ESPNcricinfo staff

Zimbabwe Cricket has almost completed plans to revise the Logan Cup, the country's biggest first-class knockout competition, which will no longer be played at provincial level

Zimbabwe announce first-class shake-up

Peter Cantrell, the Netherlands coach, has named a 13-man squad for the two ODIs against Sri Lanka

Netherlands bank on tried and trusted side

England's credibility as a one-day side took a further blow after their 5-0 thumping to Sri Lanka, dropping to the eighth spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings

England slump further in rankings

MCC eased to a five-wicket win in their match against a European XI at Rotterdam, thanks largely to the allround efforts of Chris Cairns who smacked an unbeaten 61 after taking 3 for 26

Cairns proves too much for Europe

A round-up from the batch of Twenty20 matches

Somerset's crown starts to slip

Alok Kapali scored an unbeaten half century to ensure to give Bangladesh A a slender lead after they were forced to follow-on on the third day of their four-day match against Zimbabwe A at Queens Sports Club

Bangladesh battle to avoid defeat

The supposed weak spot in Pakistan's batting line-up showed no signs of fragility on the second day against Leicestershire as their two openers, Imran Farhat and Salman Butt, put on a splendid 145 opening partnership as Pakistan declared on 304 for 5

Pakistan openers show early form

Following England's crushing defeat to Sri Lanka yesterday Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, has bemoaned the glut of injuries to have affected his squad, while defending Andrew Strauss' captaincy in the light of a 5-0 whitewash

Fletcher bemoans England injuries

India A completed a10-wicket win over Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI in their four-day match at the Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin

Tejinder Pal Singh stars in easy win

Press conferences of Harbhajan Singh and Bennett King

Harbhajan defends Jamaica pitch

Young spinner Timycen Maruma picked up three crucial wickets to ensure Zimbabwe A maintained their grip on the second day of their four-day match against Bangladesh A

Zimbabwe A tighten their grip

Dinesh Mongia hit a century on the first day of Leicestershire's tour match against Pakistan at Grace Road

Mongia makes hay on sunny day

Essex beat Surrey in the only Twenty20 match on Saturday and have climbed to the top of the table

Essex go top after beating Surrey

Brian Close, who played alongside Fred Trueman for Yorkshire and England, led the tributes following the news of Trueman's death in a Yorkshire hospital at the age of 75

'He was 100% Yorkshire and England'

Fred Trueman, one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of the game, has died in a Yorkshire hospital at the age of 75

Legendary fast bowler Fred Trueman dies

The latest round of Twenty20 matches

Leicestershire grab top spot in reshuffle

With a number of Australia's top internationals nearing the end of their careers over the next couple of years, the forthcoming Top End series takes on greater importance as an opportunity for younger emerging players to stake their claim to the national

Border eyes the future

Kevin Mitchell on Kevin Pietersen: when the going gets weird, the weird get hundreds

Pietersen's brush strokes from nowhere

01-Jul-2006•Kevin Mitchell

The pitch nobody could figure

Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara discuss the state of affairs at the end of day one of the Jamaica Test