Jeff Crowe

Shannon Gabriel suspended for four ODIs after breaching ICC Code of Conduct during third Test against England

Shannon Gabriel has been suspended for the first four One Day Internationals of an upcoming five-match series against England after his accumulated demerit points reached eight within a 24-month period

West Indies vs England: ICC justified in being strict with slow-over rate offence but must do away with provision to ban captains

Match referees must have the leeway to show their human side rather than just do a mechanical job of calculating numbers of overs that a side is short at the end of a Test and impose a pre-determined penalty.

Bangladesh vs West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite criticises umpiring in third T20I, says every 50-50 decision went hosts' way

Windies, who won Saturday's match by 50 runs, were victims of an erroneous no-ball call that could not be overturned by review and Braithwaite was critical of the umpiring throughout the tour though he insisted he was not alleging "cheating".

India vs Australia: ICC fines Aaron Finch-led side for maintaining slow over-rate in first T20I

Australia captain Aaron Finch has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee, while his players have received 10 per cent fines.

India vs England: International Cricket Council congratulates hosts prior to playing 1000th test match in series opener

The first test match between India and England at Edgbaston will be the 1000th test match to be played by the hosts since their first in 1877 against Australia.

England vs Pakistan: Jos Buttler's crude message on bat handle could land him in trouble

England's Jos Buttler is running the risk of action by world cricket's governing body as a result of the crude words he writes on the top of every one of his bat handles.

England vs Pakistan: Visitors fined for slow over rate; captain Sarfraz Ahmed warned not to repeat offence

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has been fined 60 per cent of his match fee, with the rest of the players fined 30 per cent.

South Africa vs Australia: How Kagiso Rabada's hearing might go in the face of the lottery of demerits system

On the wall hangs a picture of Giles Clarke and N Srinivasan with the motto 'Dignity not demerits' written in gold italics. Rabada is about to commence his appeal against a two-match ban for being a fast bowler.

South Africa vs Australia: Kagiso Rabada banned for rest of series, admits he needs to stop letting team down

Rabada was found guilty of "inappropriate and deliberate physical contact" with Australian captain Steve Smith after dismissing Smith in the first innings.

South Africa vs Australia: Kagiso Rabada charged with level two offence by ICC, may miss rest of series

Kagiso Rabada already has five demerit points and three more would earn him two suspension points that would result in a two-test ban and rule him out for the rest of the four-match series.