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Shane Warne believes that this winter's Ashes will be one of the most competitive of recent times, but nevertheless feels that England could be weighed down by history as they seek to become only the second team in two decades to win a Test series in Aust

Shane Warne pays tribute to Muttiah Muralitharan after the latter announced his retirement from Tests

Zaheer Khan, India's strike fast bowler, has been ruled out of the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka due to a shoulder injury

The PCB has ruled out the immediate return of Younis Khan to the Pakistan team because the player and his lawyer made "inappropriate statements"

Muttiah Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in Tests and ODIs, will retire from Test cricket after the first Test against India in Galle

Fast-bowling allrounder Chathura Peiris will captain the Under-19 team on a tour to England from July 14 to August 7

The ICC has declared Pakistan women's offspinner Javeria Khan's action as illegal and suspended her from bowling in international cricket

New Sahara Pune Warriors coach Geoff Marsh has said he would like to see all the players go into the auction for IPL 4

Cricket Kenya is in talks with Indian domestic teams Gujarat and Baroda to tour the country for a triangular tournament against the national side

Falling crowds at Twenty20 matches will be high on the agenda when county chairmen meet at Edgbaston on Tuesday

Bangladesh will assess their captaincy situation following the one-day series against England after Shakib Al Hasan asked for a break from leadership duties

Geoff Marsh, the former Australian opener, has been appointed coach of the Sahara Pune Warriors, and Dermot Reeve as his deputy

Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi has written to the BCCI asking for a copy of all decisions taken at the board's special general body meeting

A 14-man England Under-19 squad has been named for the two Test matches against Sri Lanka later this month with three new players included in the set-up

Kevin Pietersen would have been rested from the one-day series against Bangladesh even if a thigh strain hadn't ruled him out

Peter George and Doug Bollinger will replace Ryan Harris in the Test and Twenty20 squads to play Pakistan in England

Mitchell Johnson hit a low point of his career during last year's Ashes but is now ready to shown what he has learnt

Ben Hilfenhaus is set for an immediate return to Test cricket after Ryan Harris became the latest Australian fast bowler to be struck down with injury

Jonathan Trott has earned a one-day international recall as a replacement for the injured Kevin Pietersen while Graeme Swann has been rested, allowing James Tredwell to come into the squad for the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh that begins July

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has questioned the validity of his rejection as ICC vice-president given the rotational policy currently in place to put forward candidates