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John Blain has been named Scotland's Allrounder of the Year

Despite coming under pressure from the England and Indian boards, the UK-based players who have signed up to the Indian Cricket League have insisted that they will not renege on their contracts

Rajshahi's winning run was finally halted in the third round of the 9th National Cricket League largely due to the weather at Chittagong as their closest rivals Khulna failed in their bid to close the gap

Shoaib Malik has been retained as Pakistan captain until December 2008 after receiving a 12-month extension by the PCB on his current appointment that was made in April following Pakistan's dismal World Cup performance

Stephanie Davies is in line for her England debut after being called into the 15-player squad for the Australia and New Zealand tours this winter. Rosalie Birch is also recalled

Zimbabwe Cricket has stripped several former players and administrators of their honorary life president and vice-president status as part of a continuing cleansing of anyone opposed to the Peter Chingoka-led regime

Mike Watkinson has confirmed he will stay at Lancashire as their cricket manager, despite months of speculation linking him with the post of ECB's national performance director

Zimbabwe Cricket will hold its AGM this weekend ... but only hand-picked delegates are allowed to attend

Michael Hussey shook off his fears over a short Test lead-up to register his sixth Test century and continue an impressive rebuild of Australia's team after the loss of three greats

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, expects his batsmen to adopt the same approach as Australian pair Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke

Although the annual general meeting of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union doesn't take place until this Friday (August 6), Wisden Cricinfo has learned that the entire board will be returned unopposed

Captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Shoaib Malik were fined 10 percent of their match fees while the other players each received five per cent fines for slow over-rates

Plays of the day from the second day of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

A round-up of the second day of the fourth round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Steve Harmison admitted to being rusty even though he took 6 for 91 from 23 overs on his debut for the Lions against the Cobras in South Africa's SuperSport Series

Craig Cumming and Chris Martin have been added to New Zealand's squad for the one-day series against South Africa

Bob Woolmer's stomach samples contained significant amounts of a pesticide, the chief forensic officer at the government forensic laboratory in Kingston told the inquest

Sidharth Monga presents the Plays of the day for the second ODI between India and Pakistan in Mohali

Anil Kumble has been named India's captain for the three-Test series against Pakistan

The ICC had to cancel one of its scheduled preliminary visits to Pakistan in connection with the tournament following the imposition of emergency by President Pervez Musharraf