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Twitter reacts as Lancashire won the T20 Blast Lancashire won the Natwest T20 Blast for the first time with a dominant victory over Northamptonshire in the final at Edgbaston. LANCASHIRE LIGHTNING win the 2015 NatWest #T20Blast !!! pic.twitter.com/OBbKPamtFC — NatWest T20 Blast (@NatWestT20Blast) August 29, 2015 Australian all-rounder James Faulkner helped the Red Rose to a 13-run win over Northamptonshire on Saturday. Lancashire lifted the Natwest T20 Blast trophy in their third final appearance, having finished runners-up last year defeated by Birmingham Bears. Here is how twitter reacts: Yes yes yes... #Champions put it in the cabinet!! #redrose — Alviro Petersen (@AlviroPetersen) August 29, 2015 So pleased for the @LancsCCC lads!! Well done boys — Kate Cross (@katecross16) August 29, 2015 Lovely to see a Yorkshireman giving out the medals at finals day!!!! @LancsCCC — James Anderson (@jimmy9) August 29, 2015 # #vegas # — Jos Buttler (@josbutt

New Zealand Cricket have announced the summer schedule which includes visits from Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Black Caps will host four Tests, eleven One-Day Internationals and five Twenty20 games at nine different venues here in New Zealand. It's a bumper ANZ International Series in store for cricket fans! All the 2015/16 venues & dates here: http://t.co/kJceklGLF1 ^MB — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) August 27, 2015 The summer season gets underway with two teams Sri Lanka and Pakistan over Christmas. Kiwis will also take on Aussies in next year’s Chappell-Hadlee series with three ODIs and two Tests, starting on February 3.  Click here for Full ‘ANZ International Series’ Schedule .

West Indies superstar Chris Gayle has been named as the brand ambassador for the fourth edition of Kerala Cricket League. The tournament will be held in the United Arab of Emirates at the Dubai Seven’s stadium in the second week of November. Chris Gayle to bat' for Kerala Cricket League in UAE http://t.co/s5tEV1SzWl — Emirates 24|7 Sports (@E247Sports) August 23, 2015 Total sixteen teams will be competing in this tournament for the total prize money - Dh 1,75,000, including Dh75,000 for the winning team, while the runner up team will get Dh45,000.

Former New Zealand bowler Shane Bond has joined the Australian summer’s Big Bash League after signing as an assistant coach for Brisbane Heat. The 40-year-old will join with head coach and former Kiwi teammate Daniel Vettori in the KFC Twenty20 BBL league starting in December. BREAKING: Shane Bond joins fellow Kiwis Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum at @HeatBBL : http://t.co/FaicG2nnfE pic.twitter.com/91JkJ6SXjk — KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) August 20, 2015 After spending three-year stint as NZ bowling coach, the Christchurch born pacer left that post after Black Caps lost the World Cup final earlier this year. "They are arguably the two leading T20 competitions in the world so I'm keen to get to grips with the Big Bash after being impressed with the standard as an outsider looking in," Bond said . Bond is the current bowling coach of Mumbai Indians, who won the 2015 Indian Premier League silverware, working alongside with former Aussie skipper Ricky Po

Australian fast-medium bowler James Pattinson has signed a new three-year contract extension with the Melbourne Renegades, that will extend his stay at the Docklands Stadium until at least the end of the 2017-18 season. Great news for @RenegadesBBL fans with @_jamespattinson committing to the club for another three years! #getonred pic.twitter.com/8DzbyJ6cOB — Melbourne Renegades (@RenegadesBBL) August 15, 2015 The 25-year-old has played nine matches for the Renegades over the past two seasons and claimed 15 wickets at 17.33. "It’s going to be an exciting season for our fans with Gayle and Finchy in the top order,” Pattinson said .  “We have a good squad together with my Victorian teammate Cameron White also joining so we will definitely be looking at a finals position." The Renegades will start their BBL campaign against Brisbane Heat at the Gabba on December 19.

Michael Clarke to announce retirement after Ashes 2015 Australian Test skipper Michael Clarke has confirmed that he is will be retire from an international cricket once the current Ashes series concluded at the Oval. The 34-year-old batsman will play for his country for the final time in the fifth Test at the Oval.  Cricket Australia confirmed the news shortly after England won the Ashes with 78 run victory in the fourth Test at the Trent Bridge: Michael Clarke will play at The Oval, his 115th and final Test match. #ThanksPup pic.twitter.com/NnndN8C1pT — cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) August 8, 2015 Clarke's wife Kyly has paid tribute to her husband after the right-handed batsman announced his retirement: It's been written in the history books that my Darling husband @michaelclarkeofficial has been one of the worlds best batsman and one of Australia's best Captains of Cricket & we couldn't agree more. You will always be our champion & Bubby

England leading the 2015 Ashes series 2-1, while Australia planning to make a come back in the fourth Test. Nottingham: The hosts lead 2-1 in the five-match test series heading into a fourth Test at Trent Bridge, which gets underway on Thursday. Here's a brief look at the Ashes 2015 story so far: 1st Test, Cardiff July 08-11 England won by 169 runs Joe Root’s valuable 60 runs in the second innings as the Three Lions leave Aussies with a stiff chase of 412 for victory, which was far beyond the tourists as England win with more than a day to spare. 2nd Test, Lord's  July 16-19 Australia won by 405 runs The second test sees Australia complete dominant, with Steven Smith (215) and Chris Rogers (173) both put their Test-best scores in a major first-innings total of 566. England dismissed for 312 in reply, then the tourists set a mammoth 509 for victory, England were bowled out for just 103 in 37 overs. 3rd Test, Edgbaston  July 29-31 E

As England’s brilliantly inconsistent Ashes series continued with a pulsating eight-wicket victory in the third test match, one figure humbly played a straight bat to the theory that his feisty first innings knock was the pivotal moment of the encounter. Moeen Ali remains an enigma; and yet he has cemented himself as an integral part of this England side. In which capacity he excels the most, however, is still yet to be confirmed. His position as first choice spin bowler is still one that poses as many questions as problems it solves. Is he good enough to be his country’s premier tweaker? Does he turn the ball enough to be considered an international-standard spinner? Is there any other English spin bowler out there that could do a better job? Australia remain Ashes favourites , meaning England may need to answer these questions before the series concludes. The stats suggest that Ali is still finding his feet at international level. In 25 innings he has taken 42 wickets at a

Indian batsman Murali Vijay could miss the opening Test match of India's tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, as the 31-year-old is yet to recover from a hamstring discomfort, reports Indian Express . The right-handed batsman will need to pass his fitness test before the first game, which gets underway on August 12. Vijay holds a crucial role in Indian Test team, who has scored 2338 Test runs at 41.75 average. India will play three Tests, beginning with a three-day warm-up game on August 6.