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1972 The beginning of Massie's match

India is set to "forget" the Mike Denness affair, on "humanitarian grounds," according to an International Cricket Council (ICC) spokesman, reports the Press Trust of India

Zaheer Khan is all set to spend a month at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, fine-tuning his skills ahead of the Indian international season, which kicks off with a home series against New Zealand

Marcus Trescothick completed a memorable weekend with a magnificent unbeaten 108, and Chris Read chipped in with a resourceful and impish 25, as England recovered from a seemingly hopeless position to win the deciding match of the NatWest Challenge

Zimbabweans 193 for 5 (G Flower 60* Friend 44) beat Essex 189 for 9 (A Flower 52, Price 3 for 20) by five wickets

Glamorgan`s unbeaten run in the National League came to an end at Edgbaston as Warwickshire won a rain-affected match by two wickets, and they were indebted to a fine captain`s innings of 75 by Nick Knight who anchored Warwickshire`s successful run

Saints footballer Jason Dodd turned in a stunning all-round performance for Flamingo's, cracking 140 and then taking five wickets in a breathtaking one-man show against Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 rivals Hambledon.

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Heavy rain at Wantage Road put pay to Northamptonshire's match against the South Africans

Bashley (Rydal) cricketers have been nummed by the loss of their 23-year old team-mate Dale Middleton, who was found dead at his Lymington home on Friday evening.

If Bournemouth needed any reminder about how far they are away from making a realistic challenge for the ECB Southern Electric Premier League championship it came in the form of a five-wicket defeat by title holders Havant at Chapel Gate.

Corsham: Wiltshire 297 (KR Blackburn 115, B Rizvi 62) v Herefordshire 44-2

Damian Shirazi and Neal Parlane shared a double-century opening partnership as BAT Sports cemented pole position in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League leadership race with a 63-run win over Liphook & Ripsley at Southern Gardens.

A very promising return of 5-38 from Hampshire Academy all-rounder David Griffiths coupled with half centuries from Alex Richardson and Tom Burrows was not quite enough for the depleted bowling attack of the young Hawks to secure a third consecutive

An India A tour is usually an outlet for burgeoning aspiration and steep ambition, and the late-summer English tour could prove decisive for many fringe cricketers - something John Wright drove home on two separate occasions while helping out at the

Shoaib Akhtar has signed to play for Durham for the remainder of the season, and is due to meet with club officials tomorrow to decide when he will join the county

So, England have won the inaugural NatWest Challenge, and today's decider at Lord's was a fitting finale to an uplifting trio of matches

Torrential rains in St Lucia forced the early abandonment of the third day's play, halting West Indies' progress after they had been marching towards a first-innings lead

Warwickshire beat Glamorgan by two wickets (D/L system) Scorecard Warwickshire scrambled a win off the penultimate ball of their rain-affected match against Glamorgan at Edgbaston

Hemang Badani will lead India A in all one-day games on their tour of England