Former Scotland international Ian Stanger has launched a scatching attack on the team's professionalism in the aftermath of their failure to qualify for the 2011 World Cup

It is an excitement unknown in one-day cricket but still loved by the traditionalist: the sight of a team fighting the odds trying to salvage a hard-earned draw

And so we have a new leader

Persistent Cape Town rains made sure that Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders didn't get on the park for their match

New Zealand Cricket has expressed disappointment over Richard Hadlee's apparent move to the unsanctioned American Premier League

Following Ireland's successful World Cup qualifying campaign in South Africa coach Phil Simmons has extended his deal until 2011

As Andrew Flintoff prepares for his latest trip to the operating table Kevin Pietersen, England's other million-dollar IPL star, said that there is little boards can do to stop players joining the tournament despite the risk of injuries

Arthur Pitcher, the Bermuda batsman, has decided to quit cricket and concentrate on his cycling career after being frustrated by the lack of commitment shown by his colleagues in the team sport

Lalit Modi has been asked to explain his departure from India by the Rajasthan High Court which issued him an anticipatory bail after an NGO accused him of fraud

Worcestershire's difficult start to the season gets no better with the news that opening bowler Kabir Ali has been ruled out for six weeks

Tatenda Taibu has been acquitted of charges of assault on Zimbabwe Cricket's general finance manager by the Harare Magistrates' Courts

After a meeting with the ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat, Pakistan's federal minister for sport Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani has said that he is confident the ICC is committed to ensuring international cricket flourishes in Pakistan again

Lalit Modi has said that the mid-innings strategic time-out, which has come in for widespread criticism, would be reviewed at the end of the season

Michael Clarke called Australia's performance "brilliant" in the win over Pakistan in the second ODI

Sambit leads, but just

The island of Dominica will host its first ODI when the renovated Windsor Park Stadium stages a pair of matches during West Indies' home series against Bangladesh in July.

Ireland's captain William Porterfield was forced to withdraw from their squad for this weekend's Friends Provident Trophy match against Worcestershire

A round-up from the latest Championship matches as Nottinghamshire crush Worcestershire by an innings and Lancashire hammer Sussex by eight wickets on Peter Moores' return to Hove

It takes a remarkable performance to overshadow the efforts of Brian Lara. In posting a stand 335, however, Jim Troughton and Tim Ambrose wrote the great West Indian out of at least one part of the record books

This tense, well-fought match continues to intrigue, with Durham pulling slightly ahead on the second day.