They've won three of the last four BBL titles, and have begun the new season with three wins on the bounce, despite missing six key players. What makes the Perth Scorchers so good?

Ireland gained Test status in 2017, but are they ready for it?

The Renegades used their two biggest strengths - their bowling and their experience - to pick up a win against Brisbane Heat and go top of the table

Chasing has been a successful trend recently in T20s but on Friday night the legspinner bucked that and helped Adelaide Strikers become the first BBL side to win after opting to bat first since 2015-16

Kim McConnie, the new head of the Big Bash, talks about how the league has its eyes on becoming the biggest game in town

Ambidextrous bowling is terribly hard, but a bunch of young players are beginning to uncover its enormous potential

In the World Cricket League Championship, Ryan ten Doeschate may play a role in changing Netherlands' cricket forever

Ireland are now a Full Member side, but the challenges they face are still daunting

The big two are, but otherwise the model, heavily dependent on international stars and an Indian audience, is threatening to collapse under its own bloated weight

Chris Read played only 15 Tests for England but the game has lost a little of its grace now that he has entered retirement

It may seem contrary to popular opinion, but the numbers say so

Somerset and Middlesex are not the only counties in danger of relegation but their meeting at Taunton next week has the makings of a sudden death affair

Somerset will need to find rare batting resilience to avoid defeat on the final day at the Kia Oval

Kumar Sangakkara's eighth Championship hundred of the season continued his run of imperious form and put Somerset on the back foot in the fight to avoid relegation

Rikki Clarke bowled with masterful precision and subtlety from the Vauxhall End to claim career-best figures of 7 for 55

How West Indies got their groove back and changed the face of T20 cricket

Meet the rising star of T20 batting, a young West Indian with the potential to emulate the power-hitting of his team-mate, Chris Gayle

Essex have a 36-point cushion over Lancashire after Jamie Porter's career-best display and the pair are due to meet next week at Old Trafford in the match of the season

Scoring has been so vast in this year's NatWest T20 Blast that it is believed to have been exceeded only once before in a tournament staged in a Test nation

Essex rediscovered the grit that has taken them to the top of Division One under cheerless Chelmsford skies