Northamptonshire name ex-Leicestershire and Worcestershire player Ben Smith as batting coach. Full credit to bbci.co.uk Please read more here.

Derbyshire all-rounder Anuj Dal signs a new one-year contract with the County Championship Division Two side. Full credit to bbci.co.uk Please read more here.

Manchester United co-chairman Avram Glazer buys a team in the new United Arab Emirates Twenty20 league. Full credit to bbci.co.uk Please read more here.

A site near Leyland is identified as a potential second home for Lancashire County Cricket Club. Full credit to bbci.co.uk Please read more here.

BT Sport says it will not use Fox Sports commentary with Michael Vaughan during the Ashes in Australia as it “would not be editorially appropriate”. Full credit to bbci.co.uk Please read more here.

Salary bands have been increased for players in next summer’s Hundred tournaments – with men earning up to 25% more and women’s pay doubled. Full credit to bbci.co.uk Please read more here.

There is a template for a success from other left-arm spinners who have toured Australia Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

The clash of the allrounders will be a closely watched head-to-head but there still needs to patience with Green Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

“We will have a board meeting soon after we receive the report and then we will release it publicly,” CSA acting CEO Pholetsi Moseki Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

After failed bids to acquire an IPL franchise, the Glazers have made their first formal foray into cricket Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

Latham, Karunaratne in top 10 of batting rankings; Jadeja No. 2 allrounder Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

Tait resigned from his position a day after Lance Klusener announced his decision to not extend his deal as head coach Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

Facility near Preston to be training base and reserve venue when Old Trafford is unavailable Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

Increase in team purses from £800,000 to £1 million should help attact overseas stars too Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

The Sri Lankan spinners combined for all ten wickets in the innings to bowl West Indies out for 253 Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

India’s bowling coach says: “He hasn’t played the IPL and the World Cup as well. That does make a difference” Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

“We are getting to play in New Zealand before World Cup which is also good,” she says Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

Left-arm spinner will “miss going home” but is happy to welcome friends and family to watch him play at the Wankhede Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

All the interesting numbers from the IPL retentions on Williamson, Narine, Maxwell, and others Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.

Channel to adopt a “hybrid” approach with Vaughan’s stints on Fox Sports to be overlaid Full credit to espncricinfo.com Please read more here.