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Plays of the day from the first day of the fourth Test between Australia and India

Darren Gough has admitted that he is "95% certain" that the coming season will be his last in first-class cricket

A report in today's Daily Telegraph says that the British government may stop short of banning Zimbabwe from touring in 2009 and are holding ongoing discussions with the ECB over the issue

Justin Ontong, the South Africa allrounder, has been ruled out of the next two ODIs against West Indies with a knee injury

Adam Gilchrist says the Australia team may have been affected by the reactions following the Sydney Test, and he has hit out strongly at the criticism directed towards the players

The chairman of Leicestershire, Neil Davidson, has hit out at the financial inequality affecting the future of English county cricket after compiling a damning report which highlights the massive divide within the game

The Indian Premier League, the BCCI-backed Twenty20 league, continues to gather steam - the eight cities in which the teams are to be based will be revealed when the bids for the franchises involved are opened on Thursday

Takashinga maintained their stranglehold over club cricket with a 62-run win over Bulawayo Athletic Club in the National League final in Mutare

Sreesanth was in Delhi, where it's bitterly cold, as the chief guest for the Gatorade Pacers' talent hunt but didn't allow the weather to dampen his spirits

Andrew Flintoff is heading to India with Lancashire's academy in late-February, as he steps up his rehabilitation from ankle surgery, and hopes to join his county colleagues in a tournament in the UAE in March if he manages to prove his fitness

Gatorade Pacers' second edition came to a successful finale in New Delhi, with ten fast bowlers chosen for a six-week training camp at the MRF Pace Foundation

Terry Jenner, Shane Warne's former coach and mentor, reckons India should play both Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh in the Adelaide Test

South Africa face a demanding task of three Tests in three weeks after the itinerary for their tour of India was announced

The presence of Matthew Hayden has had a calming effect on Australia over the past eight years, but when he strides back into the side in Adelaide the emotion felt will be relief

Anil Kumble seeks inspiration from India's 2003 victory at the Adelaide Oval, the match which revived his career and stunned the home side

Australia's keeper Jodie Purves has broken her thumb and will miss the entire series. She will be replaced by Leonie Coleman

Mick Lewis, the late-blooming fast bowler who became a key member of Victoria's attack and then set an unwanted international record, has announced his retirement

Ricky Ponting will keep India guessing about Australia's bowling attack until the last minute, refusing to say that Shaun Tait will be replaced by Brad Hogg

England Under-19s won the opening match of their pre-World Cup visit to Sri Lanka, beating a Sri Lankan Under-19 XI by 12 runs in a rain-affected game

Jason Gillespie, the Australian fast bowler, has signed a one-year deal with Glamorgan for the 2008 season