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Players should not be expected to choose between the rearranged IPL and their international commitments

OSCAR RESS: With the rescheduled IPL, owing to the India-Pakistan tensions, threatening to create chaos in the cricketing calendar, the ECB and CSA stepped in to ensure they were prioritised

ECB make decision on IPL players' availability for West Indies series

GEORGE DOBELL: With the IPL being rescheduled due to security concerns, the final will now not be played until June 3, which means the knockout stages clash with the ODI series between England and West Indies which starts at Edgbaston on May 29

Youthful Professional County Club Select XI picked to face Zimbabwe

Josh De Caires, who has played 21 first-class matches but is yet to feature in the County Championship this season, will captain a squad that includes England international Dan Mousley for the tour match at Leicester

Lydia Greenway set for England Women's selector role

NICK FRIEND: Greenway, who has worked with Charlotte Edwards at Mumbai Indians and was a longtime teammate of the new head coach, is set to step into the newly introduced role

ECB offer opens door to possible IPL arrangement

GEORGE DOBELL: The Cricketer understands contact has been made with the BCCI, after the 10-team tournament was suspended for a week after an increase in military tensions between India and Pakistan

Former national selector named as next MCC president

GEORGE DOBELL: Ed Smith's appointment was announced by his predecessor, Lord King, at the club's AGM at Lord's

Transgender women banned from playing women's cricket in England

JAMES COYNE: "Only those whose biological sex is female" are now able to play women's cricket in England and Wales after the ECB fell in line with a Supreme Court judgement

BBC agree new digital rights deal for England matches

JAMES COYNE: It means that the BBC Sport website will continue to show near-live digital clips of all England men's and women's red and white-ball matches, plus there will be a traditional TV highlights show, Today at the Test, for all games

Yes The Hundred generated a lot of money, but English cricket shouldn't be for sale

GEORGE DOBELL: The sale of the Hundred teams, which has reportedly raised over £500 million to be reinvested into the county game, will have some benefits, but do they outweigh the detriments?

Hundred sales set to complete at "locked in" valuations

The deals are set to bring close to £520million into the game, with the teams valued by investors at more than £975m

Agent banned for corruption after Cricket Regulator charge

Moghees Ahmed, who fronts an agency called the International Cricketers Association (ICA), has been found guilty of four charges of breaching the ECB Anti-Corruption Code

ECB-registered agent facing ban as financial inducements charge is upheld

GEORGE DOBELL: A representative, who The Cricketer have decided not to name, could be struck off and be prevented from working in England and Wales

The system which would make counties work harder for their money

HUW TURBERVILL: Would the use of a grading system, based on similar criteria used in rugby league, to establish a hierarchy be a better way to keep counties on their toes?

"The right conversations have been happening": How English cricket's NOC debate has progressed

NICK FRIEND: A group of players joined a "really good" call last week with ECB executives as a winter that at times pitted the two against one another draws to a close

ECB issue response to $500million Saudi-backed T20 league proposal

As the ICC consider whether to approve the competition, which would see eight teams play across four countries, chief executive Richard Gould has commented on reports around the new tournament