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Michael Di Venuto's first Championship century for Derbyshire failed to revive a rain-haunted fixture with Worcestershire

Two run outs in two overs ended Durham's attempts to reach a target of 302 in 70 overs against Middlesex at Chester-le-Street

Pakistan in England - Urdu Report

Playing to a plan - safe and steady - England lifted their total to a challenging 391 today

The West Indies selectors will choose the squad of 16 for the forthcoming tours of Zimbabwe and Kenya next weekend during the special preparatory camp in Trinidad

The Somerset Second Eleven match against Middlesex at Ealing last week was abandoned as a draw without a ball being bowled

Five senior Indian players have asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India to have a contract system for them based on their seniority, said Ratnakar Shetty, member of the BCCI's finance committee and joint secretary of the Mumbai Cricket

Despite the life bans on prominent cricketers and stringent new constraints, the scourge of match-fixing in international cricket was still on and recent matches involving Pakistan are being investigated, media reported in London on Saturday

Shakeel's Urdu Report - Lord's Test Day 3

Mudassar Nazar Photo © CricInfo Short, short and short again

Somerset stage the biggest match at The County Ground for two years when they play Yorkshire on Wednesday in the quarter finals of the Benson and Hedges Cup

Fast bowler Steffan Jones has set himself the target of bowling at 90mph this season

Australia's chances of recording a history-making seventh successive Ashes series victory over England received a major boost today when any lingering doubts over the fitness of pace bowlers Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie were dispelled

The complete wash-out of the first two days deemed that bonus points would be the only realistic aim for both sides and it was Yorkshire that proved the most successful, taking the full quota of eight points

Sir Donald Bradman, as anyone even remotely associated with the game of cricket is aware, ended his Test career with an average of 99.94

England saw their authority diminish in the fading light at Lord's as Yousuf Youhana and Younis Khan claimed back some of Pakistan's ground to finish the third day of the First npower Test match trailing by 276 runs

South Africa's dope-smoking cricketers apologise for their indiscretions as they arrive home from the West Indies

The Mercantile Cricket Association Division A tournament started today, but failed to live up to the high expectations of competitive cricket, as all the matches were hopelessly one sided and most of the cricketers were able to rest there not so

Peter Bowler's sound defence frustrated Kent's victory hopes on the final day at Taunton as the match with Somerset ended in a tame draw

It was the 1718th ODI in cricket history