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Shane Warne has stepped up his criticism of Alastair Cook's captaincy, insisting that his leadership of England at Headingley represented the worst day of international captaincy he had witnessed in 25 years

Warne tells Cook: 'Take a rest'

Batsman Dean Brownlie will move from Canterbury to Northern Districts in a bid to target a New Zealand Test opening spot

Brownlie to move to Northern Districts

Jimmy Neesham's counter-attacking 78 helped New Zealand recover to 293 on the first day of the Barbados Test but the allrounder admitted the side had fallen at least 20-30 runs short of a par score

'We were 20-30 short of the par score' - Neesham

India arrive in England with alien conditions to overcome but an opposition ripe for the taking in a five-match series. 7/4 is an attractive price about India to win the Investec series.

India 7/4 for England series surprise

Middlesex were meant to embody the brave new world of this season's NatWest Blast. They began the season with an innovative double-header and a new captain but it hasn't worked out like that

Podmore takes chance amid Middlesex struggle

26-Jun-2014•Tim Wigmore at Lord's

Badrinath mulls Vidarbha move

Having been a mainstay of the Tamil Nadu middle order for nearly 14 years, S Badrinath could play for Vidarbha next season

Martin Snedden, the NZC director, has backed N Srinivasan's confirmation as ICC's first chairman and said the Indian Supreme Court's decision not to interfere in Srinivasan's ICC appointment had guided NZC's decision

NZC backs Srinivasan's chairmanship

The PCB has said it now has "binding agreements" with the BCCI for Pakistan to play India in six series that have been inked into the FTP between 2015 and 2023

PCB gets 'binding agreements' for India fixtures

Hampshire soared to the top of South Group in the NatWest Blast after holding off Glamorgan by six runs in Cardiff

Hampshire go top after Carberry surge

26-Jun-2014•Press Association

David Moore takes key role at Cricket NSW

David Moore, who played one first-class game for New South Wales in the 1980s, has been appointed as the state's general manager of cricket performance

New Zealand's batsmen are on notice after one bad session in Trinidad, but the captain Brendon McCullum still believes his men can achieve "something special" and take the series decider in Barbados

'We have a chance of something special' - McCullum

England slipped to fifth place in the Test rankings after their 0-1 loss at home to Sri Lanka, who moved up one spot to sixth

England tumble to fifth in Test rankings

Daniel Vettori will join the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2014 season of the Caribbean Premier League as a replacement for Muttiah Muralitharan

Vettori joins Jamaica Tallawahs

Associate and affiliate nations have their doubts about the ICC's revamped governance and financial distribution model and what it means to them, but are optimistic about the benefits that it will bring

Associates swayed by potential larger revenues

Nottinghamshire's director cricket Mick Newell hailed the finest 10 days since he took the job as his side moved level on points with Yorkshire at the top of Division One and inflicted Somerset's first defeat

Newell jubilant at 'finest 10 days'

25-Jun-2014•Press Association

Scotland gear for World Cup prep

Scotland have announced a 14-man squad for a three one-day series against Netherlands in July

Durham needed just 17 balls to take the final Sussex wicket on Wednesday morning to secure a 309-run victory that saw them move to fourth in the Division One standings

Collingwood lauds Stokes performance

25-Jun-2014•Press Association

Tharanga to lead Sri Lanka A in England

Upul Tharanga, who has been in and out of the Sri Lanka limited-overs outfit, was named captain of a 16-man A squad which tours England and Ireland in July

Fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile will miss Australia's one-day tour of Zimbabwe in August after having surgery to repair a hamstring injury he suffered while playing in the IPL

Coulter-Nile has surgery on hamstring