Last month, when Lancashire were preparing to discard the greatest cricketer in their history, the county's chair, Dame Sarah Storey, was taking part in a celebrity dance competition.

RICHARD GIBSON: Australia Test captain Pat Cummins has been left out of the white-ball squads to face England this month alongside fellow veteran seamers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: England haven't lost a Test series in South Africa since the turn of the millennium, but they will have to be at their best to protect that record.

RICHARD GIBSON: Sat in the corner of Edgbaston's home dressing room, Jacob Bethell is reflecting on an imminent return to the scene of what is arguably his most impressive innings to date.

Australia have admitted they must be better at digging in with the bat after David Warner lashed their Cape Town collapse as 'utterly disgraceful' and 'deplorable'.

Sangakkara has filled out a Ryanair complaint form, explaining in 2,000 words the events and says he was told to expect a response from the airline within eight days.

Kumar Sangakkara has suggested that Ryanair's staff were 'racist' as the cricketing legend's row with the budget airline intensifies. 

LAWRENCE BOOTH: England eventually won a game in the ODI tri-series in Pakistan, beating Sri Lanka by 55 runs in Lahore - a victory that came too late to reach Saturday's final. 

Two office workers watching Australia's third Test against South Africa scrambled back to their desks after realising they were on TV

Sangakkara, one of the greatest wicketkeeper-batters of all time, took to social media on Wednesday afternoon to express his fury at an unsavoury incident that had occurred.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Jimmy Anderson is throwing himself into T10 franchise cricket - as co-owner of Napoli Knights in an unlikely new Italian tournament starting next month.