It was a thrilling finish after all at Scarborough, thanks to the incompetence of the home side in chasing a none too difficult target. Only the fighting spirit of the two old warhorses, Darren Gough and Matthew Hoggard, with the bat saved Yorkshire from

India failed to carry their form from the win over MCC to the first ODI against England, falling to an eight-wicket defeat in Bath

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's limited-overs captain, has moved to the top spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen

The fourth ODI against England at Lord's on Sunday represents not only another opportunity for South Africa to reverse their short-term fortunes, but also to reinvent their one-day team

State associations will now be permitted to include four 'guest players' [ those from areas outside their jurisdiction] in their squad from the 2008-09 season onwards, up from the three that was previously permitted

Simon Katich, the captain of Australia A, said that the two three-day games against India A will be a great platform to push for national selection for the series against India in October

Centuries from Arno Jacobs and Ahmed Amla placed South Africa A in a strong position after the first day of their four-day game against Sri Lanka A

Tafadwa Ngulube justified his late call-up by top scoring with 91 as Zimbabwe Board XI finished the first day of their match against Pakistan Academy at 300 for 6

Dilip Vengsarkar, India's chairman of selectors, has praised captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his role in the 3-2 series win in the one-dayers in Sri Lanka

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

Yorkshire's chances of victory over Kent seemed to be slipping away twenty minutes before close of play, only for their Pakistani seamer Rana Naved to make a startling and spectacular return to form with three crucial wickets

The Bombay High Court will hear a PCB appeal, filed on behalf of Mohammad Yousuf, against the stay order passed by a Mumbai arbitrator on the batsman's participation in the Indian Premier League

Captain Mithali Raj and wicketkeeper Sulakshana Naik were among the runs as India crushed MCC by 106 runs in their one-day warm-up match at the Bath Cricket Ground

Clare Connor, the former England women's captain, has been elected onto the Sussex board as a non-executive director

IPL postpones hearing against bowler as well

Zimbabwe have made six changes to their Board XI for the second four-day game at the Harare Sports Club

As they say, it did seem like a good idea at the time. Over a glass of chilled sauvignon-blanc in New Zealand last February

Match home for the third ODI between England and South Africa at The Oval

Virat Kohli, the batsman who made his India ODI debut this month, will replace Shikhar Dhawan, the Delhi batsman, in the India A team for the 'Test' series against Australia A