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Kris Britt, Emma Sampson and Clea Smith have been included in Australia's team for their Twenty20 match against the New Zealand women at Darwin

Javed Miandad says he is willing to work with freshly-appointed Pakistan coach, Geoff Lawson

Andrew Symonds believes it is a shame that Twenty20 is being legitimised to the point of staging a World Championship and says Australia would prefer to keep having fun with the concept

Numbers seem to dominate Mark Cosgrove's life

A round-up from the three remaining Twenty20 quarter-finals as Lancashire and Nottinghamshire reach Finals Day

Just over a month ago, Mike Powell faced life-threatening complications following surgery. Happily, he's now recovering - and can see the lighter side of life, after having his rib buried at Sophia Gardens

Hosts South Africa have named a 30-man provisional squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship to be held in September

The MCC suffered an embarrassing - and rare - defeat at a special general meeting last week when a motion tabled by members to check the actions of the committee was passed by 4121 votes to 2741

Matthew Hoggard will have his back injury reassessed on Monday and is a doubtful starter for the second Test against India at Trent Bridge, a week on Friday, after an MRI scan revealed irritation in a disc in his back

Sri Lanka have named Paul Farbrace, a coaching director at Kent, as their new assistant coach

Partab Ramchand on India's miserable tour of England in 1974

He hasn't played a Test for India in over a year but, after his ebullient half-century against England Lions last week, Yuvraj Singh is confident that he will get his chance

Surrey have finalised proposals for a £35million investment at The Oval in a bid for their ground to remain competitive to host international cricket

The caribbeancricket.com website has reported that most of the West Indies squad had to spend an extra two days in the UK waiting for flights back to the Caribbean

Peter Denning, who was an ever-present for Somerset throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, has died after a short battle with cancer

Auckland officials have asked the ICC for permission to include Colin de Grandhomme as one of their contracted players for the 2007-08 season

Australia will be looking for a repeat of last years 5-0 Rose Bowl sweep

Peter Moores speaks on what he thinks will help Pietersen prevent fatigue and extend his career

Shivnarine Chanderpaul's move to Durham has been delayed with his work permit taking longer than expected

Mashrafe Mortaza has promised his side will look a different outfit when they don their pyjamas and take on Sri Lanka in the three-match ODI series