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As the Zimbabwe squad prepares to travel to South Africa for the forthcoming Test and ODi series, Dean du Plessis, a local analyst, claimed that most players are not fit enough for the demands of international cricket

Zimbabwe players 'not fit enough'

Glenn McGrath has jumped in five months early to set his always-eager sights on a target for the Ashes and is torn between Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss

McGrath eyes Strauss and Vaughan

Victoria staged a dramatic come-from-behind series victory to seal the Women's National Cricket League trophy against New South Wales at Bankstown Oval

Victoria show winning spirit to claim series

Graeme Smith, the South African captain, has marked out Steve Harmison as one of England's weak links in the forthcoming Ashes

Smith reckons Harmison could be weak link

Inzamam-ul-Haq has sent out warning signals to the Indian camp ahead of the tour, saying that his team should not be underestimated

Inzamam warns India against complacency

Jeff Wilson has been included in New Zealand's 13-man squad to play Australia in a one-off Twenty20 international on February 17 at Eden Park in Auckland

Wilson included in New Zealand squad

Lots of readers wrote in with their views on the umpiring issue in Australia, and here is a selection of them

Call for more technology - Your views on the umpiring controversy

Glenn McGrath and Stuart MacGill shared eight wickets to end Victoria's ambitions for a berth in the final

McGrath and MacGill seal Victoria's fate

The Pakistan Cricket Board wants to hear Bob Woolmer's comments on the umpiring decisions in Australia, according to Dawn

Pakistan board wants Woolmer's comments

Courtney Browne's motivational talks before the game against Windward Islands appeared to have had an effect

Browne inspires Barbados as Windward collapse

Already struggling to overcome his poor form, Matthew Hayden's chances of getting back among the runs was dealt a blow when he was termed a doubtful starter for the one-day series in New Zealand

Hayden doubtful for New Zealand one-dayers

In a surprising turn of events, South Australia defended a low total of 218 by beating Tasmania by 20 runs at Adelaide

Harris and Tait snuff out Tasmania's light

Pakistani officials are optimistic that the controversy surrounding playing a Test at Ahmedabad will be resolved when India's foreign minister visits Islamabad next week

Pakistani officials optimistic about Ahmedabad issue

Further investigations are planned into the death of Tertius Bosch, the fast bowler who played in South Africa's first Test back after readmission to international cricket in 1991-92

Further probe into Bosch's death

India Under-19 hammered England Under-19 by 10 wickets at Eden Gardens in Kolkata to take a winning 3-1 lead in the five-match series

Srikkanth and Rawat hurry India to series victory

Michael Vaughan has admitted that South Africa deserved to win the one-day series, which they clinched after last night's sixth match at Durban was washed out

'Three-one is a fair reflection,' admits Vaughan

Cricket has been dropped from the list of games being played in next year's Asian Games competition, to be held in Qatar

Cricket dropped from 2006 Asian Games

Wilden Cornwall, the Leewards allrounder, led from the front to bring up his highest first-class score of 98 and take his team to a strong position at 346 for 5 against Jamaica

Cornwall puts Leewards on top

Shoaib Akhtar has scarcely been able to stay out of the limelight for a day in the lead-up to Pakistan's forthcoming tour of India

Shoaib saga takes fresh twist