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Michael Vaughan has fractured a finger and is likely to miss the first Test against West Indies

Vaughan likely to miss first Test

Martin Snedden has ended his role as New Zealand Cricket's chief executive after six years in the job

Snedden finishes after six years in charge

Ricky Ponting says Australia's players will be able to make up their own minds on whether to tour Zimbabwe for a one-day series in September

Players can decide whether to tour Zimbabwe

John Buchanan will pursue a career as a "mentor coach" after turning down an indirect offer to replace Greg Chappell in India

India coaching role rejected by Buchanan

Shaun Tait and Brett Lee could form an intimidating new-ball partnership after Ricky Ponting said they could both fit into the same side

Batsmen beware - Lee and Tait may open

The round-up from the second day of the latest County Championship matches

Kent crush Sussex

England women are taking a leaf out of the Australian game, by playing exhibition matches on the same day as a men's domestic Twenty20

Twenty20 vision could boost women's game

03-May-2007•Jenny Thompson

Fitzpatrick in the running to be England coach

Cathryn Fitzpatrick is one of the candidates for the England women's coach role

03-May-2007•Jenny Thompson

Aaqib Javed offered Bangladesh post

Aaqib Javed is offered the bowling coach's position for the Bangladesh national side

The three-match ODI series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi faces delays

Abu Dhabi series faces delays

Niall O'Brien, the Ireland wicketkeeper-batsman, will play for Ireland during the Friends Provident Trophy

Niall O'Brien free to play for Ireland

Darren Berry, the former Victoria captain, will return to the squad as its assistant coach later this month

Berry named assistant coach at Victoria

Stuart MacGill believes it is "naïve" to think sport and politics do not mix as Australia wait to make a decision on whether to tour Zimbabwe in September

MacGill speaks out over Zimbabwe tour

The World Cup has returned to Australia, landing in Sydney on Thursday morning with most of the side that won the trophy in Barbados on Saturday

Partying Australians return with the World Cup

Simon Katich showed no ill-effects from having been dropped from Cricket Australia's 25-man contract list on Tuesday by hitting an unbeaten double-century a day later

Katich lifts spirits with county double-century

Marlon Samuels has been dropped from the 15-man squad for the four-Test series in England which starts next week

Samuels ditched for England tour

The round-up from the opening day of the latest County Championship matches

Vaughan finds form and Kent hit back

Mike Brearley, the former England captain, will serve as the next president of MCC

Brearley named next MCC president

02-May-2007•Martin Williamson

West Indies board ready to take on players

The dispute between the West Indies board and the players took another twist yesterday when the WICB sid that it was prepared to replace any players who refused to sign the tour contracts