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Kenya's preparations for the forthcoming tri-series in Mombasa and the World Cricket League in Nairobi continue to be thwarted by appalling weather which has lashed the capital since November

Weather frustrates Kenya's preparations

Shane Warne is often named as the reason Stuart MacGill has not been a mainstay of the Australia team for the past decade. MacGill, however, believes his opportunities could have been even more limited had Warne never arrived on the international scene

MacGill credits Warne with his own success

Australia will struggle to fill the gaping hole left by Glenn McGrath's departure, according to Shane Warne

'McGrath cannot be replaced'

Simon Jones believes he'll be ready to make a comeback to cricket in April

Jones pushing for return to cricket

Follow-up interviews and off-the-record phone conversations with USA's Major League Cricket explain their official silence on USACA's current problems

Major League Cricket explains its silence

01-Jan-2007•Deb K Das

EA Sports game, a DVD and Boofy up for grabs!

01-Jan-2007

You have to take responsibility - Prince

Ashwell Prince has been South Africa's batting star in the first two Tests against India, scoring 97 in a lost cause at the Wanderers before coming up with a matchwinning 121 at Kingsmead

Somerset have confirmed that Justin Langer, who is retiring from Test cricket after the final Ashes Test at Sydney, will be their captain for the 2007 season

Somerset confirm Langer deal

The thought of stepping out onto the turf at a venue where he spent his formative years filled Paul Harris with excitement. Harris will make his debut in the third Test against India at Cape Town

Cape Town debut is Harris's dream come true

Morne van Wyk, the hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman for the Eagles, will captain Rest of South Africa in their three-day match against Pakistan, which starts on January 6 at Kimberley

Morne van Wyk leads Rest of South Africa

The Duckworth-Lewis method of reaching targets in interrupted one-day internationals has now been the official decider for 10 years

A decade of Duckworth-Lewis

Spotlight on Pathan, Kaif and Raina as they plot their return to Team India

More than a match at stake

01-Jan-2007•Sidharth Monga

'Pathan looking forward to bowling' - More

Irfan Pathan prepares to play his first Ranji Trophy game against Uttar Pradesh since being sent home from the tour of South Africa, Sidharth Monga reports from Bardoa

01-Jan-2007•Sidharth Monga in Vadodara

'We've dominated the Indians through the summer' - Smith

Two days on from an ultimately emphatic victory in Durban, Graeme Smith was confident that his South African side held the edge going into the decisive third Test at Newlands

Rahul Dravid was confident that India could come back strongly after having gone down by 174 runs at Kingsmead to leave the series all square

Dravid confident of strong showing

Adam Voges kept his name in the frame for Australia's one-day squad with a powerful 74 off 45 balls to set up a 26-run win for Western Australia against New South Wales at Perth

Voges and Hogg star for Warriors

Middlesex's offspinning allrounder, Jamie Dalrymple, is in line for an Ashes debut at Sydney tomorrow, as England seek to avert their first Ashes whitewash for 86 years

Dalrymple in line for Test debut

01-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller in Sydney

Buchanan deserves praise for outstanding record

Ricky Ponting has praised the work of the coach John Buchanan for much of Australia's recent success

01-Jan-2007•AFP

Zimbabwe board backs Pawar's nomination

The Zimbabwe cricket board has backed Sharad Pawar's nomination for the post of ICC president