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Trent Bridge has escaped with a warning from the ICC after their pitch for the first Investec Test against India was rated "poor".

ICC warns Trent Bridge over pitch

Heather Knight has been named as England Women vice-captain ahead of their international summer against India and South Africa.

Knight appointed England vice-captain

Kathleen Galligan, an American, was clueless about cricket, until she met her future husband Subash Jayaraman at a small Irish pub in Pennsylvania in the spring of 2007

From cricket widow to cricket wife

04-Aug-2014

Lower order rallies for England

South Africa Under-19s were given a first-innings lead by England on the third day at Fenners but a draw looks likely in the first youth Test.

James Anderson reestablished himself as the most dangerous swing bowler in the world at the Ageas Bowl and, having been cleared to play in the fourth Test, it is too hard to resist backing him at 2/1 to be England's top bowler.

Anderson too good to resist at 2/1

Victoria batsman Marcus Stoinis, Queensland allrounder Michael Neser and New South Wales fast bowler Gurinder Sandhu have all been added to the Australia A squad to take on South Africa A in a pair of four-day matches in Townsville

Stoinis, Neser, Wade and Sandhu join Australia A

The St Lucia Zouks outlasted the Antigua Hawksbills, and plenty of island rain, to bring their home fans a long awaited first win of the season in a five-wicket victory at Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet on Sunday.

Zouks win leaves Hawksbills in CPL cellar

Jerome Taylor's economical spell ensured the Barbados Tridents couldn't overhaul the Jamaica Tallawahs total of 147 for 9 in a 19-run win for the defending CPL champions in Kingston

Miserly Taylor helps Tallawahs beat Tridents

Zimbabwe A's bowlers gave the hosts a massive eight-wicket win against Afghanistan, despite conceding a first-innings lead, and levelled the two-match series 1-1

Zimbabwe A level series after wicket fest

Hampshire's reward for a thrilling run chase at Trent Bridge is a semi-final against Lancashire on NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day.

Hampshire to face Lancashire in semi-final

Liam Plunkett will miss the fourth Investec Test with am ankle injury. Steven Finn replaces him in the squad for Old Trafford.

Plunkett ruled out of fourth Test, Finn recalled

Mohammad Amir has ruled out the possibility of playing in the 2015 World Cup, despite the efforts of the PCB to persuade the ICC to relax his five-year ban for spot-fixing

Amir rules out World Cup chances

Evin Lewis' third consecutive fifty anchored a facile chase for the Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, who eased to an eight-wicket win over the St Lucia Zouks on Saturday in Gros Islet.

Red Steel down Zouks to remain in first

Andre Russell's fiery late charge cemented a dramatic six-wicket win for the Jamaica Tallawahs over the Guyana Amazon Warriors on Saturday afternoon in Kingston.

Russell heroics cap dramatic Tallawahs win

South Africa Under-19s moved ahead on a rain-hit second day of their first Youth Test against England Under-19s. Grant Roelofsen made 149 as the visitors posted 433, after which the hosts ended on 28 for 2

SA strike after Roelofsen 149

New Zealand A's batsmen crumbled against the spin of Seekkuge Prasanna in Cardiff and fell short of the Duckworth-Lewis target of 136 by 15 runs in their tour game against Sri Lanka A

Prasanna, de Silva star in SL A win

Misbah-ul-Haq has said that Pakistan will need to keep a check on Mahela Jayawardene's scoring in the upcoming two-match Test series in Sri Lanka

'Need to stop Jayawardene' - Misbah

Zimbabwe A's seamers dismissed Afghanistan for 169 on the first day of the second four-day match in Harare

Hosts take control after Afghanistan make 169

Rishi Dhawan and Akshar Patel held their nerve in a counterattacking stand of 93 in 12.3 overs to stun Australia A in the Quadrangular Series final

Dhawan, Akshar guide India A to title in tense finish