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Sulieman Benn, the West Indies left-arm spinner, has been fined his entire match fee from the fourth ODI against South Africa after he was ordered off the field by his captain Chris Gayle

Lalit Modi, in his reply to the second show-cause notice served on him by the BCCI - which was prompted by a letter from Giles Clarke - has said that Clarke's allegations were "motivated" and "not worthy of credence"

Makhaya Ntini feels he is uncertain of his standing in South Africa's plans, having not heard from the selectors since he was dropped from the national side for the last two Tests of the England series over the winter

Angus Fraser, Middlesex's director of cricket, has backed his county colleague Steven Finn to live up to the hype and expectation that his impressive home Test debut against Bangladesh has generated

The man who helped with the mid-over advertising process has said he simply came to the IPL's aid by providing it with the technical ability to monetize the additional 150 seconds of advertising time per match

Tamim Iqbal ignited the fourth day's play at Lord's with a second-innings 103 and has now jumped six places in the world's leading batsmen to No.25, his highest ranking

Tim Bresnan has been ruled out of the second Test against Bangladesh at Old Trafford on Friday, after suffering a stress fracture in his left foot during England's eight-wicket win in the first Test at Lord's

The BCCI has announced that it will not send a cricket team from India, both men and women, for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China

Shahid Afridi the Pakistan captain, has asked for the infusion of youth for the Asia Cup starting in Sri Lanka on June 15

The first phase of tickets for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been put on sale following a meeting of the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai

Chris Gayle was disappointed with his side's inability to win games against South Africa, but the West Indies captain was happy with his team's effort and the spirit within the group

India opening batsman, Gautam Gambhir, has expressed his disappointment at the team's poor performance in the World Twenty20, saying "any World Cup loss is huge and it stings"

Haroon Lorgat has backed the United States as a prime venue for international cricket and added it is very much in the ICC's interests to have more locals picking up the sport by taking cricket to the schools

Don Lockerbie, the chief executive of USACA, has said the key to popularising cricket to a greater level in the United States lies in hosting more international cricket

Malcolm Speed, the former chief executive of the ICC, believes it is "outrageous" that Zimbabwe and South Africa are pushing to block John Howard's nomination as the ICC's president-designate

The Ashes may be six months away, but a solitary Test against an unexpectedly obdurate Bangladesh has already identified the man who will surely come to be recognised as England's new attack leader

Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lanka's former captain and newly-appointed chairman of selectors, has singled out winning the World Cup in 2011 as his "primary responsibility" in his latest role

For the third Test in a row, a comfortable margin of victory masked a match in which Bangladesh forced England to graft for their rewards, but the events of the final day were typical of the gulf that still exists in the mindsets of the two nations

Cricket Kenya has announced the squad which will travel to the Netherlands for the World Cricket League Division 1 tournament which begins on July 1

Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has been served a third notice by the Indian board, this time over the granting of theatrical rights last November for the third season of the tournament