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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

Ryan Pringe made a late charge but fell one short as Lancashire secured the narrowest of victories, holding on to defeat Durham by a single run at Chester-le-Street.

Pringle dash not enough for Durham

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Fifth day at Derby hampered by rain

Such has been the unrelenting nature of the rain over the past 72 hours, a combination of a sharp breeze and the dogged efforts of the ground staff were inexorable in preventing Derbyshire's Natwest T20 Blast fixture against Northamptonshire from becoming

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Pujara looks to make one-day mark

Cheteshwar Pujara is hoping to make his mark in the one-day format during the series against Bangladesh next month

It's been a topsy-turvey series for both the England and Sri Lanka batsmen but Mahela Jayawardene has looked in control, if without the scores to prove it, and he is 4/1 to be Sri Lanka's top batsman in the fourth ODI at Lord's.

Jayawardene to lead Lankans at 4/1

Manoj Tiwary said that he was always confident of making a return to the national side, after receiving a call-up for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh

'I knew my time would come' - Tiwary

Sagicor High Performance Centre crushed Bangladesh A by 351 runs in the first four-day match at Windward Park in Barbados

Crushing win for all-round Sagicor