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Michael Hussey again finished a difficult job for his team, taking Australia to victory against New Zealand with two wickets to spare

A fine 79 from Johmari Logtenberg - her second fifty in one-dayers - led South Africa women to a comprehensive 98-run win over Pakistan in the first ODI at Pretoria

Stats highlights of Makhaya Ntini's career

With both teams trying out different combinations before the World Cup, the performance of a few individuals may take precedence. Here we look at five head-to-head clashes that are likely to have a bearing on the series

The World Cup is two months away but both teams, India and West Indies, are about to start the final lap of their build-up

Shoaib Akhtar is unlikely to bowl again in the second Test against South Africa at Port Elizabeth, after picking up a hamstring injury

Western Australia needed just two days to rout South Australia by an innings and 55 runs at Perth

First Rahul Dravid announced the 12; next he revealed the openers, something he's rarely disclosed in the past; then he explained why; later he candidly argued Virender Sehwag's exclusion, stating that being out of the side can have its benefits

Mal Loye, who made his England debut against Australia in the fourth one-dayer yesterday, has spoken of his shock at the taunting he and his team-mates received from the home fans at Brisbane

Round-up of the second day's play of the third round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 2006-07

Aaron Redmond's allround performance sealed a comprehensive 46-run win for Otago against Central Districts in their Twenty20 match at Napier

Makhaya Ntini has become the 21st bowler, and third South African, to reach 300 Test wickets after removing Mohammad Sami on the second morning at Port Elizabeth

The ICC is looking into circumstances which led to today's ODI between Kenya and Canada at Mombasa being called off

Queensland were in a spot of bother after a wicket burst squandered a solid reply to Western Australia's first-innings score of 328 in a rain-interrupted day at the Bellerive Oval

An outstanding captain's innings from Inzamam-ul-Haq was the defining performance on an intriguing second day at Port Elizabeth

Sourav Ganguly and Gautam Gambhir will open the innings for India against West Indies at Nagpur in the first of their four-match series from January 21 to 31

Michael Vaughan has been ruled out of England's next two CB Series matches as he is still to recover from the hamstring injury which forced him out of yesterday's match in Brisbane

Shoaib admitted at being surprised at how soon after his return he had been able to impact the proceedings. "I thought it would take me the whole Test match to get back into it," he said

A report in the Zimbabwe Independent claims that Zimbabwe Cricket is making a desperate attempt to lure back Tatenda Taibu before the February 11 deadline when squads for the World Cup have to be named

Eddie Norfolk on Canada's World Cup build-up