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New Zealand allrounder Lucy Doolan has signed as the overseas player for Essex for the rest of the women's county season

Lucy Doolan to play for Essex

The future of West Indies cricket continues to remain uncertain after Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board chief executive Forbes Persaud indicated the national team could go its own way in international cricket

T&T chief hints at regional split

West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards has been included in a provisional squad for the Champions Trophy

Injured Edwards named in squad

Shakib Al Hasan has hailed the series win over West Indies as Bangladesh's most significant achievement since being granted Test status in 2000

This is our biggest achievement - Shakib

A round-up of the matches on day one of the Emerging Players Tournament

Emerging Indians brush aside hosts

David Lucas took 5 for 49 to give Northamptonshire the early advantage against Gloucestershire

Lucas and Boje give Northants edge

The former Pakistan captain and opener cited personal reasons for his resignation

Sohail quits as academy director

The former cricketer and current national selector has been appointed by the Punjab Cricket Association as coach for the 2009-10 season

Bhupinder appointed Punjab coach

Mashrafe Mortaza has been ruled out of the one-day series against West Indies and will be sent home to continue the recovery process on his right knee

Mortaza out of one-day series

The prize money for the 2009 Champions Trophy has increased nearly four times

$4 million prize money for Champions Trophy

ECB chief executive David Collier insisted that no decision had been made over the future of the P20 tournament

Collier defiant on future of P20

The summer season of Associate cricket continues to take shape with various announcements about games being arranged

A busy August for Associates

Rain played spoilsport in the second ODI bringing the game to a close soon after Bangladesh posted a challenging total batting first

Rain ends Bangladesh's hopes

Cricinfo's all-time Australia Test team throws up few surprises

Gilchrist, Warne and McGrath in all-time Australia team

A round-up from the latest Pro40 matches

Mascarenhas effort falls short

The Gauteng Cricket Board has said it is keen to resolve the dispute with the board amicably and requested a meeting for the same by July 24

Gauteng board calls for amicable resolution

Kevin Pietersen fears that the Achilles injury that has hampered his summer could end up ruling him out at some stage of the Ashes series

Pietersen frustrated by Achilles problems

A Test timeline of Chaminda Vaas

Sri Lanka's greatest fast bowler

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Chaminda Vaas to retire from Tests

Chaminda Vaas, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has announced he will retire from Tests after the third Test against Pakistan in Colombo starting Monday