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For anyone else in such a position of trust, responsibility and leadership, Brian Lara's third term as West Indies captain would now be at an end. Instead, he has announced that he himself will decide if and when he goes, not an acquiescent board that has

The Top End series, involving the A teams from four countries - hosts Australia, Pakistan, India and New Zealand - kicks off on Wednesday

A round-up from Monday's Twenty20 matches

"Awesome". Greg Chappell couldn't have summed up Rahul Dravid's batting performance in the final Test better

Debutant Admire Manyumwa picked up five wickets to inspire Zimbabwe A to a seven wicket victory Bangladesh A on the fourth and final day of their third and last four-day match at Queens Sports Club to level the series at one all

Four wickets for Danish Kaneria and a fine hundred from Shoaib Malik helped Pakistan brush aside Leicestershire in the first warm-up match of their tour of England

Bangladesh have named Saqibul Hasan and Forhad Reza, two young allrounders, in their 15-man squad for the tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya

Ajit Wadekar who led the side to a series victory in West Indies in 1970-71, congratulated Rahul Dravid and the Indian team on winning the series

Charlie Robertson, one of Zimbabwe's senior administrators and the head of the group of provincial chairman, has called on the ICC to send in a group of neutral observers to see for themselves what he described as "the complete joke" that cricket has beco

The controversy surrounding Andrew Johns' inclusion in New South Wales' Twenty20 squad has reached new heights with John Howard, the Australian prime minister, wading in with his views

After two heartbreaking losses in a row, the Cook Islands broke through to defeat Japan by 26 runs in the final match of the EAP Cricket Trophy

Deb K Das reports on the USA Under-15 Championship's in California

Zimbabwe Cricket has almost completed plans to revise the Logan Cup, the country's biggest first-class knockout competition, which will no longer be played at provincial level

Peter Cantrell, the Netherlands coach, has named a 13-man squad for the two ODIs against Sri Lanka

England's credibility as a one-day side took a further blow after their 5-0 thumping to Sri Lanka, dropping to the eighth spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings

MCC eased to a five-wicket win in their match against a European XI at Rotterdam, thanks largely to the allround efforts of Chris Cairns who smacked an unbeaten 61 after taking 3 for 26

A round-up from the batch of Twenty20 matches

Alok Kapali scored an unbeaten half century to ensure to give Bangladesh A a slender lead after they were forced to follow-on on the third day of their four-day match against Zimbabwe A at Queens Sports Club

Dravid hailed his pace-bowling attack for playing a significant part in the series victory and, also said that India had played "better cricket" throughout the series

In what was a startling revelation, he said that he wasn't aware of the fact that he was one of the selectors and even said he would revisit his decision to captain the team in the next few weeks