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Following the riots and anger from supporters at Guwahat, the England batsman Andrew Strauss has sympathised with the fans' frustration after the match was called off

Strauss sympathetic to fans' anger

The Jamaican leg of India's tour to the West Indies later this year might be scrapped after fears that the ground at Sabina Park might not be ready to host the matches

Jamaica leg of India's Windies tour in doubt

The New Zealanders fought back superbly on the second day of their warm-up game against Rest of South Africa at Benoni

Franklin and Fleming make it New Zealand's day

Damp conditions at Guwahati meant that the only game of the series that was scheduled on a Sunday had to be called off even a single ball being bowled

No play on a damp day

Fifties from Johannes Myburgh and Kruger van Wyk gave Northerns a significant advantage over Western Province on the third day of the SAA Provincial Challenge final

Northerns plod towards advantageous position

A frustrating day for both teams in Durban as light allowed only 25 overs to be bowled on the third day of the SuperSport Series Final between the Dolphins and the Titans

Poor light hampers third day

Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, hasn't yet fully recovered from the finger injury which kept him out of the final Test against Australia last week and might miss the first Test against New Zealand next week

Doubts surround Smith's fitness for first Test

Michael Hussey has praised the good showing by Stuart Clark in his debut Test series in South Africa and believes he is in for the long haul

Hussey backs Clark for greater deeds

Darren Gough remains convinced that he should still be in England's one-day side and is keen to make the World Cup side

Gough keen on England recall

Test veteran Neil McKenzie and promising youngster Jean-Paul Duminy punished the touring New Zealanders in an unbeaten fourth-wicket stand of 248 for the Rest of South Africa on the first day of a four-day match at Willowmoore Park on Friday

McKenzie and Duminy punish New Zealand

08-Apr-2006•AFP

Six-a-side, five-overs extravaganza to hit Sydney

Having earlier questioned Bangladesh's Test status, Ricky Ponting went into damage control mode on Thursday, saying that Bangladesh is "improving gradually and it deserves the Test status."

Bangladesh deserve their Test status - Ponting

Remember that Makhaya Ntini is a man who bowls his heart out for a living, and rides his lungs out on a mountain bike for fun. But, at the age of 28, he has made the startling discovery that he is, despite all previous suggestions to the contrary, mortal

South Africa's go-to man

08-Apr-2006•Telford Vice

Province gain slender lead over Northerns

Fifties from Vernon Philander and Ryan Canning gave Western Province a slender lead on the second day of the SAA Provincial Challenge final against Northerns at Cape Town.

The England & Wales Cricket Board today confirmed that Cheltenham & Gloucester will not be renewing their sponsorship of the 50-over domestic one day competition after 2006

No new deal for C&G Trophy

Virender Sehwag will lead India in the next two one-day internationals against England after the selectors decided to rest Rahul Dravid

Jones expected to miss next match

The Titans posted a handy 93-run first-innings lead, but the Dolphins soon chased it down as the second day of the SuperSport Series final ended with the game intriguingly poised

Morkel's fifty propels Titans

Following the signing of Chris Silverwood today, John Emburey has been promoted to the position of Director of Cricket for Middlesex

Emburey receives promotion

Matthew Hoggard has hailed the Indian one-day side as the best in the world, after they surpassed a 21-year-old West Indian record in Thursday's series-clincher at Cochi

Hoggard hails world's best