Adam Gilchrist, the former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman, has said that mind games in Twenty20 cricket are on par with Test cricket and believes the format is not given its due credit

Northamptonshire grimly batted out a draw on the final day against Kent although the close stages were livened up by Robert Key's maiden first-class wicket

Ivan Madray, a middle-order batsman and leg break bowler, played two Tests against Pakistan in 1957-58 with little success, scoring three runs and taking one wicket

A century from Amit Majumder set Sri Lanka Under-19s a stiff 262-run chase, but openers Dinesh Chandimal and Udara Jayasundera, despite hitting fifties, could manage only 113 in the remaining 28 overs as the first Test at Fatuallah ended in a draw

A round-up of the fourth-round action from the Logan Cup as Northerns leapfrog Easterns at the top

Andrew Flintoff has returned home from the Indian Premier League to undergo surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee

Former Mysore player Chanchikotti Varadaraj has died, aged 75

Captain Dinesh Chandimal made an unbeaten century to lead Sri Lanka Under-19s resistance against their Bangladesh counterparts on the second day in Fatullah

Shane Warne, the Rajasthan Royals captain, has called Yusuf Pathan's 'fantastic' after he plundered 18 runs in the first four balls of the Super Over to give the defending champions their first win of the season

Former opening batsman Andy Waller has been named as Zimbabwe's new coaching manager

Richard Hadlee, the former New Zealand allrounder, has signed up with the American Premier League (APL) as an executive consultant

The lead changes hands, but only briefly

After a bad start for Australia and a strong one for Pakistan, both teams are chasing more improvement for the second match ODI in Dubai

Martin van Jaarsveld and Darren Stevens batted positively at Canterbury but the match is still destined for a draw

A round-up from the latest Championship matches as Nottinghamshire take strides towards victory and Essex wrap up a two-and-a-half day win

It was always likely that Hampshire's main obstacle in this game would be a former England batsman battling for a recall. But it was Jim Troughton, not Ian Bell, who led the way as Warwickshire replied to Hampshire's worthy first innings

Barring unusual happenings on the final day, it will be seen that this match was ultimately won and lost in the first session on the third day

Kent have signed Wayne Parnell, the South African left-arm seamer, as an overseas player initially for a six-week stint

Lancashire have pushed back the timetable for turning the Old Trafford square by a year but are still on course to meet the redevelopment deadline of 2012

Shaun Marsh, the Australian opening batsman, will return home to Australia after injuring his left hamstring during the first ODI against Pakistan in Dubai on Wednesday