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The last 48 hours have turned into a nightmare for the England & WalesCricket Board

The Indian board's Technical Committee has decided to retain the two-division format in the Ranji Trophy for the 2007-08 season with some changes in the points system at the league stage

Mushfiqur Rahim and Abdur Razzak have been recalled to Bangladesh's Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka later this month and former captain Habibul Bashar has kept his place as a batsman

A provisional squad of 30 players has been hard at work in preparation for the final round of World Cup qualifiers to be held in Pakistan in November

The England & Wales Cricket Board have announced their international schedule for the 2008 season, when New Zealand and South Africa will be the visitors. For the first time ever, a Test match will get underway on a Wednesday, when the third Test against

Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian captain who is on the seven-man panel that will decide on India's next coach, has clarified that he wasn't closed to having a foreigner as the coach of the national team

Avril Fahey tells Cricinfo of living with diabetes - and a 4000km bike ride to raise awareness of the disease

Bermuda's Royal Gazette has reported that the indiscipline of the national team, which was of concern for some time before the World Cup, has grown worse in the two months

Fazeer Mohammed takes a look at the latest twist to the Woolmer case, the replacement for the injured Sarwan, and the lack of figures disclosed by the authorities for the World Cup which concluded more than a month ago.

Justin Langer continued his outstanding county season with 145 at nearly a run a ball in Somerset's 87-run one-day victory over Middlesex on Sunday

Andrew Flintoff will return for England as a fully-fledged allrounder and not a specialist batsman after his latest ankle surgery, according to chairman of selectors David Graveney

Martin Snedden has rated the World Cup as "average to poor", with the length of the tournament and the quality of cricket played two of his primary concerns

Michael Kasprowicz has confirmed he will play on after an injury-plagued 2006-07. He was named on Queensland's new list of contracted players, which also featured a return for Aaron Nye and places for Greg Moller and Michael Buchanan

Graham Ford has joined Dav Whatmore as one of the serious contenders for the job of Indian coach as the BCCI meets to make a decision

Denesh Ramdin's century boosted West Indies ahead of the third Test at Old Trafford on Thursday

Alex Gidman's century boosted Gloucestershire on the third day against Northamptonshire

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Piyush Chawla, the Uttar Pradesh legspinner, and Pankaj Singh, the 22-year-old Rajasthan fast bowler, have been asked to join the five-day bowlers camp in Mysore starting on June 4th

Venkatesh Prasad believes injuries "cannot be prevented" and a "transparent" rotation policy is the best way to guard against player burnout

Former Indian skipper Ajit Wadekar feels that an Indian coach would be better suited for the requirements of the Indian team