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Roy McLean, the former South Africa batsman, has died in Johannesburg aged 77 after a long illness

Roy McLean dies aged 77

The Delhi High Court has said the BCCI cannot terminate the services of players who join the ICL

Players can't lose jobs for joining ICL, says court

Loots Bosman is a doubtful starter for the Twenty20 World Championship, but his lower back injury isn't as serious as was feared

Bosman injury not as serious as feared

A fractured rib for Shane Warne and disciplinary breaches by three players dominated the headlines in an eventful off-field week for Australians in county cricket

Warne's broken rib hurts Hampshire

Cricket Australia will continue to monitor the situation in Hyderabad after a series of bomb blasts on Saturday killed more than 40 people

Indian bomb blasts concern player body

A round-up from the latest Pro40 matches

Surrey consign Yorkshire to first defeat

26-Aug-2007•John Ward at Scarborough

England cautious on Flintoff return

Peter Moores made optimistic noises about the chances of Flintoff playing tomorrow but added they would take the long-term plans into the equation

26-Aug-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan at Edgbaston

Bond reported to be on ICL radar

Shane Bond has reportedly being made a "staggering" offer to join the ICL

Erapalli Prasanna, the former India offspinner, has criticised the Indian board for not utilising his services enough at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore and stated that as his reason for joining the Indian Cricket League's executive board

Prasanna joined ICL after being 'under-utilised' by BCCI

The West Indies Cricket Board has accepted, "with regret", the resignation of its chief executive Bruce Aanensen after a meeting in Barbados on Saturday

West Indies board accepts CEO's resignation

Part of the squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa next month, Younis said winning the tournament would add to the team's confidence ahead of the home series against South Africa

Younis signs central contract

A summary of the latest round of County Championship matches

Nottinghamshire hold their nerve

Syed Ashraful Huq, the chief executive of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) believes that China's foray into the game will boost the chances of cricket making it as an Olympic sport

China can help cricket get Olympic status - ACC chief

Andrew Flintoff has received a cortisone injection in his right knee after a scan showed mild inflammation following the second one-day international against India at Bristol

Lewis called up amid Flintoff concern

Hemang Badani, the former India player, has signed with the Indian Cricket League

Badani signs up for ICL

The ICC's decision to allow an extra fielder outside the circle for the second and third Powerplays will give teams more spin options

Dravid pleased with Powerplay modification

25-Aug-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Bristol

England fined for slow over-rate

Paul Collingwood has been fined 50% of his match fee for England's slow over-rate in the second ODI against India at Bristol

Laxmi Shukla, the Bengal allrounder, has confirmed the news that he will not be signing up with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and will remain with his state side

Shukla backs out of ICL