Colin Cowdrey

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Jacob Bethell achieved a significant milestone by scoring his maiden first-class century against Australia in the Ashes Test. The 22-year-old's composed knock at the Sydney Cricket Ground places him in elite company, joining legendary England batters and a rare group of cricketers with maiden centuries in both first-class and List-A international matches.

Skipper Joe Root hit a sparkling century in his 100th Test to help England start solidly in the opening Test against India on Friday.

Legendary England all-rounder Ian Botham has been made a member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament.

Former England all-rounder Ian Botham has called for the abolition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), terming it an "imbalance" to cricket's financial structure and saying it has "compounded" the problem of corruption in the game.

International Cricket Council president Percy Sonn is struggling for life in an intensive care unit in a Cape Town hospital following a colon operation.

Former England skipper Colin Cowdrey has been formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Ben Stokes, an all-rounder, is set to become the 16th England cricketer to appear in 100 Tests against India in the third match of a five-match series, joining an elite club including James Anderson and Joe Root.

Late England pace great Brian Statham's widow, Audrey, accepted her late husband's commemorative cap as part of the joint venture between the ICC and the FICA.

Mushfiqur Rahim achieved a rare cricketing feat, scoring a century in his 100th Test, a milestone no Indian has reached. The Bangladeshi veteran's emotional hundred against Ireland cemented his place in an elite club of legends. His innings provided crucial stability for Bangladesh, marking a historic moment for the nation's cricket.

England cricket great Ian Botham is to be made a Lord by Boris Johnson as a reward for his support of Brexit, according to a report in The Times.

Days before the first of the five-Test series against England underway at Rajkot, here's a look at England’s Test tours to India, from 1933-34 to 1972-73.

England captain Joe Root has joined an exclusive list of players by notching up a hundred in his 100th Test. Only eight players in the game's history - Colin Cowdrey, Javed Miandad, Gordon Greenidge, Alec Stewart, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Ricky Ponting, Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla - have been able to achieve that milestone before him.

Two of English cricket's oldest fixtures, Oxford vs Cambridge and Eton vs Harrow, will no longer be staged annually at Lord's after this year.

Sri Lanka's main opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has asked the country's parliament to come up with a legally structured body to govern the island nation's troubled cricket administration.

Australia's veteran opener David Warner created history by becoming the second batter after Joe Root to make a double century in his 100th Test. He achieved the milestone on Day 2 of the second Test against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday.

Harry Brook and Joe Root's record 454-run stand led England to a mammoth total of 823/7 against Pakistan in Multan. England secured a victory by an innings and 47 runs, with Brook scoring 317 and Brydon Carse taking four wickets on his Test debut.

England skipper Joe Root on Saturday became the first man to score a double century in his career's 100th Test match against India in Chennai. In the process, Root also eclipsed Pakistan great Inzamam-ul-Haq's record of the highest score in the 100th Test.

Legendary wicketkeeper Ian Healy feels "desperate and petty" Australian team overstepped the mark with its on-field behaviour on the final day of the Sydney Test. The 56-year-old also lashed out at Australia skipper Tim Paine for sledging India's Ravichandran Ashwin on the final day.