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Mohammad Ibrahim, the right-hand batsman from Rawalpindi, will lead the Pakistan Under-19 team in the two-four day matches against the touring India U-19 squad

Ibrahim to lead Pakistan Under-19s

England's hunt for match-winning spinners will break new ground on Sunday with the start of the ECB's first 'spin match' at the County Ground in Derby

Youngsters set for 'spin match'

Johan Botha is finding things tough after the ICC termed his bowling action illegal for a second time in his career

Botha's action declared illegal once again

Graeme Smith, the South African captain, has slammed Kevin Pietersen for criticising South Africa's selection policies

Graeme Smith slams Pietersen

The new, training-in-batches approach currently being used by the Indian team in Bangalore has come in for more praise from the players

Kaif and Yuvraj all praise for training methods

The $5 million winner-takes-all Stanford 20/20 SuperStar game between West Indies and South Africa due to be played on November 10 is unlikely to be resurrected

Stanford 20/20 match will not go ahead

02-Sep-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Holding quits West Indies cricket committee

Michael Holding has resigned from the cricket committee of the West Indies board (WICB) afer expressing unease with the way that it the committee - formed by the WICB to take responsibility for cricketing-related matters - was not consulted over decisions

Northamptonshire have awarded David Sales a benefit for next season

Northants award Sales benefit

Shoaib Akhtar is happy to be back in international cricket and hopes that he will be able to stay fit and reach his peak at the Champions Trophy

Shoaib happy to have found his rhythm

Andrew Strauss, the England captain, has said that the England one-day side will need to re-group quickly if they are to be a force to reckon with in next year's World Cup in the West Indies

Strauss urges England to get their act together

The Pakistan board plans to send Shabbir Ahmed to Australia to undergo lab tests on his bowling action before the ICC reviews his ban again

Shabbir to go to Australia to correct action

Virender Sehwag has praised the innovative rolling camp in Bangalore, saying that such camps are ideal preparation for the upcoming season and next year's World Cup in the West Indies

Sehwag praises 'ideas' camp

Australia are twice the team they were when losing the Ashes last year and are ready to wrest back the urn from England, according to Glenn McGrath

'We're twice as good as last year' - McGrath

01-Sep-2006•AFP

Sutherland supports "outstanding" Hair

James Sutherland has kept the door open on Darrell Hair's umpiring career by calling him an "outstanding" and "highly respected" official

Six South African grounds will compete to be one of the three venues for the Twenty20 World Championship in 2007

South Africa gears up for Twenty20 World Championship

The $5 million winner-takes-all Stanford 20/20 SuperStar game between West Indies and South Africa due to be played on November 10 has been cancelled

Stanford's $5 million bonanza scrapped

The Indian board today launched its official ratings for international and domestic cricket, including women and juniors

BCCI launches its official ratings

Mel Johnson, the chairman of Australia's umpire selection panel, has said that Darrell Hair could still umpire on the international panel in Australia

Australia's umpire panel seems interested in Hair

Lancashire's coach Mike Watkinson has signed a contract extension which will keep him at Old Trafford until the end of the 2009 season

Watkinson signs new Lancashire contract