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Albie Morkel is hoping that the Emerging Players Tournament in Brisbane in the coming week will be good practice for the World Cup next year

Morkel looks forward to the Emerging Players Tournament

The Australia one-day side will sport a new baggy green uniform starting this summer, marking a change from the traditional canary yellow uniform

New baggy green uniform for Aussies

Brad Hodge scored a fighting 123 to help Australia A set New Zealand A a target of 237 in their opening match of the Top End series in Darwin

How's ton guides New Zealand to thumping win

Kruger van Wyk, the Titans wicketkeeper-batsman, has decided to pursue his career in New Zealand with Canterbury

Kruger van Wyk moves to New Zealand

Kenya has named a 27-man squad to start training for the one-day series against Bangladesh later this month

Kenya name training squad

04-Jul-2006•AFP

Strauss named as England captain

Andrew Strauss has been appointed as captain of the England Test side for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's next week

Sri Lanka have broken the world record for the highest one-day international total in their match against Netherlands at Amstelveen

Sri Lanka break one-day record

India may have won its first series in the Caribbean for 35 years, beating the West Indies 1-0 over four matches, but it has not stopped Rahul Dravid's side slipping down the Test Championship table

India lose ground despite win

Michael Slater is the latest to add his comments to the Andrew Johns saga - and, like John Howard, he isn't impressed either

Michael Slater slams Johns stunt

Yorkshire will release their seamer John Blain at the end of the summer

Blain set to disappear from Yorkshire

Andrew Flintoff has handed England a boost by saying it may not be too long before he is back in action

Flintoff hoping for speedy return

The Top End series, involving the A teams from four countries - hosts Australia, Pakistan, India and New Zealand - kicks off on Wednesday

Haddin to lead Australia

04-Jul-2006•Sri Lanka Cricket

Victorious Sri Lankan Team Arrival

Hampshire and Lancashire keep their hopes alive

A round-up from Monday's Twenty20 matches

Debutant Admire Manyumwa picked up five wickets to inspire Zimbabwe A to a seven wicket victory Bangladesh A on the fourth and final day of their third and last four-day match at Queens Sports Club to level the series at one all

Zimbabwe draw series after battling comeback

Four wickets for Danish Kaneria and a fine hundred from Shoaib Malik helped Pakistan brush aside Leicestershire in the first warm-up match of their tour of England

Kaneria turns the screw

Bangladesh have named Saqibul Hasan and Forhad Reza, two young allrounders, in their 15-man squad for the tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya

Bangladesh name young allrounders

03-Jul-2006•AFP

Wadekar pleased with Indian performance

Ajit Wadekar who led the side to a series victory in West Indies in 1970-71, congratulated Rahul Dravid and the Indian team on winning the series

Charlie Robertson, one of Zimbabwe's senior administrators and the head of the group of provincial chairman, has called on the ICC to send in a group of neutral observers to see for themselves what he described as "the complete joke" that cricket has beco

Robertson calls for ICC fact-finding mission