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The Australian crawl used to be the style that powered their swimmers to the top of the world rankings, but it was never a term meant to describe their batting against the minnows of world cricket

This is the first in an occasional series of comments on the New Zealand cricket scene by Wisden CricInfo New Zealand Editor Lynn McConnell

K Madhavan, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) investigator during the match-fixing controversy, has challenged an arbitrator's decision to set aside Ajay Jadeja's five-year ban in the Madras High Court

Australia have decided to strengthen their batting for their first Test against Bangladesh, and have reverted to a four-bowler strategy

Adam Harrison has been named in the England under-19 squad for the first Test against South Africa U-19 at Headingley, starting on August 1st

Chris Read believes he is ready to step into Alec Stewart's shoes as England's first choice wicketkeeper

Glamorgan will need a further 165 runs with 7 wickets in hand to record their fourth Championship win of the season after a dramatic Hampshire fightback at The Rose Bowl

Trevor Chappell, Bangladesh's former coach, believes they are capable of becoming one of the world's leading cricket nations, but in the meantime they must overcome several problems

Lancashire 347 for 7 v Kent 602 for 6 dec

BAT Sports are boosted by the return of left-hand opener Damian Shirazi as they bid to extend their sizeable lead at the top of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League against Andover at Southern Gardens tomorrow SAT, 11.30am.

Much as Bangladesh would prefer it otherwise, the attention of the cricket world is going to be focussed on their performance against Australia for all the wrong reasons, when the first Test begins at Darwin tomorrow

1941 One of England's most accomplished wicketkeepers is born

A convincing win over bottom of the table Calmore was achieved by the youngest Hampshire Academy team yet; featuring eight teenagers and no-one over 22 years of age.

It's the midway point of the English season, and things are going swimmingly

Neil McKenzie boosted made the most of the rain-affected day for the South Africans against Somerset at Taunton

The four clubs chasing the Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 bounty should all cash in with big wins tomorrow.

Kanpur and Mohali have been confirmed as the venues for New Zealand's tour of India in September-October, but doubts have arisen about Kanpur's readiness for a match

Easton & Martyr Worthy's season has reached the crossroads.

That Bangladesh will be drubbed 0-2 by Australia is an almost foregone conclusion - barring serious intervention from the weather gods, any other result seems improbable

To the West Indies Cricket Board of Directors and to Gus Logie on his recent confirmation as Head Coach of the WICB for at least the next two years