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Andre Nel, the South African pace bowler, will return to Essex for the first part of the 2007 season once his participation at the World Cup is complete

England's net session at the WACA today marked the start of what, in Kevin Pietersen's estimation, is "a huge, huge week" for the team

Nicky Boje, the South African left-arm spinner, has decided to retire from international cricket to concentrate on his domestic career

Rod Marsh, the former Australia wicketkeeper who headed the ECB's Academy from 2001 to 2005, has slammed the England board, accusing it of virtually losing the Ashes when it decided to allow Troy Cooley to return to Australia

Daniel Smith, the wicketkeeper, has been chosen as a specialist batsman for New South Wales' Pura Cup match against Victoria

Ricky Ponting has admitted to being disappointed by the timing of Damien Martyn's shock retirement

Richard Done, the ICC's High Performance Manager, has questioned Bermuda fitness levels

Mumbai has been chosen as the venue for the World Cup 2011 final through a joint decision taken by the four subcontinental boards

Justin Langer believes Damien Martyn's unexpected international departure will stop a "mass exodus" of senior players over the next six months

Shane Watson is due to make his domestic return against South Australia on Friday after a series of injury setbacks

Ozias Bvute, Zimbabwe Cricket's managing director, has tried to cool temperatures after Zimbabwe's humiliation in Bangladesh

Now the chairman of the selection committee, Dilip Vengsarkar said that he would share his inputs with the team management, but insisted that he was not in South Africa on some sort of coercive mission

Injured Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is unlikely to play at his home ground in Multan in the fourth ODI against the West Indies on Wednesday. Apart from Inzamam, Pakistan will be without Mohammad Yousuf, who will stay in Lahore to be with his wife, and

Sam Collins rounds up all the domestic action in South Africa for the week ending December 10, 2006

Zimbabwe won all three of their matches in the African pre-qualifiers in Nairobi to gain a place at next year's World Cup qualifying tournament in Pakistan

England's former captain and wicketkeeper, Alec Stewart, believes that Steve Harmison has to be picked for Thursday's crucial Test at the WACA despite concerns about his form, because he is a proven matchwinner, and winning the match is what England have

Andrew Symonds doesn't look like the sort of character to suffer from insecurity

Australia's legendary fast bowler, Dennis Lillee, has criticised England's administrators and believes that a lack of preparation has undermined what ought to have been another close-run Ashes contest

Khaled Mashud has been replaced by Nadif Chowdhury, a Bangladesh under-19 batsman, for the two one-day matches against Scotland starting December 15

Brian Lara, the West Indies captain, refused to make any excuses for the poor show by his side in the third one-day against Pakistan at Lahore, blaming the bowlers for the reversal