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Zimbabwe suffered a disappointing defeat in their warm-up match against West Indies Vice-Chancellor's XI at Antigua's Jolly Beach

Zimbabwe's bowling a cause for concern

New Zealand have recalled Kyle Mills into their side for the third and final Test against South Africa

Mills in for Patel

Suresh Raina and S Sreesanth have been offered Group C player contracts with a retainership of Rs 20,00,000 ($44,618)

Sreesanth and Raina offered Group C contracts

The ICC's cricket committee will debate whether or not to allow players a limited number of appeals per innings if they feel that the on-field umpire has made an incorrect decision

ICC may allow appeals against umpire's decisions

A round-up from the latest Championship matches as Andrew Strauss strikes an important century and Ian Bell also finds his form

Strauss and Bell find form

Shaun Pollock is set to take his place in the final Test against New Zealand at Johannesburg

Pollock on course for Test recovery

Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje may be forced to miss the Champions Trophy in India later this year, after the Indian board stopped short of giving an assurance that the pair would be immune from questioning

Gibbs and Boje may miss Champions Trophy

Muttiah Muralitharan is to fly home following a family bereavement

Muralitharan flying home

Andrew Flintoff has brushed aside, nonchalantly, concerns that the captaincy at home against Sri Lanka next week will be an added burden to his burgeoning list of roles within the England team.

Flintoff undaunted by prospect of captaincy

He may be older, he may be struggling with injuries, he may not even be batting as well as he once was, but Sachin Tendulkar, the icon, the brand, still sells. This much at least, after signing a new three-year marketing deal reportedly worth in the regio

Tendulkar signs new marketing deal

In the meticulous fashion that we have come to expect from such a metronomic great, Glenn McGrath has chalked out his comeback plan into the Australian side

McGrath targets Champions Trophy return

Pommie Mbangwa, the former Zimbabwe bowler, has bemoaned the state of cricket in his country and has pleaded with officials to "agree on a way to move things forward".

Mbangwa pities Zimbabwe's young guns

Doug Insole has been appointed president of MCC for a one-year term beginning this October

Doug Insole appointed MCC president

Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh's often-spectacular, often-ordinary batting star, is off to play league cricket in England. Ashraful has signed up for Rainhill Cricket Club in Liverpool in a bid to recapture some batting form

Ashraful off to Liverpool for league cricket

India have announced proposals to play two triangular series, one in Sri Lanka and one in North America

India confirm Sri Lanka tri-series

Ehsan Mani, the ICC president, has said that he believes the next two women's World Cups, in Australia in 2009 and India four years later, will take the sport to a new level

Major boost to come from women's World Cup

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Altaf denies rift with Woolmer

Saleem Altaf, Director of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), dismissed speculation and rumours of a rift Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach

A decision on whether or not to include Shaun Pollock to play against New Zealand in the third and final Test at the Wanderers on Friday will be left as late as possible

Pollock given time to recover

Tickets for next year's World Cup finally went on sale across the Caribbean yesterday, with ticket offices opening and online sales underway

World Cup tickets go on sale