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Haroon Lorgat has backed the United States as a prime venue for international cricket and added it is very much in the ICC's interests to have more locals picking up the sport by taking cricket to the schools

'US a significant market and big opportunity' - Lorgat

Don Lockerbie, the chief executive of USACA, has said the key to popularising cricket to a greater level in the United States lies in hosting more international cricket

'ICC should look at USA for future events' - Lockerbie

Malcolm Speed, the former chief executive of the ICC, believes it is "outrageous" that Zimbabwe and South Africa are pushing to block John Howard's nomination as the ICC's president-designate

Malcolm Speed slams move to block Howard

Yorkshire recovered somewhat from 55 for 5 but at 199 for 8 still trail by 217 runs, needing 68 more to avoid the follow-on

Allround Smith puts Lancashire ahead

31-May-2010•Jon Culley at Headingley

Youngsters ram home Worcestershire's advantage

Worcestershire go into the final day of this championship match against Gloucestershire with a great chance of securing their fourth victory in seven games

31-May-2010•George Dobell at New Road

Injured David Obuya to miss WCL

Cricket Kenya has announced the squad which will travel to the Netherlands for the World Cricket League Division 1 tournament which begins on July 1

Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has been served a third notice by the Indian board, this time over the granting of theatrical rights last November for the third season of the tournament

Modi served notice over IPL theatre rights

Malachi Jones, the Bermuda allrounder, has been removed from the national squad after breaching the protocol that prohibited national players from playing for their domestic club on Sunday, 30 May, a scheduled rest day

Malachi Jones removed from Bermuda squad

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the itinerary of the 'home' series in the UAE against South Africa in October and November this year

Pakistan announce schedule for UAE series against South Africa

Sri Lanka's sports minister, Chandrasiri Bandara Ratnayake, has called Sri Lanka Cricket the third most corrupt institution in the country

Sri Lankan sports minister slams cricket board

Former New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle feels that captain Daniel Vettori should step down as a national selector because it might create a sense of insecurity among his team-mates

'Vettori shouldn't be a selector' - Astle

Sulieman Benn has riled opponents and match referees in the past, but he has hit a new low after being asked to leave the field by his captain Chris Gayle

Gayle sends Benn from the field

Moeen Ali has put Worcestershire the verge of a first-innings lead against Gloucestershire, but on another day Steve Kirby would have taken a bag of wickets for the visitors

Kirby gets no luck as Kervezee impresses

30-May-2010•George Dobell at New Road

Lancashire batsmen fail to capitalise on starts

Lancashire might consider they slightly underachieved on the second day of the 250th Roses match

30-May-2010•Jon Culley at Headingley

Dilshan rues untimely wickets

Tillakaratne Dilshan, the Sri Lanka captain, has rued the loss of wickets at crucial times and some avoidable dismissals during his team's innings which led to a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of India in Bulawayo

Voorburg's Westvliet ground has been approved by the ICC as Netherlands' latest ODI venue

Voorburg's Westvliet ground gets ODI status

Vinay Kumar, the Indian medium-pacer, has been ruled out of the ongoing tri-series in Zimbabwe after injuring his knee during practice prior to the game against Sri Lanka

Vinay Kumar out of tri-series due to injured knee

Former Pakistan players, Aamer Sohail and Abdul Qadir, have criticised the decision taken by arbitrator Irfan Qadir to overturn Shoaib Malik's one-year ban and cut his fine by half.

Former Pakistan players slam overturning of Malik's ban