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Adam Mountford has been named as the new producer of BBC Radio's Test Match Special, replacing the legendary Peter Baxter, who has spent 34 years in the role and is set to retire after the fourth Test against West Indies at Chester-le-Street on June 20

India's board president, Sharad Pawar, has said he will not be seeking to step in as Percy Sonn's short-term successor at the ICC, adding that the post should be filled by a fellow South African at least until Sonn's two-year tenure expires at the end of

The Irish Cricket Union has confirmed that the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa will take place as planned following Nimbus's move to televise the matches

Ireland are scouting around for a replacement overseas player after Jesse Ryder's no-show for the Friends Provident match against Surrey.

All the England players who appeared during the Headingley Test have been made available to counties that have Friends Provident matches over the next three days

Zimbabwe's Graeme Cremer has been slammed by an Oxfordshire club side after he failed to honour an agreement to play for them this summer

Younis Khan is unlikely to captain Pakistan again in the future, at least under the current board administration

Training camp has been announced for the Pakistan U-19 team

Derbyshire's problems with the setting sun again caused a delay as they lost their floodlit Friends Provident Trophy match against Yorkshire at Derby by 39 runs

Muralitharan, playing for Lancashire, Vaas for Middlesex, and Sangkkara for Warwickshire, will miss the Afro-Asia Cup, hosted by India in early June, due to their county commitments

Teams will be allowed an additional fielder outside the 30-yard circle during the second or third Powerplay, the International Cricket Council's Cricket Committee has recommended after their two-day meeting in Dubai

Ramnaresh Sarwan described West Indies' mammoth loss at Headingley as "really sad" and said the players needed to be in a better frame of mind to challenge England at Old Trafford next week

Mathew Sinclair is considering a move to England, Australia or South Africa after being dumped from New Zealand's list of contracted players for the second time

Adam Gilchrist has hinted at his possible retirement from one-day cricket to extend his Test career, although he is not ready for such a move yet

Zimbabwe's hopes of resuming playing Test cricket have been dealt a hammer blow by the ICC Cricket Committee which met in Dubai this week

The newly constituted ICC Cricket Committee concluded its meeting in Dubai with recommendations on issues including ball-tampering, ODI regulations, glue on pitches, volume of cricket, international umpiring and role of television umpire

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The Jamaican batsman, Marlon Samuels, has been drafted into the West Indian squad as a replacement for their injured captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan, who was forced out of the tour after damaging his shoulder in a fielding accident at Headingley last week

Kevin Pietersen insists he is quite happy just being one of the troops in England's one-day side, despite suggestions from some high-profile pundits, including Graham Thorpe and David Lloyd, that he should be offered the one-day captaincy in place of Mich

Nimbus, the Indian television network, have secured the rights for India's offshore series against South Africa in Ireland in June. The series was under BCCI's deal with Zee Sports fell through, but Nimbus have stepped in to alleviate Ireland's fear of th