International Cricket Council with two breaches of its anti-corruption code.

Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai hits six sixes in an over off the bowling of Abdullah Mazari for Kabul Zwanan against Balkh Legends in the Afghanistan Premier League.

Leicestershire's South African fast bowler Dieter Klein agrees a new deal with the county for the 2019 season.

England spinner Liam Dawson's place on the one-day international tour of Sri Lanka is in doubt because of a side strain.

Umesh Yadav claims a 10-wicket haul as India again beat tourists West Indies inside three days to win their two-Test series 2-0.

Australia's cricketers have "tried too hard to be aggressive" in the past few years, says England bowler James Anderson.

Eoin Morgan, Joe Root and Chris Woakes impress as England win a rain-affected second one-day international against Sri Lanka in Dambulla.

Glamorgan are to appoint a new director of cricket after a poor season, with Hugh Morris focusing on his chief executive role.

England one-day captain Eoin Morgan is a "brilliant leader" and should not drop himself from the 50-over side, says Joe Root.

Ireland wicketkeeper Niall O'Brien retires from cricket at the age of 36 after making 216 international appearances.