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A selection of tributes to former England allrounder, and Test Match Special commentator, Trevor Bailey

'He was cricket and Essex, through and through'

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, has said his side's confidence has been restored after winning two games against Pakistan in their recent ODI series in New Zealand

New Zealand aim to revive fortunes in subcontinent

Michael Klinger made a battling century but it was not enough to prevent Western Australia from taking a 53-run first-innings lead over South Australia

Duffield takes four as Western Australia edge ahead

Virender Sehwag has been appointed captain of Delhi Daredevils for the fourth season of the IPL

Sehwag named Delhi Daredevils captain

Muttiah Muralitharan has signed a two-year deal with Gloucestershire exclusively for Twenty20 cricket

Muralitharan signs up with Gloucestershire for t20s

A round-up of the action from the first day of matches in the 2010-11 Vijay Hazare Trophy

Bengal win one-run thriller over Orissa

Chris Gayle has said he plans to treat the 2011 World Cup as his last and believes the West Indies have the "fire power" to emerge triumphant on the subcontinent

West Indies have fire power to be successful - Gayle

Kenya batsman Collins Obuya has said the inclusion of Jonty Rhodes as part of the team's support staff for the 2011 World Cup has been a major boost for preparations ahead of the tournament

Kenya bank on Rhodes' support

Zimbabwe batsman Tino Mawoyo has been ruled out of the 2011 World Cup due to an abdominal muscle tear, and Terry Duffin has been named his replacement

Injury rules Mawoyo out of World Cup

The Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Columbo will host the two World Cup 2011 warm-up matches that had been scheduled to take place at Pallekele in Sri Lanka

Warm-up games moved to SSC

A series of conversations between Salman Butt and Mazhar Majeed in St Lucia in May 2010 "appears to have been the overture to the main performance in summer in England," the ICC tribunal said

'St Lucia was the overture to England'

The ICC has published on its website an edited and encrypted 102-page version of the independent tribunal's verdict in the spot-fixing case but barred it to readers in England and Wales

ICC publishes edited version of spot-fixing ruling

The ICC has decided to move the two World Cup warm-up matches that were scheduled to take place in Pallekele to a different location because of persistent, heavy rain

Rain forces shift of warm-up matches from Pallekele

The 2011 World Cup's format was designed keeping in mind the commercial significance of the top teams making it to the knock-out stages

Format designed keeping top teams in mind - Ratnakar Shetty

A disappointed Michael Hussey has said he felt he deserved a chance to prove his fitness at the World Cup instead of being left out of the squad altogether

Hussey disappointed at World Cup scratching

A round-up of the World Cup warm-up matches played on February 8 in Dubai

Kenya, Zimbabwe continue to impress

Shahid Nazir scythed through the National Bank of Pakistan top order, and they succumbed to the pressure of the chase despite Fawad Alam's battling innings. Habib Bank were crowned domestic one-day champions.

Nazir burst gives Habib Bank title

Cricketer revealed their favourite books as part of an initiative by the ICC, in partnership with Room to Read, to promote literacy during the World Cup

Cricketers reveal their favourite books

Yasir Hameed, the Pakistan batsman, has lodged a formal complaint with the UK Press Complaint Commission against the tabloid News of the World, which had done a video sting operation on him last year

Yasir Hameed files complaint against NOTW