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George Dockrell blamed the batting for the team's failure to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Under-19 World Cup

Kevin Pietersen's chances of being reconciled to the England set-up and winning a place in their World Twenty20 squad appear to have receded

Cheteshwar Pujara, who played the last of his three Tests in January 2011 in South Africa, is eager to make a comeback to the Indian Test side

A round-up of matches played on August 15 at the Under-19 World Cup 2012

Glenn Maxwell has been a valuable impact player for Victoria over the past two years, and now he has a chance to prove himself at international level

The fast bowler Adam Milne has been named in New Zealand's squad for the ICC World Twenty20, 18 months after he last played for his country

Peter Trego lit up Somerset's 50-run win over Hampshire with a big-hitting innings of 61 and then took two top-order wickets

Kevin Pietersen has apologised to the ECB over the derogatory text messages that he sent about members of the England dressing room to South Africa players

Fifties to Aaron Finch and Gihan Rupasinghe helped Ruhuna Royals crush Uthura Rudras by 35 runs in a rain-curtailed 16-overs-a-side encounter

Two cricketers dominated the evenly-balanced opening day of the second unofficial Test match between England Lions and Australia A at Edgbaston

Wayne Parnell continued his good form from the opening tour game with his second consecutive five-wicket haul to bundle out Ireland XI for 154 at Lodge Road, after the opening day was washed out

Stuart Broad has issued a statement denying any part in the creation of a parody Twitter account that mocked Kevin Pietersen

Jonny Bairstow is not the sort to buckle under the pressure according to his Yorkshire and England team-mate Tim Bresnan.

Explorer Mike Horn has been very important in South Africa's preparations for their tour of England and he returned to their camp ahead of the final Test

Malcolm Lake rates his century against India Under-19s in Townsville as among his best knocks as his 118 brought Zimbabwe back into the match but couldn't prevent defeat

The alleged incident of corruption in Sri Lanka, revolving round a taped conversation, occurred before the SLPL started and will not affect its integrity, the league's organisers said on Tuesday

Vilasrao Deshmukh, the former Maharashtra chief minister and president of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), has died aged 67 in Chennai of a multiple organ failure

Piers Morgan, the former British tabloid editor turned chatshow host, has escalated the conflict between Kevin Pietersen and the England team

A round-up of matches on August 14 during the Under-19 World Cup 2012