Derbyshire have admitted defeat in their battle against the sun and will spend £100,000 on rotating their square through 90 degrees at the end of the season

Nottinghamshire have signed swing bowler Darren Pattinson on a two-year contract

India's proposed tour of Zimbabwe in June has been indefinitely postponed, although the exact circumstances of the decision are shrouded in confusion

The ICC's Anti-Corruption Security Unit has begun an investigation into the claims of Shoaib Akhtar, who said last week he was offered money to under-perform in matches in South Africa and India

Hamish Bennett's four wickets helped keep the State Championship final evenly balanced after Canterbury were dismissed for 215 on the second day

Former West Indies players Deryck Murray and Bryan Davis were pleased with the team's win over Sri Lanka in Trinidad but they felt Chris Gayle should have gone with four specialist fast bowlers instead of banking on Dwayne Bravo to fill the fourth spot

Shoaib Malik, Pakistan's captain, has said that playing in the upcoming five-match ODI series against Bangladesh is better than not playing at all

Though he didn't specify when he would retire, Tendulkar said even after he quit he would like to be associated with the game

The left-arm spin duo of Suhrawadi Shuvo and Mehrab Hossain jnr captured seven wickets between them to lead the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy to an innings and 68-run win over the South Africa Cricket Academy in their four-day match in Jessore

Sarwan made his return to the side last month for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka but the selectors chose to go with the successful Gayle as captain. Sarwan said that did not bother him

The inaugural overseas tour by Canada women will feature five matches in Trinidad and Tobago

Miriam Grealey has stepped down as coach of Ireland women due to family commitments, Cricket Ireland has announced

Round-up of the semi-finals of the ABN-AMRO Cup, 2007-08

Chris Cairns, Inzamam-ul-Haq and R Sathish will captain the World XI, Pakistan XI and the India XI respectively during the upcoming ICL 20s World Series to be held in Hyderabad

The Cobras have allowed five of their players, who are currently in India with the South African squad, to stay on for the IPL instead of returning home for the domestic Standard Bank Pro20 tournament

West Indies have retained the majority of their Test squad for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, with the offspinner Amit Jaggernauth the only man cut for the shorter format

Neil Wagner and Bradley Barnes, two South Africa Academy players, have been warned for showing dissent against umpiring decisions

The Pakistan Cricket Board has constituted a three-man appellate tribunal to look into Shoaib Akhtar's appeal against the five-year ban he was handed by the board last week

Pakistan start the five-match series as huge favourites, but Bangladesh will be looking to pull off an upset or two

Hardly a week after the Indian Premier League (IPL) concludes on June 1, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh square off in a short tri-series in Bangladesh beginning June 8