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Andrew Strauss says England must fight "fire with fire" during the Ashes and not be overawed by the reputations of Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne

Strauss wants aggressive approach

Ricky Ponting says England are under more pressure than Australia for the Ashes due to their recent poor form and injury concerns

England under more pressure - Ponting

Darrell Hair is waiting to decide whether to take legal action after his sacking from the ICC elite umpiring panel

Sacked Hair considers his future

Ricky Ponting suggested that Nathan Bracken's spell of 3 for 22, when West Indies came out all guns blazing, paved the way to victory

'Winning the event means a lot' - Ponting

05-Nov-2006•Anand Vasu in Mumbai

'We have a bit of a stage-fright' - Lara

Brian Lara, captain of the West Indies team, admitted that it was a huge disappointment to come so close to defending the Champions Trophy and then stumble at the final hurdle

05-Nov-2006•Anand Vasu in Mumbai

Australia's amazing finals spree

Australia continued their amazing run in finals, thrashing West Indies by eight wickets to lift the Champions Trophy for the first time. Cricinfo looks at the important stats from the final

05-Nov-2006•S Rajesh

Sri Lanka A gain slender lead

A round-up of the second day's play between Sri Lanka and South Zone, and North Zone against East Zone in the Duleep Trophy

Zimbabwe have suffered a setback ahead of their Bangladesh tour later this month with news that Terrence Duffin has been ruled out of the tour due to a hand injury

Duffin ruled out of Bangladesh tour

Andrew Flintoff's England side arrived in Australia early on Sunday morning to signal the start of the most anticipated Ashes series in history

England land in Sydney to begin Ashes defence

Arjuna Ranatunga, the former Sri Lankan captain, has welcomed the ICC's decision to ban Darrell Hair from umpiring in internationals

Ranatunga endorses Hair's removal

Justice Fakhruddin Ibrahim will head the new panel appointed by The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to hear the appeals against the doping bans imposed on fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif

New panel to hear doping appeal

The national selection committee will meet some time next week to pick the Sri Lanka team for the tour of New Zealand starting next month

Sri Lankan squad for NZ to be picked next week

05-Nov-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

BCCI a master of ceremonies

The BCCI put on a show to match (and in some ways outdo) the ICC awards last night, when they handed out the CK Nayudu awards for lifetime achievement in Indian cricket

04-Nov-2006•Anand Vasu at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

ICC, BCCI resolve MPA dispute

BCCI's decision to withdraw from rights bid followed legal advice

04-Nov-2006•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Ganegama strikes rock South Zone

Gangema starred for Sri Lanka A against South Zone while gautam Gambhir put in a respectable performance for North Zone against East Zone in the Duleep Trophy

Zimbabwe will be reinstated into the Test fold in November 2007 according to Percy Sonn, the ICC president, who confirmed the decision in Mumbai today

Zimbabwe Test status to be reinstated

Leading figures in Pakistan have praised the ICC's decision to ban the umpire, Darrell Hair, from officiating any further in internationals

Zaidi: Hair decision vindicates Pakistan

Ata-ur-Rehman, the banned Pakistan fast bowler, has been reinstated on the official players' list and can play from May 2007

ICC lifts life ban on Ata-ur-Rehman