Cricket South Africa has “formally and unreservedly,” withdrawn charges of gross misconduct against men’s national head coach Mark Boucher less than a week before his disciplinary hearing was due to begin. That means they are no longer seeking his dismissal over the tentative findings of the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report which concluded that

Former England allrounder Luke Wright will be part of New Zealand’s coaching staff during their upcoming limited-overs tours of Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands. Wright is part of an expanded coaching group which means no one will be involved in New Zealand’s full schedule of tours which begins with the Test series against England and runs

While Hetmyer has been given a break so he can be home for the birth of his first child, the statement from Cricket West Indies said Even Lewis was not considered since he failed CWI’s fitness criteria. Holder has been rested, with workload management cited as the key reason. All three are part of the

Adani Group, an Ahmedabad-based Indian infrastructure biggie, has bagged the rights to one of the six franchises in the newly-launched UAE T20 League. Adani’s foray into the league, through their subsidiary Adani Sportsline, makes them the fifth franchise owner in the tournament. The other four firms that have already brought franchise rights comprise: Capri Global,

Chennai Super Kings have finally played the perfect game, something they hadn’t done in a long time, but they are not going to get carried away about where this leaves their playoff chances. That’s one. Two, T20 bowling is more about knowing what not to bowl rather than what to bowl. Three, we are entering

Worcestershire 309 (Leach 62, Barnard 55, Potts 6-62) and 262 for 3 (Haynes 120*, Azhar 92) drew with Durham 580 for 6 dec (Stokes 161, Bedingham 135, Dickson 104, Borthwick 89, Petersen 50) and 170 for 1 dec (Dickson 105, Lees 60*) Maiden first-class hundreds can come in many guises. Players dream in their youth

Gloucestershire 179 and 111 for 2 (Scott 70*) need a further 257 to beat Hampshire 342 and 204 (Donald 89, Amir 3-33) Aneurin Donald marked his return from two years of injury hell with a tubthumping 89 as Hampshire and Gloucestershire’s topsy-turvy LV= Insurance County Championship clash set up an exciting final day. Welshman Donald

Ben Stokes, England’s new Test captain, has confirmed that Joe Root will move back to No. 4 in the order when the team returns to action against New Zealand next month. Root, Stokes’ predecessor who stood down after five years in the role, had moved up to No. 3 for England’s most-recent series, a 1-0

Khaled Mahmud, the Bangladesh team director, feels Mustafizur Rahman should not have been allowed to pick and choose the formats he wished to play, as it has led to a fast-bowling vacuum in the Test side. Mustafizur is currently playing in the IPL for Delhi Capitals, having taken eight wickets in as many matches this

Redemption is sweet. Exactly a month ago, Daniel Sams was crestfallen as Pat Cummins walloped him for 35 runs in an over enroute the joint-fastest IPL fifty (off 14 balls) to snatch a win away from the Mumbai Indians. The onslaught would consign Sams to the bench for the next two weeks. Now, in a