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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

Habibul Bashar, the Bangladesh captain, has announced that he will step down as skipper of the one-day team with immediate effect.

Rahul Dravid took the Indian series win against Bangladesh in perspective and refused to get too excited about the result

Ravi Shastri, India's cricket manager, made it clear that there was no way he would be continuing with the job as he had other professional commitments

Jesse Ryder, the precocious allrounder from Wellington, is ready to turn his back on New Zealand and pledge his future to England

Tributes flow in for Percy Sonn

Percy Sonn remains in a serious condition at the Durbanville Medi-Clinic in Cape Town

Percy Sonn, the president of the International Cricket Council, has died in Cape Town. He was in a critical condition for a few days, after a colon surgery lead to complications

Michael Tissera, the outgoing manager of the Sri Lankan team, has said Sri Lanka's defeat in the recent three-match series against Pakistan, in the Abu Dhabi, could be attributed to post World Cup fatigue

The Sri Lanka A squad for the tour of England starting in July is expected to be drawn from the squad of 19 players selected for training on February 21

Rumesh Ratnayake is due to sign a four-year contract from September, 2007 to August , 2011. This is the first time any coach assigned to the national team is going to be signed for such a long period of time

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches across the country

Dinesh Karthik promises consistency with the bat after his fine century against Bangladesh

Hoddesdon is ready to host a match against England women as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations

The UAE have announced their plans for a women's national team

As preparations for a World Cup go, this is one of the more unusual ones - entering an Under-16 boys' league

Separate camps in Mysore and Bangalore

Nottinghamshire have signed former England A seamer Simon Francis to bolster a bowling attack which has lost Ryan Sidebottom to England and Andy Harris to injury

It is hardly a surprise that Ian Botham has been made a knight, but it is a richly deserved honour

Adidas, the sports good manufacturer, has dragged Nike, its competitor, to court over the use of Sachin Tendulkar's images in advertisement campaigns