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Bermuda women have played, and won, their first match in an under-16 boys' league as their preparations for the World Cup qualifiers got off to an excellent start

Simon Jones has suffered yet another setback in his recovery from the knee surgery he underwent last season and is due to see a specialist at Loughborough

There is increasing concern that Scotland might be thrown out of England's domestic one-day competition due to their staging "off-shore" tournaments which, the ECB say, "could dilute moneys coming into the game"

Dav Whatmore remains on top of Pakistan's wishlist to act as Bob Woolmer's successor

Shahryar Khan denies reports that he gave powers to Inzamam that converted him into a dictator

David Hussey continued his assault on the county circuit, slamming 32 from one over in a rain-reduced one-day match on Monday. George Bailey, Jimmy Maher and Marcus North were also in the runs in their limited-overs games

Jack Kerr, who played seven Tests for New Zealand in the 1930s and later went on to become the president of New Zealand Cricket, died in Christchurch on Sunday at the age of 96

Allister de Winter, the former Tasmania player, will return to Hobart as an assistant coach with the Tigers next season

Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition will be expanded again next season, with each state to face every other state before the final

Greg Blewett, who was a semi-regular member of the Australia team during the late 1990s, has retired from first-class cricket

A round-up of the latest Friends Provident matches where Surrey and Nottinghamshire are among the sides to beat the weather

The decision to reappoint Peter Chingoka as interim chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket after the board was suspended in January 2006 was forced upon the Sports & Recreation Commission

Martin Williamson with a brief history of the Afro-Asia Cup

Jesse Ryder, Ireland's overseas player from New Zealand, is unlikely to play for them again after failing to turn up for the washed out Friends Provident match against Surrey at The Oval

Sachin Tendulkar, Shoaib Akhtar, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga have been rested from the Afro-Asia Cup

Scott Styris will join Durham as an overseas player this week, bringing to three the number of New Zealand squad members in county cricket this season

Ramnaresh Sarwan said it was still unclear how long he would be out of action with his injured right shoulder. West Indies will wait until after the Headingley Test to fully assess Sarwan's chances of playing the remaining Test matches in the series

Ron Archer, the allrounder who played 19 Tests for Australia during the 1950s, has died of lung cancer at the age of 73

Bangladesh's next steps will be of great importance as they replace their coach and embark on a new path forward

A round-up of the latest Friends Provident matches as Scotland pull off a shock against Lancashire in the only game to escape the rain