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Pakistan's cricketers are set to demand a pay rise ahead of their tour of England, expressing unhappiness with the current level of retainer fees on offer and the restrictions imposed by the contracts they have signed

Pakistan players demand contract review

Ramnaresh Sarwan's good batting in the recently completed ODI series against Zimbabwe propelled him to the top ten in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batsmen

Sarwan storms into top ten

The announcement of the continuation of the Afro-Asia Cup caught a few people on the hop, and owed as much to behind-the-scenes politics as fund raising

Afro-Asia Cup catches many on the hop

Literally no one plays cricket in China - but that's likely to change soon. By Ranajit Sankar Dam and Wie Jie

Enter the dragon

15-May-2006• No pitches, no cricketers, no infrastructure, but the game is still finding a way in China, Ranajit Sankar Dam and Wei Jie report

Aussie batsmen light up English domestic league

Sunday was a good day for many of the Australians who are playing county cricket in England

A round-up of the latest fare in the C&G Trophy as there were a host of tight matches

Yorkshire hold their nerve in thriller

Nick Greenslade on his favourite cricketer, Phil Edmonds

From rucks to riches

14-May-2006•Nick Greenslade

Dravid can repeat 1971 - Ajit Wadekar

Ajit Wadekar recalls the victorious 1971 tour and thinks Dravid and his boys can repeat it

14-May-2006•Ajit Wadekar

Laxman determined to make one-day comeback

With the national selectors persisting with youth in India's flourishing one-day setup, VVS Laxman, axed from the ODI squad, still has hopes of making a comeback

Four Pakistan A players, Hassan Raza, Taufeeq Umar, Misbah-ul-Haq and Zulqarnain Haider, have been fined US$300 for violating the code of conduct during the Eurasia series at Abu Dhabi in April

Pakistan A players fined for offence during Eurasia series

Sachin Tendulkar, recuperating from a shoulder surgey, will train at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai from May 15 to 20. The batsman had to pull out of the five-match ODI series in West Indies and is hopeful of being passed fit for the Tests

Tendulkar heads to MRF Pace Foundation

Steve Waugh sent out a message to the ageing members of the current Australian side to retire when they feel it's best for each of them, instead of getting caught in unnecessary media publicity

Waugh urges players not to hesitate on retirement

Scotland completed an innings-and-65 run rout of Namibia with more than a day of their Intercontinental Cup tie at Aberdeen to spare

Hoffmann routs sorry Namibia

Rod Marsh, the former Australia wicketkeeper turned coach, has spoken of his excitement in taking up his new post as director of coaching at the ICC Global Cricket Academy

Rod Marsh: the world at his feet

The president of the Canadian Cricket Association has said that Canada are aiming to be a Test-playing country within eight to ten years

Canada aim for Test status within a decade

A round-up from the latest Championship matches as Durham sweep aside Middlesex

Durham sweep aside Middlesex

Brian Lara felt that Sachin Tendulkar's absence from the Indian team for the one-day series in the West Indies would deprive the youngsters in his side and the spectators the opportunity of watching a superior player in action

Tendulkar's absence unfortunate: Lara

As Zimbabwe prepare to take on West Indies in the sixth one-dayer at Trinidad on Saturday, Phil Simmons, the former West Indies all-rounder and coach of Zimbabwe, does not feel the country should be readmitted to Test cricket next year

Simmons: ICC must deal with Zimbabwe