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Chris Cairns's return to the bowling crease for his English county Nottinghamshire in their most recent game, against Kent at Maidstone, saw him join a select band of New Zealand cricketers

Just how close are India and Pakistan to playing each other in bilateral international cricket at the senior level

Can the blind show the way

In a bid to control costs and streamline its administration, the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has terminated the services of three international umpires and 36 coaches

A captain's innings from Australian one-day player Michael Clarke saved the Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI from embarrassment on the first day of their four-day game against the Bangladeshis at Darwin's Marrara Oval today

Richard Johnson has been given until Saturday morning to prove his fitness ahead of the NatWest Series final against South Africa at Lord's

1949 In Bombay, one of the greatest openers of all time is born

An unbeaten 111 Robert Croft allowed Glamorgan to recover from 93-5 to 337-9 at the end of the first day of their County Championship match against Somerset at Cardiff

Cricket is famously fixated with highests, mosts, longests, quickests

A fine maiden first-class century from Parthiv Patel was the highlight of the second day of this tour match

Zimbabwe suffered an unhappy but rather predictable end to their tour with a seven-wicket loss to South Africa at Southampton

Glamorgan have the upper hand at the end of the second day`s play of their County Championship match with Somerset at Sophia Gardens

Bashley (Rydal) could give BAT Sports a significant boost in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League title race by beating weakened Havant at the BCG tomorrow SAT, 11.30am.

Kent 362 and 418 for 3 dec v Nottinghamshire 156 and 29 for 2 at Maidstone Scorecard Kent took complete charge of their match at Mote Park, setting Notts an unlikely victory target of 625 and removing two batsmen by the close

It's a key day in the Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 promotion stakes, with leaders Alton entertaining New Milton, and Trojans facing Winchester KS at Stoneham Lane.

A team of Australian cricket statisticians and historians have been scouring their country's archives on a project that will be an outstanding contribution to the game's already impressive database

Geoff Marsh , the Zimbabwe coach, has criticised the state of English pitches, claiming that they are a poor breeding-ground for top-class international bowlers

Zimbabwe seamer Gary Brent will be eager to get in some long awaited bowling pratice when he makes his anticipated Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 return for Burridge at Lymington tomorrow.

England fast bowler Matthew Hoggard will join 19 of the UK's fastest young bowlers who will be battling it out to win this year's NatWest Speed Challenge Final at Lord's on Saturday (12 July)

There was a surprise visit this week from former Sri Lankan Test Captain Hashan Tillakaratne