Cricket

Dom Sibley enhances his England hopes with a second hundred of the match as Warwickshire beat Nottinghamshire by eight wickets.

Tom Bailey's match haul of 10-119 helps Lancashire beat Middlesex - their eighth win in 13 Championship games in 2019 and fifth out of five at Old Trafford.

Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for 12 months because of an illegal action.

Glamorgan complete a convincing win over Leicestershire by 291 runs to retain their promotion hope.

Kent wrap up a thumping 433-run Division One win over Yorkshire on the fourth morning at Headingley.

Northants close in on promotion to County Championship Division One by beating Durham at Wantage Road.

England contender Dom Sibley hits a superb 215 not out in Warwickshire's 488 all out before they reduce Notts to 105-5.

Simon Harmer takes 7-58 as Essex beat Surrey by an innings and lead Somerset by 12 points ahead of next week's title decider.

Somerset's Championship title hopes remain in the balance after Hampshire complete a 136-run victory at the Ageas Bowl.

Ex-Ireland batsman Ed Joyce is appointed head coach of his country's women's team after serving in the role on an interim basis since June.

An unbeaten 91 from Ben Cooper helps the Netherlands earn a six-wicket win over Ireland in the T20 Tri-Series in Dublin.

Gloucestershire beat Worcestershire inside three days at New Road to boost their Division Two promotion hopes.

Rare footage of the batsman playing against Northamptonshire in 1934 was found in a box of old film.

Australian Ben Sawyer is appointed head coach of the Birmingham women's team for The Hundred.

England cricketer Ben Stokes has the support of "the whole sport and the country" after criticising The Sun over a story it ran about his family, a leading cricket chief says.

Dan Lawrence hits 147 as Essex reach 302-6 at the close on day two after bowling out Surrey for 174, a lead of 128.

James Vince hits a brilliant unbeaten century to ensure title hopefuls Somerset will face a tough chase to beat Hamsphire.

Ireland beat Scotland by four wickets with 14 balls to spare in the latest T20I match of the Tri-Nations Series at Malahide in Dublin.

England batsman Ben Stokes says a newspaper's front-page story about his family is "utterly disgusting" and the "lowest form of journalism".

Police are investigating two men for allegedly approaching a player from the Indian women's national team.