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Domestic one-day cricket in England will become the testing ground for a ground-breaking use of the TV umpire's position with a referral system set to be introduced for the new season

Tasmania have rewarded the in-form batsman Tim Paine by handing him the wicketkeeping duties for their Pura Cup match against Western Australia at Hobart starting on Tuesday

Graham Gooch is the latest former England captain to call for Duncan Fletcher to be held accountable for his selection decisions

David Morgan, the ECB chairman who has recently been re-elected to another two-year term, is in line to become the next president of ICC.

Jacques Kallis, very much the cornerstone of South Africa's Test side, is embroiled in a controversy over his refusal to sing the national anthem

Confusion over the match between India and Pakistan Legends sides appears to have been slightly eased with the announcement that the game is set to take place on March 3 at the 60,000-capacity Rogers Centre in Toronto

The Asian Television Network International Limited has been confirmed as the sole sponsor of the Canadian full and Under-19 sides

Pakistan have retained Inzamam-ul-Haq as captain for next year's World Cup

Sourav Ganguly thanked his team-mates for the "outstanding" support that had facilitated his return to the side after nearly a year away

In the wake of the most serious drugs scandal to hit cricket, Shoaib Akhtar, the man at the centre of it, has called for greater awareness to be created among cricketers, especially in Pakistan, about doping issues.

It was a depressing end to a superb innings. As Alastair Cook trudged despairingly from the crease after recording his maiden Ashes century, he was so crestfallen he could barely raise his bat to acknowledge a deserved standing ovation

Nicky Boje, who announced his retirement from international cricket earlier in the week, has slammed South Africa's selection policies

The "A" word has not been spoken much by the Australians this week but after Glenn McGrath swept two late wickets he realised how close the prize was to returning "home"

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand left-arm spinner, has been rested for the two Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka at Wellington and Auckland on December 22 and 26

A round-up of the fourth day's play of State Championship matches from December 14 -17, 2006

Michael Holding believes that Glenn McGrath should bring the curtain down on his Test career at the end of the Ashes series and retire completely following next year's World Cup

After a potentially match-winning spell of 5 for 40 on Saturday, Sreesanth spoke to the media about how a chat with Allan Donald in the morning had helped him

Mickey Arthur, who has asked for "fast and bouncy" pitches in the build-up to this Test series, admitted that South Africa had been comprehensively outplayed so far at the Wanderers

Inzamam-ul-Haq and Bennett King spoke to the media at the end of the series

A timeline of Jagmohan Dalmiya's dramatic career since September 2004