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New Zealand Cricket and the New Zealand Players' Association are negotiating the terms for central contracts to be awarded to players following the current term that concludes at the end of July

Negotiations underway for New Zealand central contracts

Leicestershire crashed to their seventh home defeat after losing by eight runs to Warwickshire in the final Friends Provident t20 North Group match at Grace Road

Leicestershire crash to seventh home defeat

Former players and columnists on the latest saga to unfold in Pakistan cricket

'Afridi has harmed Pakistan cricket and should be penalised'

Shahid Afridi has set his sights on captaining Pakistan to World Cup glory in 2011 having quit Test cricket after leading his team to defeat at Lord's

Afridi aims for World Cup glory

Geoff Lawson, Pakistan's former coach, believes Salman Butt's appointment as captain of the Test side is premature and could do him more harm than good, and that Shoaib Malik should have been the "obvious choice" to replace Shahid Afridi

Malik the 'obvious' choice for captain - Lawson

Katherine Brunt played a major role in England's one-day series triumph over New Zealand, contributing with both bat and ball at crucial times

Brunt revels in series triumph

Canada Women bounced back from their 3-0 defeat in the Women's World Cup Qualifiers against USA with two comfortable wins in the Women's America 20-over Championship at the Maple Leaf ground in King City

Canada women ease to Twenty20 victory

Israel bounced back from three consecutive defeats at the ICC Europe Division 2 Championships in Guernsey with a 30-run victory over Gibraltar on Saturday

Eshkol Solomon century leads Israel to first win

18-Jul-2010•Israel Cricket Association

England take series after Brunt stars

A 98-run stand between Claire and Sarah Taylor and three wickets for Katherine Brunt in front of her home crowd sealed England the series against New Zealand

Bas Zuiderent has been named as Netherlands' captain for the limited-overs leg of Zimbabwe's upcoming visit

Zuiderent named one-day captain for Zimbabwe visit

USA ladies romped to a comfortable seven-wicket victory to complete a clean sweep in the series in their final game of the ICC Americas Region WCWCQ against Canada at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City

USA complete clean sweep in Women's World Cup Qualifier

Adrian Barath, the Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies opener, will return to competitive cricket during the Caribbean T20 tournament that starts on July 22 in Barbados

Adrian Barath gears up for return

Canada will be without their captain Ashish Bagai, who sustained a knee injury, for the Caribbean T20 tournament that starts in Barbados on July 22

Bagai injured, Cheema to lead Canada

A stats preview to the Sri Lanka India Test series.

Sri Lanka bank on home advantage

17-Jul-2010•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

ICC might send a hand-picked side to Pakistan

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has said the organisation might send a hand-picked side to Pakistan late next year

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, has hinted that England could host the first Test championship final during the Ashes summer of 2013

Lorgat hints at Test championship in 2013

Former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar has said the team needs to maintain a level of enthusiasm even if the results don't always go their way

Bangladesh must maintain self belief - Bashar

After a disappointing show in the first game, Bangladesh's bowlers hit back with a disciplined performance to restrict Ireland to 189 and set up a six-wicket win to draw the series 1-1 at Stormont

Tamim, Shafiul help Bangladesh square series

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has said he will retire from Test cricket following the second Test against Australia at Headingley starting next Wednesday

Shahid Afridi to retire from Tests