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The Bangladesh selectors today named their 14-man squad for the Champions Trophy in England next month

Kenya achieved an honourable draw in their four-day game against Pakistan A in Nairobi

Venugopal Rao and Naman Vinay Kumar Ojha will replace Rohan Gavaskar and Dinesh Karthik in the India A squad

A patient 74 by Graeme Smith secured South Africa a draw in the first Test at Galle

Salman Butt, the young left-handed batsman, and Shahid Afridi, the mercurial allrounder, have been included in Pakistan's squad for the Videocon Cup and International Cricket Council Champions Trophy

As the Twenty20 carnival rolled into Birmingham for the last three matches to decide England's best short-distance cricketers, a sell-out - and very mixed - crowd, made up of families, old crones, groups of noisy bachelors and a gaggle of

Both captains spoke about what they went through in the first Test, and on looking forward to the second match in Columbo

Gareth Batty, the Worcestershire offspinner, has been added to the England squad for the third npower Test against West Indies at Old Trafford, which starts on Thursday (August 12)

India A thundered to a resounding 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe A on the last day of the four-day game

A patient 74 by Graeme Smith secured South Africa a draw in the first Test at Galle

Both captains spoke about what they went through in the first Test, and on looking forward to the second match in Columbo

Scotland booked their place in the semi-finals of the Intercontinental Cup after beating Ireland by eight wickets at Clontarf in Dublin

A patient 74 by Graeme Smith secured South Africa a draw in the first Test at Galle

The Board of Control for Cricket in India may be in for a four-fold increase in revenues

Both captains spoke about what they went through in the first Test, and on looking forward to the second match in Colombo

Ken Edwards, the chief executive of the Telstra Stadium, expects international cricket matches at the Olympic venue to be sellouts and thinks that the state-of-the-art arena will appeal to more than two million fans from western Sydney

South Africa's bowlers led the fightback, and Marvan Atapattu's declaration towards the end of the day, setting a tricky target of 325, left the first Test at Galle intriguingly poised

South Africa's bowlers led the fightback, and Marvan Atapattu's declaration towards the end of the day, setting a tricky target of 325, left the first Test at Galle intriguingly poised

Jacques Rudolph played a sterling knock, and anchored the South African innings on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka