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A preview of the fifth round of Carib Beer matches

The third day at Hamilton was either stultifying or gripping, depending on how slowly you like to cook your contests. England creaked along at a rate of 2.14 an over, gas mark 1 by the standards of the modern game, but New Zealand kept stirring the pot ge

Shaun Tait is expected to be ready for a first-class comeback at the start of next season, according to his manager Andrew McRitchie

Andrew Miller provides the plays of the third day in Hamilton

The selection of India's Test squad for the home series against South Africa has been postponed from March 9 to March 17. The selectors will now meet in Bangalore instead of Mumbai

Harbhajan Singh, embroiled in more than one controversy in India's tour of Australia, has no praise for the Australian team and has said the side is arrogant and is not known to mingle with other teams

Five counties will enjoy more competitive pre-season warm-ups than usual when they travel to the UAE to take part in the Pro ARCH Trophy, a limited-overs series which starts on March 12

Mathew Inness has joined the growing band of state cricketers to end their careers as he departs in the same match as his Western Australia team-mate Justin Langer

The newly-constituted Irish board cricket met for the first time this week, and announced that the trading name of Irish Cricket Union Ltd will now be Cricket Ireland

Pakistan are concerned that there will be long-term implications if, as expected, Australia pull out of their scheduled tour there due to security issues

New Zealand are aiming for their first Rose Bowl win of the decade and will hope to use the momentum of Thursday's Twenty20 victory against Australia

Confusion continues to surround county players who have signed with the unauthorised Indian Cricket League

John Emburey, who parted company with Middlesex last month, has been appointed as coach to Ahmedabad Rockets, one of the two new franchises in the Indian Cricket League

A round-up of the second day of the fourth-round matches of the Pentangular Cup

The launch of the Lahore Badshahs team, which will participate in the tournament that begins on Sunday, will "add a whole new dimension to the league"

Sri Lanka last hosted the tournament in April 2004, but it was in fact a bi-lateral series which India won 5-0. India went on to win the next two editions as well

VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Wasim Jaffer and VRV Singh were among the players who checked in at the National Cricket Academy for the fitness test ahead of the South Africa series in March

The Indian team, returning after winning the tri-series in Australia, were given a rousing welcome with hundreds of fans greeting them at Delhi airport

Matthew Nicholson has joined the growing list of veterans to retire from Australian domestic cricket this season after announcing New South Wales' Pura Cup match against South Australia starting on Friday will be his last

Zaheer Khan, India's left-arm seamer who is currently recovering from injury, is unlikely to be fit for India's first Test against South Africa, starting on March 26 in Chennai