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Lalit Modi, the chairman of the IPL, has said his league will adhere to the MCC's Spirit of Cricket initiative in order to maintain decorum amid all the excitement

The ICC has announced that five players at the recent Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia had "potentially flawed bowling actions"

Netherlands's last-gasp fight to stay alive in the Intercontinental Cup begins tomorrow with their latest match against the UAE in Sharjah

Going in to a venue at which their spinners have enjoyed success and with the intention of playing five bowlers, India are struggling to determine who those five will be

Shoaib Akhtar, speaking a day after a PCB disciplinary committee imposed a five-year ban on him, said he had been victimised by Pakistani cricket authorities

Middlesex have signed Dirk Nannes, the Australian left-arm fast bowler, and Vernon Philander, the South Africa allrounder, for 2008

The BCCI are to send coaches from their national academy in Bangalore to China in a bid to boost awareness of the sport

Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson expressed regret at the five-year ban imposed on Shoaib Akhtar by a PCB disciplinary committee, adding that the fastbowler would remain an unfulfilled talent

The president of the Guyana Cricket Board, Chetram Singh, has said that Shivnarine Chanderpaul was granted permission to attend the West Indies Players' Association awards ceremony before he flew out to Trinidad after the first day of Guyana's Carib Beer

In June-July Bermuda will travel to Canada for three one-day games before playing the Intercontinental Cup with Canada and Scotland. In September they will head to Namibia for the same tournament.

Simon Katich says he has no hard feelings towards the Australia selectors after spending nearly two and a half years out of the Test side

Lance Gibbs is concerned West Indies' newest spin talent does not have enough variety to be a long-term force at international level

With pitch in the spotlight after the dull draw in Chennai,the chief curator Dhiraj Parsana is non-committal: he promises a sporting surface but remains unsure of what the weather could dictate

The event called ICL 20s World Series 2008 is a Twenty20 tri-series that will see India, Pakistan and a World team take on each other

The eight franchises will meet the IPL governing council on April 2 in Mumbai to discuss key issues like security and ticketing

The United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) has been re-recognised as an Associate member of the ICC following their suspension in March 2007

The ICC, looking to finalise the appointment of its next CEO, has informed Haroon Lorgat that a "senior representative" will meet him in this regard on Wednesday

Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, has indicated that his bowlers will target Virender Sehwag, the triple-centurion from the first Test, with more short-pitched deliveries targetted at his body

David Hussey enjoyed a cleansweep of Victoria's state awards on Tuesday, just hours after he was chosen in Australia's ODI squad to tour the West Indies in June

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for five years by a PCB disciplinary committee for violating the players' code of conduct