Cricket

Cricketer Naomi Dattani explains how professional contracts have helped her juggle cultural expectations with elite sport.

Kent sign Afghanistan leg-spinner Qais Ahmad for the entire T20 Blast campaign and two County Championship matches.

Five uncapped players are included in the 15-strong Ireland women's squad to take on Scotland in the T20 series at Stormont last this month.

New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling will retire from all cricket after the Kiwis' tour of England in June.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announces a loss of £16.1m in the past financial year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

England expect players to be available for their Twenty20 World Cup build-up if there is a clash with a rescheduled Indian Premier League.

Josh Downie's mother describes him as the "kindest boy" and "beautiful, inside and out".

Former Sri Lanka international Avishka Gunawardene is cleared of match-fixing by the International Cricket Council.

Four England Twenty20 matches will be shown on BBC TV as live cricket returns to UK screens from next month.

Mark Stoneman scores his first century of the season as Surrey's rain-affected game against Leicestershire ends in a draw.

Warwickshire and Worcestershire's local derby ends in inevitable draw on the final day at Edgbaston.

Josh Davey's five-wicket haul helps Somerset to a fourth win in five County Championship games as they see off stubborn Hampshire.

Group leaders Lancashire finish on 301-9 on the final day of a evenly fought, rain-ruined match against Glamorgan.

Yorkshire's rain-affected County Championship game with Kent ends in a draw at Headingley.

Nottinghamshire go top of Group One after an innings victory over Essex with seven wickets before lunch on day four.

Northants paceman Ben Sanderson finishes with 10 wickets in the match as his side wrap up an innings victory over Sussex.

Somerset move closer to a convincing win over Hampshire during a brief spell of play on a rain-affected third day.

Group Two leaders Gloucestershire wrap up a comfortable seven-wicket victory against Middlesex at Lord's.

Rain affects Saturday's County Championship fixtures, with four games abandoned without a ball bowled.

After a slow opening day, several batsmen treated themselves to high scores around the County Championship grounds on day two.