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Essex Vice Captain Paul Grayson has undergone keyhole surgery on his right knee to correct a cartilage problem that has been troubling him for some time

New Zealand's women's cricket team kicked off their European tour with a comfortable 169-run win over the Netherlands in Utrecht today

No easy pickings for Middlesex in the Championship this month - but we came through with two draws at Lord's against Durham and Glamorgan, and we've stuck to our job well

SYDNEY - Captains on crutches are becoming a familiar sight inAustralian cricket, with Ricky Ponting today hobbling back into Sydneyafter foot surgery.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) in a self-contradictory policy granted international status to Tangier (Morocco) to host international events

It was billed as the biggest individual show-down in world cricket today, cricket's answer to a heavy weight title fight to decide once and for all who is the fastest bowler on the planet

Five days of cricket with a good weather forecast starts on Wednesday

© CricInfo It is unusual for someone to aspire to be a young tearaway pacer in Trinidad and wind up peddling his wares as a medium-pacer for Tamil Nadu for almost 20 years

Although this match has not been afforded first-class status, the first day of the Hampshire v Loughborough UCCE gave the sparse crowd some excellent entertainment as the visitor's amassed 371-5dec in just 92 overs.

New Zealand's ability to overcome the hiccups of their bomb-disrupted tour to Pakistan, the inability to prepare properly due to rain in the West Indies and their controversial end to the one-day series, was a special delight from today's first Test

New Zealand are likely to accept an invitation to play in a one-day tournament in Cairns in August with New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland

Headingley: Nottinghamshire 245-9 (P Johnson 72) Yorkshire 249-6 (SA Richardson 92, PJ McMahon 4-44) Yorkshire won by 4 wickets

Hatton National Bank successfully defended their Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) title with a three-wicket victory against John Keels on the weekend

Chris Adams has been given the all-clear following a ligament injury to his left knee

Owing to huge demand we are delighted to announce that we are releasing a further 2000 tickets for this match

Former cricket board President Thilanga Sumathipala has been barred from attending the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Executive Board meeting in London this week by Sri Lanka's Attorney General

Somerset acting captain Mike Burns will be looking to keep his winning run going when the Cidermen travel to Edgbaston to take on Warwickshire in the county championship on Wednesday

Man has split the atom, landed on the moon and found the Titanic, but no team has ever scored 474 to win a Test match and the present West Indies team, with its glaring limitations, certainly wasn't going to make history at Kensington Oval yesterday

BRISBANE, June 25 AAP - New Zealand Cricket is keen to play a one-day tournament against three Australian states in Cairns in August.

Five wickets for Shane Bond, a first Test victory in the West Indies - only the fourth time they have lost in Barbados in 39 Tests - and all with a day to spare