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Somerset may have endured a testing time on the field in 2013 but their performance off it has been described as "outstanding" as they announced a record pre-tax profit.

Somerset enjoy record financial year

David Warner has offered his sympathy to Jonathan Trott and said he hopes the England batsman, who left the Ashes tour with a stress-related illness, recovers soon

'Hope Trott is back soon' - Warner

In yet another strengthening of the ties between South Africa and Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal has signed with Titans and Shahid Afridi with Knights for the upcoming domestic 20-overs competition

Ajmal, Afridi to play South Africa domestic T20

29-Nov-2013•Firdose Moonda

U-19s drop Duckett for poor fitness

England Under-19s captain Ben Duckett has been dropped from the tour to UAE for failing to meet minimum fitness standards.

Former India batsman Vinod Kambli has been hospitalised after suffering a heart attack in Mumbai

Kambli hospitalised after chest pain

Like last year, there is only a three-day break between the Adelaide and Perth Tests, but Siddle is hopeful he will be able to walk out with the team at the WACA this time around

Siddle hopes to get through Adelaide grind

29-Nov-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Williamson likely to play first Test

Kane Williamson has been included in the Test squad for the home series against West Indies and is likely to play in Dunedin, pending a final fitness clearance

West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been added to the Test squad for the tour of New Zealand in December

Narine added to West Indies Test squad

Dale Steyn, South Africa's premier fast bowler, and veteran allrounder Jacques Kallis have been ruled out of South Africa's third ODI against Pakistan.

Steyn, Kallis ruled out of final ODI

28-Nov-2013•Firdose Moonda

VRV Singh hopes to build on comeback

VRV Singh, the Punjab fast bowler, marked his return to first-class cricket after an absence of five years with a five-wicket haul against Haryana in Lahli

28-Nov-2013•Devashish Fuloria

Patience pays again for Jaffer

Wasim Jaffer added to his glittering list of milestones in first-class cricket with his 50th century

28-Nov-2013•Amol Karhadkar at the Wankhede Stadium

'A really big achievement' - Misbah

Misbah-ul-Haq has hailed Pakistan's maiden ODI series win against South Africa as a "really big achievement."

Ranji Trophy live blog, 5th round, 4th day

Matthew Wade has said he had no warning from the umpires on field before he was suspended for pitch tampering and declared that he had done "the same thing" in every Sheffield Shield match he had played

Wade not warned over pitch tampering

27-Nov-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Derbyshire allow Redfern to leave

Derbyshire have released batsman Dan Redfern by mutual consent, despite the 23-year-old still having two years left to run on his contract

Bangladesh's selection committee remains without a chairman after the BCB's board of directors couldn't decide whether it should reappoint Faruque Ahmed or choose from one of the incumbent selectors

No chairman yet for Bangladesh selection panel

Reg Simpson, the former Nottinghamshire and England batsman, has died at the age of 93. He had been England's oldest surviving Test player

England's oldest Test player dies

Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies captain, has said his team lost a great opportunity to win a series in India, having lost the Kanpur ODI by five wickets

Lost best opportunity to win series in India - Bravo