News Analysis The captain and chief selector have indicated there is plenty to play for over the next few weeks Australia’s tour squad to West Indies (and maybe onwards to Bangladesh) is missing a number of big names who have opted out, been rested, or are injured. That continues to disrupt preparations for the T20

Report Thrilling contest goes down to wire as Lewis Gregory hold his nerve at Taunton Somerset 172 for 9 (Banton 77, Smeed 63*, Currie 4-31) beat Hampshire 165 for 8 (de Grandhomme 66, Gregory 3-46) by seven runs At the highest-scoring T20 ground in the world defending a total of 172 is near-impossible, not least

Preview Onus on visitors’ batting to find an extra gear after flat displays in first two T20Is Big picture Three days on from the World Test Championship final, the Ageas Bowl (as it is once again allowed to be known) plays host to a final of a rather less epochal variety. The final T20I between

Multan Sultans 206 for 4 (Maqsood 65*, Rossouw 50, Gul 2-26) beat Peshawar Zalmi 159 for 9 (Malik 48, Muzarabani 2-26) by 47 runs In the final for the first time, Multan Sultans completed one of the great turnarounds in a franchise cricket season to lift their maiden title by comprehensively defeating Peshawar Zalmi in

Report Essex come close to messing up chase before Simon Harmer’s four seals narrow win Essex 184 for 8 (Lawrence 59, Mitchell 3-24) beat Middlesex 183 for 2 (Eskinazi 102*) by two wickets Stevie Eskinazi‘s maiden white-ball hundred for Middlesex was to no avail as Essex pulled off a thrilling last-ball victory by two wickets

News Veteran allrounder will continue to play at Canterbury beyond his 46th birthday Darren Stevens, the Kent allrounder who turned 45 in April, has signed a contract extension that will keep him playing until the end of the 2022 season. Stevens seems to defy the effects of ageing even more enthusiastically with each passing year.

News India captain acknowledges NZ were the better side but says great Tests come in series Virat Kohli, India’s captain, admitted that New Zealand are the deserving winners of the inaugural World Test Championship, but has called for future editions of the tournament – which is contested over a two-year cycle – to be decided

Report Will Smeed offers sound support as visitors bounce back from thumping less than a fortnight ago Somerset 149 for 3 (Hildreth 72*, Smeed 42) beat Surrey 146 for 8 (Jacks 65, Leach 3-28) by seven wickets Something old, something new for Somerset, James Hildreth and Will Smeed combining to ease their side to victory

News All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship The World Test Championship final has come down to the final day for Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand. Here’s where the game stands coming into this, the reserve day. Tune in for ESPNcricinfo’s live updates

News His new role “will be to ensure that all the right questions are being asked while contributing to shaping of new ideas” Two-time T20 World champion Daren Sammy has been added to the Cricket West Indies (CWI) board as an independent non-member director. Sammy was one of three appointments of Independent Directors approved at