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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami has been ruled out of the forthcoming home series against Bangladesh with an ankle injury

Cricket Australia (CA) will review its codes and policies for anti-doping breaches after a decision by an independent arbitrator according to James Sutherland, chief executive of CA

Hampshire look set to announce the signing of Chaminda Vaas as their overseas replacement for veteran Pakistani Wasim Akram who quit the county earlier in the month

Leicestershire have been given permission by the West Indies Cricket Board to sign West Indies allrounder Vasbert Drakes as a replacement for Virender Sehwag who quit the county last week

The ECB Southern Electric Premier League is to play a 50-over `international' match against its visiting Australian cricketers at New Milton's Fernhill complex on Sunday August 10, starting at 12 noon.

Kent beat Yorkshire today to inflict the third defeat in four matches on the current Frizzell Women's County Champions at Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, and launch a late assault on Yorkshire's crown

Cricket Australia (CA) will review its codes and policies for anti-doping breaches after a decision by an independent arbitrator according to James Sutherland, chief executive of CA

Jacques Kallis will miss the second Test against England which starts at Lord's on Thursday, but will return in time for the third Test which starts at Trent Bridge on August 14

2001 Hamilton Masakadza becomes the first black African to score a Test century - and, for all of 41 days, the youngest debutant centurion in Test history

Sachin Tendulkar played down the fact that he had recently been overtaken by Steve Waugh in total Test centuries scored, saying that the two batsmen were not in competition with each other

Hampshire keep faith with the same eleven that pulled off the exciting victory over Nottinghamshire Outlaws last Monday evening under the Trent Bridge floodlights with the only alteration being the inclusion of fit-again spinner Shaun Udal.

An increase in the number of situations where penalty runs can be imposed - even retrospectively - was the main outcome of a review of cricket's laws by a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) working party

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has voiced concerns over a lack of consistency among the elite panel of International Cricket Council (ICC) umpires

Heavy rain washed out Saturday's entire ECB Southern Electric Premier League and Hampshire League, County Division programmes.

Cheshire 158 and 52-0

Glamorgan lost a dramatic floodlit National League match against Worcestershire at New Road by 3 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method after being set a revised target of 126 to win in 18 overs

Sri Lankan left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas is having talks today with Hampshire Cricket officials about becoming their overseas player as replacement for the departed Wasim Akram.

Nasser Hussain began his captaincy with the press muttering that he was the least-liked player on the county circuit and a self-important brat

New Zealand representatives Chris Harris and Craig McMillan added another side to their list of credits when playing for Gloucestershire in a one-day match against India A at Cheltenham yesterday

Matthew Engel, writing in The Guardian , called it the most surprising thing to happen in England since "Harold Wilson walked out of Downing Street for no obvious reason 27 years ago"