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Tatenda Taibu, the former Zimbabwe captain, has made his debut for Namibia in the SAA Provincial Cup match against Limpopo

Taibu lines up for Namibia

A leading British newspaper has claimed the London bombers were initially ordered by Al-Qaeda to target the England and Australian teams during the 2005 Ashes series

London bombers targeted Ashes teams

Glenn McGrath is at it again, proclaiming Australia will win the forthcoming Ashes series 5-0 despite being left red-faced after the same prediction 18 months ago in England

McGrath predicts another whitewash

Wavell Hinds, the West Indies middle-order batsman, said he was confident of his team making it to the group stages.

'I'm backing the team to get it right' - Hinds

Shane Warne made a strong return in his first match of the season in Australia and then announced he was ready to turn it on again during the Ashes

Warne ready for another Ashes campaign

Stuart Clark, the Australian fast bowler, has been named the ambassador for Australia's Special Olympics cricket team

Clark named ambassador for Special Olympics team

Harbhajan Singh, India's offspinner, has found himself involved in a different sort of controversy after leaving his hair uncovered in an advertisement

Strictures for Harbhajan over commercial

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) have announced a 20-member squad for three practice matches against international sides in the build-up to the group stages of the Champions Trophy

Kulkarni to lead MCA in two practice matches

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has rejected the ICC's offer to speak directly to the Indian players regarding the issue of the Members' Participation Agreement

ICC cannot deal directly with Indian players - Shah

Darren Lehmann, the South Australia captain, has pushed for Greg Chappell to take over from John Buchanan as coach of Australia

Lehmann backs Chappell to coach Australia

Dennis Lillee says Mitchell Johnson, the Queensland fast bowler, could be in the running for an Ashes berth if he performs strongly in the early part of the Australian domestic season

Lillee tips Johnson for Ashes

Shaharyar Khan has resigned as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, following an acrimonious two-month period which began with the Oval debacle in August, and culminated in Younis Khan's departure as captain yesterday

Shaharyar Khan resigns from PCB

The internal squabbles that have blighted US cricket for several years resurfaced with the news that Polam Reddy, the chairman of the Southern California Cricket Association, has quit as a director of the USA Cricket Association board

USA board hit by resignation

Graeme Smith is certainly not a captain to take a backward step and has come out firing ahead of the Champions Trophy by claiming South Africa are of the favourites to life the trophy

Graeme Smith confident of chances

Andrew Flintoff, England's captain, has insisted that the Champions Trophy is his team's sole focus, as they prepare to fly out to India this afternoon to begin a long winter campaign that culminates in the Ashes and the World Cup

Flintoff focusses on the task at hand

A day after resigning the Pakistan captaincy ahead of the Champions Trophy, Younis Khan has claimed he has been offered the role at Yorkshire for the next English season

Younis claims to be Yorkshire captain