Jason Holder is the captain and Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels are the senior members of the 15-man squad for the World Cup Qualifiers

Three bowlers who will be much sought after at the IPL auction for their skills at the end of an innings

Starting from this season, afternoon matches will begin later, and night matches brought forward by an hour

The franchise that signs the England allrounder at the auction can seek a replacement player if he is not available for the entire 2018 season due to the legal proceeding concerning the charge of affray against him

The IPL auction will begin on January 27 with 16 marquee players going up for bidding, including Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell, Joe Root, Ajinkya Rahane and Shakib Al Hasan

The dearth of capable young wicketkeepers forces selectors to keep turning back to the pair of Parthiv Patel and and Dinesh Karthik

The likes of Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Krunal Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav will feature in the Syed Mushtaq Ali knockouts from January 21, following the conclusion of the T20 league's zonal phase

The one-off Test will be played between June 14 and 18, a year after Afghanistan were given Full Membership by the ICC

First-choice wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha is out of the tour because of a hamstring injury

The eight IPL franchises seek urgent clarity about Ben Stokes' availability for this year's tournament, after he was charged with affray

The long list submitted to the eight franchises contains 1122 players and is set to be pruned further once the teams submit their wishlists to the IPL

With coach Andy Moles working on getting his batsmen to play long innings, and a mystery spinner who has already made an impact in international cricket, Afghanistan's World-Cup aspirations are far from fanciful

The legspinner was eligible to feature in his second successive Under-19 World Cup, but the selectors did not want to distract him from his progress at the senior level

David Warner, Steven Smith, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are some of the other players retained by their IPL franchises

He starts work from January 8, and will join the Afghanistan squad in Dubai as it prepares for the limited-overs series against Zimbabwe

Wasim Jaffer, former Mumbai captain and current Vidarbha batsman, talks about his role as a mentor with Vidarbha who will play their first Ranji Trophy final from Friday

The South African is set to join the team in a coaching role although Daniel Vettori will remain part of the management group

ESPNcricinfo understands that the IPL has asked all eight franchises to submit their final list of retained players by January 4

Rahul Johri, the BCCI CEO, talks to ESPNcricinfo about the proposed Future Tours Programme, which he says will 'ensure the best possible content and context'

Australia's T20 veteran signs three-year deal, will report to Virender Sehwag