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Jamie How, the Central Stags captain, has said the Champions League Twenty20 is an opportunity for the youngsters in his side to stake claims for higher honours

CLT20 a chance for youngsters to shine - Jamie How

Luke Sutton will return to Derbyshire, one of his former clubs, next season following his decision to leave Lancashire

Luke Sutton returns to Derbyshire

Tasmania have signed Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate for the upcoming Australian Twenty20 Big Bash tournament

Tasmania sign ten Doeschate for Big Bash

Another day, another social media drama. To the names of Philip Hughes, Azeem Rafiq and Kevin Pietersen can now be added the name of the Hampshire and Rajasthan Royals allrounder, Dimitri Mascarenhas

Mascarenhas latest to fall foul of Twitter

At the end of a week in which cricket's name has once again been dragged through the gutter, England and Pakistan were left feeling grateful for small mercies in Cardiff

Brief relief after painful week

05-Sep-2010•Andrew Miller at Cardiff

Yasir Hameed statement

Following the latest match-fixing allegations to emerge on Sunday Yasir Hameed attended the Pakistan High Commission in London to explain his comments. He spent four hours with officials before issuing this statement

Members of the Sri Lankan team have been approached more than once over the last year by people being described as "suspicious characters"

Sri Lankan players also approached

05-Sep-2010•Sidharth Monga

Canada can reach World Cup quarter-finals - Bagai

Canada captain Ashish Bagai has said that his team can make it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup 2011

The ten IPL franchises will be divided into two groups of five each for the fourth season of the competition in 2011

Next three IPL seasons to comprise 74 matches each

Tim Nielsen, the Australia coach, has joined four of his players in revealing he reported suspicious approaches while on tour to the team's manager

Tim Nielsen reveals suspicious approaches

It was fitting that after 15 years in the game James Kirtley should bow out on the ground that has been his home since boyhood

'I've been the most scrutinised bowler in England' - Kirtley

04-Sep-2010•Sahil Dutta

Hameed denies newspaper revelations

Yasir Hameed, the Pakistan batsman, has told the News of the World that he was asked by a bookmaker to help fix a Test for £100,000 but turned down the money ... but did not inform the ICC

04-Sep-2010•Osman Samiuddin and Nagraj Gollapudi

Ireland deny undue pressure over Zimbabwe trip

Warren Deutrom, Cricket Ireland's chief executive, has denied that the Irish cricket team was placed under any undue pressure to travel to Zimbabwe for an Intercontinental Cup match and one-day series in September

Anil Kumble has said the speed at which teams adapt to the pitches in South Africa will be crucial to their success in the Champions League Twenty20

Adaptability will be key in CLT20 - Kumble

04-Sep-2010•Siddarth Ravindran

Afridi apologises for spot-fixing controversy

Pakistan's one-day captain, Shahid Afridi, has issued a public apology on behalf of the three players suspended by the ICC

Durham seamer Neil Killeen has announced his retirement from domestic cricket, and Durham's Clydesdale Bank 40 clash against Kent at Chester-le-Street will mark his final appearance for the county

Killeen announces retirement

England coach Andy Flower is happy with spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed's role within the team despite previous links with illegal bookmakers

Flower happy with Mushtaq's position

NZC is bracing for a financial hit in their home series against Pakistan later this year, due to what chief executive Justin Vaughan called a "residual impact" of the spot-fixing controversy

Revenue from Pakistan tour could suffer - NZC