Chris Read has become one of Nottinghamshire’s most consistent batsmen in the latter half of his career © Getty Images Chris Read, the Nottinghamshire wicketkeeper, has announced his decision to retire from cricket at the end of the 2017 season. Read, aged 38 and with a professional career that stretches back to the mid-90s, will take up a position as director of cricket at Uppingham School. While Read’s career started…

Virat Kohli and Steven Smith had plenty to say after the game © Associated Press A contentious, fractious and ill-tempered Test series has claimed a final victim: Virat Kohli‘s relationships with Australian players, the Indian captain said, have been irrevocably damaged. Tensions continued to simmer even after the conclusion in Dharamsala, with Steven Smith apologising for his behavior during the series, but also registering his disappointment at another bit of…

Faf du Plessis will be hoping he can produce one of his signature resolute innings on the final day in Hamilton © Getty Images Although South Africa know they have what assistant coach Adrian Birrell called a “mountain to climb” to avoid defeat on the final day to New Zealand, they also know they have summited these kinds of peaks before: Adelaide 2012, Johannesburg 2013, Colombo 2014. Three famous blockathons…

Warriors 249 for 7 (Ingram 83, Cloete 60, de Lange 2-35) beat Knights 231 for 6 (Petersen 83, Miller 52, Nortje 2-33) by 18 runsScorecard Colin Ingram’s 83 anchored the Warriors’ innings and helped them seal a spot in the final © AFP Colin Ingram ended a sequence of four consecutive single-digit scores with a Player-of-the-Match performance, scoring 83 in the qualifier to help Warriors beat the Knights by 18…

Toss Sri Lanka opt to bat v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Upul Tharanga would hope to make his 200th ODI a memorable one © AFP Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain Upul Tharanga, playing in his 200th ODI, decided to bat first against Bangladesh in a must-win second ODI in Dambulla. The hosts rejigged their bowling attack by including Dilruwan Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara and Nuwan Pradeep in place of Lahiru Kumara,…

Victoria 487 and 2 for 38 lead South Australia 287 (Weatherald 60, Carey 57, Holland 7-82) by 238 runsScorecard Jon Holland picked up 7 for 82, including the wicket of Travis Head © Getty Images A career-best seven-wicket haul from Jon Holland ensured Victoria remained in control of the Sheffield Shield final on the third day against South Australia in Alice Springs. It was the second consecutive season that Holland…

Faf du Plessis will be hoping he can produce one of his signature resolute innings on the final day in Hamilton © Getty Images Although South Africa know they have what assistant coach Adrian Birrell called a “mountain to climb” to avoid defeat on the final day to New Zealand, they also know they have summited these kinds of peaks before: Adelaide 2012, Johannesburg 2013, Colombo 2014. Three famous blockathons…

India won in Dharamsala to seal the series against Australia 2-1 © Associated Press India have finished at the top of the ICC Test rankings for the second successive year after beating Australia 2-1 in the four-Test series. As a result of being No. 1 by the cut-off date of April 1, India will be presented with a cash award of $1 million by the ICC. India had gone into…