Cricket Scotland chief executive Roddy Smith had said that he does not expect Scotland or Ireland to be included in the EPL

A round-up of the County Championship action on July 17, 2008

The preview of the warm-up tour game between Sri Lanka Board's XI and India, Colombo

A 100-year-old tradition will be revived next week when the Army takes on the Royal Navy in their centenary fixture at Lord's on July 29

A round-up of the second round matches of the Emerging Players Tournament in Brisbane

Bangladesh A struggled to make inroads on a dull day at Grace Road as Leicestershire cruised to 354 for 4 by the close

Greg Smith, the Derbyshire allrounder, has signed a new two-year contract with the club

The ICC has announced a revised schedule for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Belfast next month

The Nottinghamshire seamer, Darren Pattinson, has been drafted into the England squad ahead of the second Test against South Africa at Headingley

The BCCI has cranked up the pressure on English counties who have employed players linked with the unauthorized Indian Cricket League (ICL) by "advising" its own players to not sign up with such teams

Shakib Al Hasan and Syed Rasel have been included in Bangladesh's preliminary squad of 21 for the four-nation Twenty20 tournament in Toronto in August and the following tour of Australia

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is to appear for the All Stars at this year's Hong Kong Sixes on November 8

The ICC and Cricket Australia have confirmed the fixtures and venues for the 2009 Women's World Cup in Australia

The Pakistan Cricket Board is optimistic the security measures provided for the Champions Trophy in September will be enough to convince the other participating nations that the country is safe enough to host the tournament

JP Duminy could get a chance to make his Test debut if Neil McKenzie doesn't recover from his groin strain in time for the start of the second Test against England in Headingley on Friday

India A wrapped up the series 3-0 after captain Jaydev Shah and Ashok Dinda shared eight wickets between them as Israel Invitational XI were bowled out for 129 in Ashdod

An unbeaten 126 by Douglas Lockhart, supported by Qasim Sheikh's 92, took Scotland to a commanding position at 286 for 3 against Canada in King City

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have begun their search for a new coach, nine months before the current coach John Bracewell ends his contract and returns to Gloucestershire

On the field, she was amazing, but that wasn't all there was to her

Cricket Australia is looking at ways to revamp the existing the domestic Twenty20 competition of the 2009-10 season, with the idea of involving Australia's international players in the tournament