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South Africa gained a consolation victory against West Indies, as they ended the series 2-1

South Africa women restore some pride

Scott Mason, the Tasmanian batsman, has died from a heart failure in the Royal Hobart Hospital at Hobart

Scott Mason dies of heart failure

Railways and Orissa won their opening games of the Ranji Trophy one-day knock-out tournament

Railways and Orissa post comfortable wins

Counties are going to be encouraged to field English-qualified players through a new financial incentives scheme, which the ECB will announce at their strategic review on April 19

Financial incentives to pick English players

Belinda Clark, the Australian captain, has said that her side will target the Indian batting sensation, Mithali Raj, when the two sides clash in the final of the Women's World Cup at Centurion Park on Sunday

Australia aim to get Raj early

Tom Moody, the former Australian allrounder, has revealed that John Wright contacted him to ask if he was intrested in taking over as the coach of the Indian side

'Wright asked if I was interested in coaching India' - Moody

Stephen Fleming has requested that the umpires standing in the second Test against Sri Lanka, in Wellington, (starting Monday) remove their black trousers because the New Zealand batsmen were finding it almost impossible to pick up the ball from

The wrong trousers

County cricketers could represent two teams in a season under a new loan system that has been agreed between the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) and the ECB, in an attempt to curb the influx of foreign players into the county game

Loan system agreed for county cricket

The Pakistan cricket team received a minor shock when they reached Ranchi as an unidentified person hurled a stone at their team bus

Pakistan team jolted by stone-throwing incident

Ajit Agarkar has been called in to the side for the third one-day international against Pakistan as a replacement for the injured Laxmipathy Balaji

Agarkar called in for injured Balaji

Cricket fans in Australia will get a chance to watch the Women's World Cup final in South Africa after television network Foxtel today secured the rights to show the game live from SuperSport Park in Pretoria

Foxtel to telecast World Cup final live

Pakistan has recalled Danish Kaneria for the third one-day international against India at Jamshedpur, in place of Arshad Khan

Younis, Kaneria back for third ODI

Zimbabwe A's tour of Kenya next month has been thrown into doubt by continuing squabbles inside Kenya, according to a report in the Zimbabwe Independent

Zimbabwe A tour of Kenya unlikely

Sourav Ganguly is hoping luck will favour him as he attempts to get out of his run of poor form

'I need a bit of luck' - Ganguly

West Indies sealed their three-match one-day series against South Africa after knocking off their target with 23 overs and seven wickets to spare

West Indies coast to series win

Mudassar Nazar has arrived back in Kenya and is set to resume his coaching duties despite reports that he was about to turn his back on the country

Mudassar back to coach Kenya

Phil DeFreitas, the last active English cricketer who knows how it feels to win the Ashes, has announced that he is retiring at the end of the forthcoming season

DeFreitas to retire at end of season

Daniel Vettori has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka, to be played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington starting on April 11

Vettori ruled out of second Test

Pakistan's tour of India, well-conducted so far, was blemished when an unidentified person threw a stone at the Pakistan team bus at the Ranchi airport

Stone-throwing incident startles Pakistan camp