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Mickey Arthur, the South African coach, admitted that the tour of Sri Lanka was a disappointing one for the team

'Pulling out of the tour is a disaster' - Arthur

Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan allrounder, has been passed fit for the one-day series against England after missing the Test matches with an elbow problem

Shoaib Malik fit for one-day series

The Indian board has decided to help the Malaysian Cricket Association with installing floodlights at the Kinrara Oval, a ground which will stage the forthcoming tri-series between Australia, India and West Indies

India to set up floodlights for Kuala Lumpur tri-series

The New Zealand selectors and team management were reportedly unhappy with the fitness of two players - Jesse Ryder and Craig McMillan - during their tour of Australia last month

Bracewell unhappy with fitness of Ryder and McMillan

Michael Atherton says Australia's pace attack is unlikely to be too different from the one that featured in last year's epic Ashes series, but he still lists them as favourites this summer

Atherton questions Australia's pace attack

Faisal Iqbal has admitted that he's happy to carry on a family tradition of Test match backchat

Faisal Iqbal happy to dish out the backchat

19-Aug-2006•AFP

Race hots up for Mumbai coaching post

The race for the post for coach of the Mumbai team hots up as Balwinder Sandhu, Ashok Mankad and Jayanthilal Kenia await a final decision

Jimmy Anderson is set to return to action in club cricket when he turns out for his club side in Burnley on Saturday, but will only play as a batsman

Anderson set for club cricket

On Sunday evening, India's coach Greg Chappell addressed a news conference where he once again clarified that links with the Cricket Australia job were just speculation.

Chappell ends speculation on coaching Australia

19-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

India not to host tri-series before World Cup

India will not host a tri-series featuring West Indies and Sri Lanka in 2007 as originally planned, and will instead play separate bilateral series against both teams

Greg Chappell, the former Australia captain who is currently coaching India, has been shortlisted as one of the candidates to replace John Buchanan as the national coach

Greg Chappell in the running for Australia coach

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has invited Percy Sonn, the ICC president, to spend a few days in Colombo and assess for himself the security arrangements that are in place for touring teams

Sri Lanka to seek compensation

19-Aug-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Match abandoned after more rains

Another torrential downpour has forced the umpires to call off the first one-day international between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club

19-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Criticism is unfounded, says Cricketers' Association

The South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) has said that the criticism that South Africa have received for their decision to withdraw from the tri-series in Sri Lanka is grossly unfair and based on ignorance of the facts

Readers' feedback on South Africa's decision to withdraw from the tour of Sri Lanka

'Bombs are indiscriminate killers and being in the wrong place at the wrong time could mean death'

18-Aug-2006

West Indies seek to clear the air on Stanford confusion

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has acknowledged the success of the recently concluded Stanford 20/20 tournament and sought to clear the air after reports suggested that the Board was not supportive enough of the venture

The school team of St John's College in Johannesburg has been instructed to return home along with the South African national side mid-day through their tour of Sri Lanka because of the bomb blast in Colombo on Monday

Another South African team leaves Sri Lanka

John Buchanan has tipped Glenn McGrath to regain his opening bowling duties for the Ashes due to the magnificent "aura" he has created throughout his career

McGrath deserves new ball - Buchanan