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Alastair Cook scored his first century of the tour and Andrew Strauss made 88, as England's openers enjoyed some valuable time in the middle ahead of Thursday's crucial third Test

Damien Martyn's sudden decision to retire not only caught cricket fans by surprise, it also shocked his own team-mates, according to Glenn McGrath

Shane Warne faces burnout and the recurrence of injuries if he continues bowling prolonged spells against England, according to his mentor Terry Jenner

Namibia completed a two-day demolition job on UAE, powering to an innings-and-149-run win at Windhoek after a ruthless all-round displays

The ICC's television rights for 2007-2015 have been sold to ESPN Star, ending a protracted and often controversial process

VVS Laxman was delighted with the efforts of his pace bowlers, who set up the 96-run victory over Rest of South Africa

West Indies showed their fighting spirit as they made an impressive attempt to defend 151 in the second one-day international against Pakistan and Brian Lara is confident they can level the series at Lahore

The role of PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf in the inquiry in to the doping scandal that rocked Pakistan cricket has come under scrutiny with the publication of a letter written by him to the first anti-doping commission

Dhiraj Jadhav, Ishant Sharma and Hrishikesh Kanitkar shone on the opening day of the third round of matches in the Ranji Trophy Super League

What on earth is Michael Vaughan doing in this England team? That was the question that everyone was asking at the end of an inconclusive day at the WACA, but it was one that Vaughan himself was not permitted to answer

Cricinfo's full coverage of Damien Martyn's retirement

A round-up of the fourth day's play in the quadrangular stage of the Patrons Trophy

Zaheer Khan once again led the way with the ball as the Indians wrapped up a comprehensive 96-run victory over Rest of South Africa in the tour game at Sedgars Park in Potchefstroom

Shane Watson's return from a hamstring injury has been delayed again after Queensland left him out of their squad to take on South Australia in the Ford Ranger Cup match at Adelaide on Wednesday

After a sequence of one-sided games, the fifth and final one-dayer at Dhaka went down to the wire as Bangladesh scampered home by three wickets against Zimbabwe, sweeping the series 5-0

Travis Birt and George Bailey almost pulled off a remarkable win for Tasmania with a last-session batting blitz but late wickets forced the Tigers to settle for a draw against South Australia

Stephen Fleming had no regrets about the controversial dismissal of Muttiah Muralitharan in the first Test, saying Muralitharan made a mistake and paid the price

The WACA curator Cameron Sutherland has hosed down talk of the ground becoming more suited to spinners than fast bowlers, despite the success of slow bowlers in domestic games this season

James Anderson pressed his case to be retained in the Test team with a quality spell of bowling and Monty Panesar starred with the ball and in the field as England enjoyed a useful work-out against Western Australia at Perth