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A round-up from the latest round of National League matches where the leaders of both divisions suffered defeats

Leaders Essex and Sussex slip up

The Australian camp have laughed off suggestions, from an English tabloid, of a rift between Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne during the second Test at Edgbaston

Australia deny suggestions of Warne-Ponting rift

John Arlott shows Douglas Jardine to be something other than the tight-lipped assassin of the Bodyline campaign

The iron duke

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Zimbabwe face another hard lesson

New Zealand have retained the same XI which thrashed Zimbabwe by an innings and 294 in the first Test at Harare for the second and final Test

Kenyan captain Steve Tikolo has admitted that he wished that he and his team had taken a stand against the old KCA earlier than they did

Tikolo: we should have taken on the KCA earlier

USA completed a clean sweep with a six-wicket win over Cayman Islands, who nevertheless finished in second place

USA make it a clean sweep

Scotland' struggled to press home their first-day advantage against Ireland

Scotland fail to press home advantage

Disturbed about his exclusion from the one-day side after playing two games in the Indian Oil Cup in Sri Lanka, Anil Kumble has asked if different standards are used to measure different players

'It's a bit strange' - Kumble

In a worrying development for Michael Clarke, Errol Alcott, Australia's physiotherapist, has revealed that the back problem that has hampered the player's participation in the third Test is, in all likelihood, here to stay

Clarke's back troubles likely to persist

A round-up from the latest round of County Championship matches

Northants wrap up convincing victory

Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and Zaheer Khan have been dropped from the Indian one-day squad for the tri-series in Zimbabwe, beginning later this month

Zaheer, Kumble and Laxman dropped from one-day squad

In a major departure from last year's stand, the Indian cricket board has not expressed any reservations about an itinerary proposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board for next January's tour

BCCI does not object to Karachi as venue

Ken Gordon, the new WICB president, disclosed the introduction of central contracts to at least ten players by the end of the year

WI chief proposes solution to end dispute

Ozias Bvute, ZImbabwe Cricket's MD, has defended Zimbabwe's right to retain their Test status

Zimbabwe board defend right to Test status

Phil Simmons, Zimbabwe's coach, is on the verge of being fired, according to sources close to the national side

Zimbabwe prepare to fire Simmons

A round-up from the latest round of County Championship matches

Warwickshire and Sussex cruise to victories

Mark Butcher made 90 as Surrey's match with Bangladesh A ended in a draw

Benning on fire again as Surrey draw