Yorkshire have announced the signing of West Indies batter Shai Hope for the first three rounds of the County Championship. The 29-year-old, who also provides an option as wicketkeeper, will cover for Yorkshire club captain Shan Masood whose arrival has been delayed after being called up for Pakistan’s limited-over series against New Zealand. With five

Gujarat Titans 163 for 4 (Sudharsan 62*, Nortje 2-39) beat Delhi Capitals 162 for 8 (Warner 37, Rashid 3-31, Shami 3-41, Joseph 2-29) by six wickets Three-wicket hauls from Mohammed Shami and Rashid Khan, backed up a measured unbeaten half-century from B Sai Sudharsan gave the defending champions Gujarat Titans their second consecutive win at

USA are heading back to the World Cup Qualifier for the first time since it was known as the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland after securing a 25-run win over Jersey in their final round-robin match at the CWC Qualifier Play-off in Namibia. Defending a total of 231, USA fast bowler Ali Khan propelled his

Toss Ireland chose to bat vs Bangladesh Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie decided to bat against Bangladesh in the one-off Test in Dhaka with as many as six Test debutants in his XI. He said it looked like a pretty good pitch to bat on whereas Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said he wanted his fast

Azeem Rafiq has said he is open to meeting Michael Vaughan with a view to finding a way forward for the sport after the findings of the Cricket Discipline Commission’s (CDC) racism hearings were published last week. On Friday, Vaughan was cleared of using racist language towards Rafiq and three other players of Asian descent

ECB chair Richard Thompson described it as “the most complex and thorough regulatory investigation and disciplinary process” English cricket has ever seen. As such, when it came to the most high-profile component of the Cricket Disciplinary Committee (CDC) hearings over racism at Yorkshire, the grey areas were simply too grey. The key difference between the

South Africa 370 for 8 (Markram 175, Klaasen 2-43) beat Netherlands 224 for 9 (Musa 61, Magala 5-43) by 146 runs Aiden Markram scored his ODI century and went on to rack up the joint sixth-highest individual score by a South African, as the hosts notched up their third-highest score at the Wanderers to win

Royal Challengers Bangalore 172 for 2 (Kohli 82*, du Plessis 73) beat Mumbai Indians 171 for 7 (Varma 84*, Wadhera 21, Karn 2-32) by eight wickets Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis hit scintillating half-centuries as Royal Challengers Bangalore marked their homecoming with a dominating eight-wicket win over Mumbai Indians. The win was set up

Once a war approaches its end, it is instructional to remind yourself of the point of the peace. In the case of Yorkshire cricket, that should be blindingly obvious: to create an environment in which talented cricketers have equal opportunity to succeed in a culture free from prejudice and discrimination, and in which all spectators

Big picture – Mumbai Indians’ bowling looks thin Royal Challengers Bangalore’s quest for their maiden IPL title is still on but they have been pretty consistent of late, making the playoffs in each of the last three seasons. This run has also coincided with them not playing at their home ground, M Chinnaswamy Stadium –