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David Wiese's spectacular all-round performance, a quick-fire 138 followed by three wickets with his medium-pace, helped South Africa Academy claim a 27-run victory over the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy

Wiese's all-round show seals South African win

Anil Kumble, India's Test captain, backed his senior middle-order batsmen against criticisms on their poor performance on the Sri Lanka tour

Middle order has performed well for over a decade - Kumble

Ricky Ponting will have his first net session on Sunday since undergoing surgery on his injured right wrist last month

Ponting to test injured wrist in nets

Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire, has tended his resignation with the ICC in order to take up a coaching role

Hair quits to focus on coaching

After two low-scoring games in Dambulla, the teams move to three straight day-night contests at the Premadasa, and the statistics suggest the onus is on the top order to perform

Top-order batsmen hold the key

22-Aug-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Kaneria blow for Essex

Danish Kaneria will miss the rest of Essex's season after fracturing a finger attempting to take a return catch against Worcestershire

With doubts lingering on whether Jagmohan Dalmiya, the new Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president, would attend the BCCI's working committee meeting tomorrow, the focus now shifts to discussions on fresh qualification norms to pick the new selectio

Qualification norms for selectors to be discussed

22-Aug-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai

South Africa pull out of tournament

Cricket South Africa has decided not to send a team for the Champions Trophy in Pakistan

22-Aug-2008•Ajay S Shankar

Geeves call-up caps dramatic year

Tasmania's Brett Geeves and Jason Krejza have both fought back from tough 2007 off-seasons to earn higher honours

A decision on whether to tour Pakistan should not come down to individual New Zealand players as younger members of the squad may feel pressured into going, according to Heath Mills

Players could feel pressured to tour - Mills

Graeme Smith has revealed that he has been struggling with worsening tennis elbow during the England tour and says he will need to take some time out over the next few months to be ready to face Australia

Smith reveals elbow problem

The fate of the Champions Trophy hangs on Sunday's telephone hook-up after it emerged that India and Pakistan have hardened their position on the tournament going ahead as scheduled

Tournament hangs in balance

Steve Harmison, who came out of ODI retirement yesterday and was promptly selected in England's XI to face South Africa at Headingley, has insisted that his return has nothing to do with financial reasons

Harmison ends ODI retirement

Azeem Rafiq, the 17-year-old Yorkshire offspinner, has been given special dispensation by the ECB to play first-team cricket for the rest of the season

Azeem Rafiq available for Yorkshire

Zimbabwe's confirmation that they won't take part in next year's ICC World Twenty20 in England comes as a relief for Scotland

Scotland look forward to another 'big event'