Cricket news round-up – 31 October: Gough and Masakadza to begin new innings, Scotland and Oman qualify for T20 World Cup

Darren Gough is the new interim bowling consultant for England. Hamilton Masakadza becomes Zimbabwe Cricket's Director of Cricket. Scotland and Oman qualify for T20 World Cup.

Cricket news round-up – 30 October: Shakib banned for two years; Netherlands, Namibia qualify for T20 World Cup

ICC have banned Shakib for two years, Mahmudullah, Mominul named replacement captains; Netherlands and Namibia have qualified for next year's T20 World Cup; and India will host Bangladesh for a day-night Test at Eden Gardens.

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, Playoff 4: Hong Kong v Oman – Preview, likely XIs, prediction

Last chance saloon for Oman in final qualifier against Hong Kong.

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, Playoff 3: UAE v Scotland – Preview, likely XIs, prediction

UAE will host Scotland for Playoff 3 of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifiers.

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, 2nd play-off: Namibia v Oman – Preview, likely XIs, prediction

In a potential thriller, Oman and Namibia clash with a place in Australia up for grabs.

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, 1st play-off: UAE v Netherlands – Preview, likely XIs, prediction

There’s another chance to book their tickets to Australia, and which of UAE and Netherlands will take it at the second time of asking?

Cricket news round-up – 27 October: Five teams through to next round of T20 World Cup qualifiers, Tamim out of Bangladesh tour

PNG, Netherlands, Namibia, Ireland, Oman are through to the next round of the T20 World Cup Qualifiers; Pakistan Women went 1-0 up; Tamim has withdrawn from the India tour; and Schutt did the hat-trick in WBBL.

Cricket news round-up – 26 October: all T20 World Cup spots still up for grabs, Karnataka win Vijay Hazare Trophy

All six spots for the 2020 T20 World Cup are still up for grabs; Mithun helped Karnataka win the Vijay Hazare Trophy; and Bumrah will not require surgery anytime soon.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019-20 Standout player, biggest takeaway, best quote – Aamir Kaleem, Singapore, and JP Kotze

There has been quite a lot happening at the ICC T20WC Qualifiers, and here are the main talking points.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019-20 statistical round-up after October 24: Nitish Kumar has most runs, Frylinck, Sharif most wickets

Nitish Kumar has most runs in the tournament (212), while Jan Frylinck and Safyaan Sharif have the most wickets (9 each).