A round-up of the County Championship action on Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Future Test series between South Africa and England have been granted 'icon' status

South Africa have included four uncapped players in the provisional squad of 30 players for the Champions Trophy in September

The much-anticipated English Premier League will get underway in 2010, with two divisions made up of ten teams

The best displays by a player in a single Test

Sir Ian Botham has lashed out at pitches at Lord's and The Oval in the light of the drawn first Test

Sri Lanka Cricket is still in discussions with the ECB about the status of their tour to England next year

Abdul Razzaq, the former Pakistan allrounder, has said he has no regrets over joining the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) and risking his future with Pakistan

Vincent Barnes, South Africa's assistant coach, is confident his bowlers will bounce back to take 20 wickets in the second Test at Headingley

Although no official statement has been made to the media, it is reported that the ECB executive has rejected proposals for a nine-team elite Twenty20 competition

Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain and coach, has urged his county's president, Pervez Musharraf, to take strong action against the Pakistan Cricket Board

The BCCI's National Cricket Academy (NCA) has conducted a camp for 20 bowlers, who were identified with suspect action during the previous domestic season

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

Terry Jenner, the former Australian legspinner who mentored Shane Warne, has said while Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is an exciting prospect, it is too early to assess him

Australia's first-class competition is to be called the Sheffield Shield once more after new sponsors Weet-Bix chose to restore the popular name of the competition

A round-up of the latest contributions from Australian players in the counties

A round-up of the two Twenty20 matches on the opening day of the Emerging Players Tournament

Cricket Kenya has angrily denied claims in the Daily Nation that it broke its own selection rules in picking former captain Ragheb Aga for their European tour

Shoaib Akhtar has been included in Pakistan's preliminary 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy in September after the country's Supreme Court temporarily suspended an 18-month ban imposed on him by the board

Mohammad Asif has been suspended by the Pakistan board for testing positive for a banned substance during random drug testing conducted during the Indian Premier League