Cricket

Bowler Ethan Bamber, spinner Nathan Sowter and wicketkeeper Robbie White sign new long-term contracts with Middlesex.

England spinner Jack Leach extends his contract with Somerset through to the end of the 2020 season.

The owners of Lord's get planning permission for two new three-tier stands at the ground, with construction set to begin this summer.

Captain Joe Root returns to form before England collapse on day one of their first warm-up match in the West Indies.

Minor Counties cricket is to change its name after 124 years to the rebranded National Counties Cricket Association in 2020.

West Indies recall batsman Darren Bravo after an absence of more than two years from Test cricket for the first Test against England.

Captain Virat Kohli scores 104 and MS Dhoni an unbeaten fifty as India level the three-match one-day series in Australia at 1-1.

Middlesex fast bowler James Harris extends his contract, and will remain at Lord's until the end of the 2021 season.

Former Gauteng and Lions all-rounder Shane Burger is announced as Scotland's new head coach.

England batsman Dawid Malan signs a new contract with Middlesex until the end of the 2021 season.

Somerset batsman George Bartlett extends his contract until the end of the 2021 season.

Australia's Cameron Bancroft hits an unbeaten 87 off 61 balls to help Perth Scorchers to victory over Sydney Sixers in the BBL.

Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul are suspended by India's cricket board after their comments about women on a television show.

Australia win the first match of the three-match one-day series against India in Sydney by 34 runs, despite a century from Rohit Sharma.

Former Australia captain Steve Smith will have elbow surgery and may not be fit to make his international return from a 12-month ban at the end of March.

Jurors fail to reach verdicts in the case against former Worcestershire CCC all-rounder Alex Hepburn.

County champions Surrey re-sign South Africa batsman Dean Elgar as their overseas player for the 2019 campaign.

Warwickshire and England fast bowler Olly Stone signs a new contract, keeping him at Edgbaston until the end of 2022.

Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf will join Northants Steelbacks for the whole of this summer's T20 Blast campaign.

India captain Virat Kohli says his team do not support the "inappropriate" comments made by team-mates Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul about women.