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Only some stalwart batting from VVS Laxman and Ajit Agarkar who compiled a fifty partnership for the seventh wicket as the shadows lengthened denied England a win within four days

Somerset Under 12's scored a resounding victory over their Gwent counterparts when they travelled to Newport CC last weekend

Sri Lanka's controversial decision to field an under-strength side in this ACL Cables Second Test against Bangladesh proved costly as the tourists produced their most disciplined performance of the series, restricting the hosts to 301 for eight at

Bournemouth have ended BAT Sports' amazing run of 15 successive "all day" victories and enabled Havant to reduce the deficit at the top of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League to 16 points

Bath Cricket Club triumphed in the South West regional finals of the ECB Under 13's club championship that were held at Weston super Mare Cricket Club during last week

Somerset Under 17's gained a first innings win over their Devon opposition in a 2 day County Championship match at Millfield School last week

Worcestershire Royals extended their lead at the top of the first division of the Norwich Union League to eight points with a six-wicket victory over Yorkshire Phoenix at Worcester

Bedford: Lincolnshire 257, J Trower 62, A Roberts 7-85

All Frizzell Women's County Championship matches are one-day 50 over per side

KARACHI, July 26: All the major Test centres of the country require minor modifications to help the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) fight against the menace of match-fixing

Despite being a Saturday the County Ground at Taunton was a hive of activity this morning

Team P W L D NR Bat Bowl Win Draw Total Percent Bourne 12 9 0 3 50 48 90 19

At the start of the third day, England were favourites to win, the draw could not be discounted and there was just an outside chance that India could get back into the match

Sri Lanka will gamble on a second-string side when they face Bangladesh in the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club starting Sunday, resting nine established players and awarding three new caps as the selectors look to the future

Muralitharan is facing a disciplinary action from the BCCSL for the comments he has allegedly made in a live television show

Ian Ward continued his rich vein of form to carry Surrey to a comprehensive win over bottom-of-the-table Yorkshire at Guildford

It would be fair to say that cricketers of no country understand the value of a good line more than England

Lancashire duly secured victory in plenty of time for lunch, giving Hampshire their second Frizzell Championship defeat of the season, which with the ECB imposing a 8 point penalty for a sub-standard pitch meant the home side finished their match

Pakistan's recent overwhelming victory against New Zealand by a massive margin of an innings and 324 runs was their biggest in Test cricket to date

This is no pitch on which to be a bowler