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Shane Warne delayed his return to Victoria as the Bushrangers named an unchanged side to face South Australia in the ING Cup match on Sunday

Victoria aim for ING Cup final without Warne

Mark Cosgrove, the South Australia left-hander, can win the World Cup for his country, according to Darren Lehmann

Lehmann backs 'Baby Boof' for World Cup

Simon Katich knows three opening batsmen can't cram into two places, but he is prepared to adjust to stay at the top of Australia's order

Katich feels pressure of state rivalry

Chris Cairns returns to Trent Bridge for three matches of Nottinghamshire's new season

Cairns returns to Nottinghamshire

Pakistan's strike bowler, Shoaib Akhtar, has passed himself fit for the third Test against India at Karachi on Sunday

Shoaib confirms his fitness

Ricky Ponting's rest will include a second match as Adam Gilchrist was confirmed as captain for the VB Series clash with Sri Lanka at Perth

Ponting on holiday for another ODI

The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced remedial measures while stoutly defending itself and the Pakistan team management

'We wanted pitches with bounce' - Woolmer

Zimbabwe's players are preparing to go to court in a bid to extract their unpaid salaries and match fees from their cricket board

Zimbabwe players prepare to sue board

Ashwell, South Africa's middle-order batsman, has been named vice captain of the side following Jacques Kallis's departure home due to a shoulder injury

Prince named South African vice-captain

Adam Gilchrist, the stand-in captain, has called for a regular opening partnership to be established ahead of the 2007 World Cup and has thrown his weight behind Simon Katich

Gilchrist bats for regular opening partner

Statistical milestones apart, the first two Tests of this series will probably be forgotten before too long

'Not good for India-Pakistan cricket'

25-Jan-2006•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Inzamam confident of playing at Karachi

Praises Younis Khan's captaincy

All three of Wednesday's State Shield matches were washed out without a ball being bowled

All three State Shield matches washed out

Ashley Giles' chances of being fit for England's tour of India appear to be diminishing, with the news that his recovery has stalled

Giles' optimism fading fast

James Franklin, the Wellington and New Zealand fast bowler, says he isn't going to try and stake his claims as the next allrounder following the retirement of Chris Cairns

Franklin says allrounder tag is premature

Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan allrounder, has gone back to Sialkot following the death of his father on Tuesday night

Bereaved Malik leaves camp