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Shane Warne knocked over the final wicket as Hampshire returned to the top of the County Championship's Division One

Warne leads and Di Venuto follows

Ricky Ponting is not losing any sleep over becoming the first Australian captain to lose the Ashes for 16 years

Ponting not worried about losing Ashes

Australia will look to the spirit of the World War I soldiers today when they visit the French battlefields where 46,000 of their countrymen died

French visit invokes battlefield spirit

A round-up of the latest matches from the National League

Essex win a thriller at Lord's

Kenya progressed to the next stage of the Intercontinental Cup after claiming enough bonus points

Kenya through on bonus points

Michael Vaughan says the ease with which England beat Bangladesh doesn't provide a true gauge of the Ashes series

'It's difficult to judge how much we've got out of the Tests'

05-Jun-2005•AFP

England release four players for county duty

England have released Gareth Batty, Ian Bell, Graham Thorpe and Matthew Hoggard for county duty

Ricky Ponting has claimed the schedule for this summer's Ashes tour could work in his side's favour

Australians arrive in bullish mood

05-Jun-2005•AFP

Dinesh Mongia's season with Leicestershire

Cricinfo tracks Dinesh Mongia's performances through the 2005 season with Leicestershire

Anand Vasu, the assistant editor of Cricinfo, has won the best Interview award in the inaugural Indian Sports Journalism Awards

Cricinfo's Anand Vasu wins sports journalists' award

Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh had less-than-impressive starts to their county season, with both turning in tepid performances

Disappointing starts for Ganguly and Harbhajan

The England board has refused to play a Test match in Karachi on England's winter tour of Pakistan owing to security reasons

England not to play a Test at Karachi

Ricky Ponting has urged the Australian board to consider taking a radical step of thrusting a current state player into the role of a selector in the future

Ponting backs player-selector concept

Namibia secured a first innings lead on the second day of their Intercontinental Cup match in Windhoek.

Burger boosts Namibia with meaty innings

A round-up from the final day of the latest Division Two matches in the County Championship

Chilton guides Lancashire to draw

A round-up from the final day of Division One in the County Championship

Hampshire complete stunning win

Matthew Hayden is looking to improve his poor Ashes record and be ruthless in his approach

England v Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Chester-le-Street

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04-Jun-2005

Hayden's formula - 'Don't be too emotional, just bat'

The Indian board has decided to appeal against the six-match ban handed to Sourav Ganguly

Indian board to appeal Ganguly's ban