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A second-wicket partnership of 274 from centurions Mark Stoneman and Scott Borthwick ensured Durham got much the better of Middlesex on day one at Chester-le-Street.

Stoneman, Borthwick tons in record stand

Hampshire openers Jimmy Adams and Will Smith took full advantage of being given first use of their own pitch as Derbyshire's miserable season continued.

Madsen made to regret toss decision

Essex were made to do without Monty Panesar who was dropped for disciplinary Reasons but coped sufficiently well as Reece Topley took six wickets to help bowl Glamorgan out for 244.

Topley makes up for lost time with six

Anil Roberts, Trinidad and Tobago's sports minister, has urged the WICB to rethink its decision to rule Sunil Narine out of consideration for the Test series against New Zealand

T&T sports minister pleads Narine's case

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Third Test moved out of Guyana

The third Test between West Indies and New Zealand has been moved out of Guyana due to differences between the West Indies Cricket Board and the government of Guyana

01-Jun-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Emburey reveals skin cancer

John Emburey, the former Middlesex and England spinner, has revealed that he is suffering from a form of skin cancer and has undergone surgery on the condition

Gautam Gambhir, the Knight Riders captain, termed Kings XI a "dangerous side" and said both teams would be on an equal footing when they stride out at the Chinnaswamy stadium

Captains focus on the basics

ESPNcricinfo picks out the umpiring errors that stood out in IPL 2014

The IPL's umpiring howlers

Batsman Mark Vermeulen, whose career has been troubled by off-field incidents, has been picked in Zimbabwe's A squad for the tour to Bangladesh

Vermeulen picked in Zimbabwe A squad for Bangladesh

A five-wicket haul from Neil Wagner and three wickets from Mark Craig were the New Zealanders' biggest gains from a drawn, low-scoring tour game against Jamaica Select XI at Trelawny Stadium

Wagner, Craig impress in low-scoring draw

Andrew Flintoff is hoping that his professional comeback with Lancashire is not just a brief career revival

Botham fears for Flintoff comeback

The ECB and its managing director, Paul Downton, has apologised to Kevin Pietersen for making comments in a radio interview last week that were "in breach of the settlement agreement"

ECB forced to apologise to Pietersen

MS Dhoni expressed disappointment at failing to make the IPL final after a brilliant platform set by Suresh Raina was wasted by the Chennai Super Kings middle order

Dhoni criticises 'irresponsible' seniors

Suresh Raina's 33-run assault off Parvinder Awana in the sixth over of Chennai Super Kings' 227-run chase against Kings XI Punjab in Mumbai

Raina thumps Awana for 33 in an over

Sunil Narine's decision to stay with the Kolkata Knight Riders for the IPL final on Sunday will result in him not being considered for next month's Test series against New Zealand

Narine picks IPL over Tests

The PCB have appointed Grant Luden, the former trainer of Bangladesh, as the trainer and fielding coach of the national team, the chairman Najam Sethi confirmed on Friday

PCB rope in new fielding coach

Andrew Flintoff, the former England allrounder and captain, has come out of retirement and will play for Lancashire in the Natwest T20 Blast this season, the county has confirmed

Flintoff returns for Lancashire in T20s

Saeed Ajmal has said that he declined an offer to captain the T20 side because he wanted to be "relaxed" about his cricket

Ajmal declined T20 captaincy

Chris Cairns has taken aim at his accusers and again claimed he was innocent of match-fixing allegations made against him

Cairns takes aim at accusers