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Niranjan Shah has hinted that an impressive showing in the County Championship in England could earn Sourav Ganguly a recall to the national team

County stint crucial for Ganguly - Shah

Sylvester Joseph has been appointed captain of the West Indies A side for the tour of England in July and August this year

Sylvester Joseph to lead strong A squad in England

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has decided to commission a financial review of all 18 first-class counties

ECB to review funding deficit

The latest from this week's County Championship matches

Sussex go top for a night

The ECB has reacted to counter criticism of this season's C&G Trophy by announcing that in 2007 the competition will feature semi-finals as well as a final at Lord's

C&G Trophy to include semi-finals in 2007

Budhi Kunderan, the former Indian wicketkeeper, has died at the age of 66. He was suffering from lung cancer

Budhi Kunderan dies at the age of 66

Cricinfo has learned that young Zimbabwe legspinner Graeme Cremer is in South Africa for trials with the Highveld Lions side

Cremer heads to South Africa

Zimbabwe A coach Andy Pycroft has told Zimbabwe's Independent newspaper that he is not worried about losing the first `Test' against Bangladesh, and warned that he expects more of the same when the two sides meet again

Pycroft unconcerned with defeats

Allan Border has ended his one-year retirement from the Australian selection panel and will replace the former chairman Trevor Hohns, who resigned in April

Border back as national selector

Stewart Regan, Yorkshire's chief executive, has decided to meet players and management next week to get to the bottom of the county's poor start to the season

Yorkshire set for crisis meeting

The success of Twenty20 cricket in New Zealand has prompted Martin Snedden, the New Zealand Cricket chief executive, to label the short format as "the future of the game"

Twenty20 'part of future of cricket' - Snedden

Lara fields the press: It's a strange situation to be in when, having ended the day on a dominant position, you're questioned on a selectorial decision.

'It doesn't matter where Brian Lara bats' - Lara

23-Jun-2006•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in St Kitts

Gayle's St Kitts special

Gayle's 83 definitely made the first day of Test cricket at Warner Park in St Kitts a memorable affair for the locals

23-Jun-2006•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in St Kitts

Jayawardene upbeat despite Murali loss

Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the rest of Sri Lanka's tour of England because he is flying home to be with his son who is ill

Michael Vaughan is set to find out whether he needs more surgery on his injured knee on Monday after a meeting between England and Yorkshire physios

Vaughan could face more surgery

The latest from this week's County Championship matches

Thorp crushes Hampshire in style

The ECB have announced that the 50-over domestic competition, currently the C&G Trophy, will include a semi-final stage in 2007

Semi-finals for 50-over tournament in 2007

Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, a government minister, will stand for the post of president in the forthcoming cricket board elections, the first elections to be held since 2004

Government minister to stand for cricket board presidency