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Brad Hodge guided Leicestershire to victory in this year's Twenty20 Cup final against Surrey at Edgbaston

After another closely-fought day's play at Galle between Sri Lanka and South Africa, Sanath Jayasuriya and Jacques Rudolph spoke to the press

Mark Butcher's hopes of making the third Test against West Indies suffered a big blow after he was ruled out of Surrey's Twenty20 Cup semi-final today against Lancashire at Edgbaston

After another closely-fought day's play at Galle between Sri Lanka and South Africa, Sanath Jayasuriya and Jacques Rudolph spoke to the press

After a year in which his role has been the subject of intense scrutiny and criticism, it is perhaps not that surprising that Rameez Raja has resigned as chief executive of the Pakistan board

Scotland closed the second day of their Intercontinental Cup match at Clontarf in Dublin with all the aces as they went some way towards avenging their European Championship defeat to Ireland last month

Rameez Raja, the former Pakistan opening batsman, has resigned as the chief executive officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board

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

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

The West Indians completed a remarkable turnaround in their tour match against Derbyshire with a thumping 315-run win

After another closely-fought day's play at Galle between Sri Lanka and South Africa, Sanath Jayasuriya and Jacques Rudolph spoke to the press

Gary Yates, Lancashire's second XI coach and long-serving offspinner, is to be awarded a benefit during the 2005 season

Laura Newton top-scored with 57 from 90 balls, as England's women bounced back from their disappointing Twenty20 defeat with victory in the first one-day international at Hove

Ozias Bvute and Max Ebrahim, who were thought by many to be the key figures in instigating and fuelling the current crisis in which 15 rebel players refused to play for Zimbabwe, have, as expected, remained on the board after the Zimbabwe Cricket

West Indies' reserve wicketkeeper, Carlton Baugh, cracked nine fours and three sixes in a quickfire century, after Derbyshire's teenaged debutant, Chris Paget, had grabbed three quick wickets in a hugely composed spell of offspin

Scotland went some way towards avenging their European Championship defeat last month, bowling Ireland out for 193 on the first day of their Intercontinental Cup match at Clontarf in Dublin, but Ireland struck back in the afternoon session, as

At 11.35 am at The Oval, Worcestershire were reduced to 44 for 6, and the pressmen began writing up a Surrey victory

Zaheer Khan, who has been left out of the Indian squad for three forthcoming one-day tournaments, is 'injury-fit' but not 100% fit, according to a report in The Telegraph newspaper, Kolkata

Jacques Rudolph battled through the day, with 85 not out, to make sure that South Africa did not crumble despite losing regular wickets