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Somerset took their first step towards the next stage of the new Twenty20 Cup competition when they beat Glamorgan in Cardiff this evening to earn themselves two valuable points

Mark Wallace, Glamorgan`s 21 year old wicket-keeper, was awarded his county cap before the start of play last night in Glamorgan`s inaugural Twenty20 match at Sophia Gardens

Anil Kumble has made it clear that he has no immediate plans of retiring from international cricket

Graeme Smith, the South African captain, has pledged to put South African cricket back on track following a disappointing World Cup campaign

Malcolm Gray, the outgoing president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has accused the British government of refusing to be drawn into the boycott of England's World Cup match against Zimbabwe

England v Pakistan, NatWest Challenge, 1st ODI, Old Trafford

Middlesex 255 for 9 (Weekes 80, Joyce 59*) beat Scotland 143 (Keegan 5 for 48) by 112 runs Scorecard While Middlesex only had drive a few miles to the south from their headquarters at Lord's, the Scotland team had to travel all the way down to

There will be live ball-by-ball commentary of the game available via the BBC Radio Wales website

Hampshire Hawks will be flying high and fast tonight (Wednesday 18th June) to outwit and outplay the Essex Eagles in their next Twenty20 match at The Rose Bowl.

It was a day for the new boys at Old Trafford

Sri Lanka's second-string attack achieved a three-run lead on the first innings over the West Indies Cricket Board President's XI today, but a more consistent line and length might have produced greater reward in the drawn match

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given the green signal for Harbhajan Singh to travel to America to undergo surgery on his spinning finger

Advance ticket sales for the Essex Eagles' first home Twenty20 Cup match against Kent Spitfires on Friday 20th June has closed due to unprecedented demand

1930 One of England's greatest bowlers is born

McCullum: moving from Otago to Canterbury for the 2003-04 season © Reuters Otago cricket has suffered another body blow with Brendon McCullum's decision to base himself in Canterbury next summer

Vettori: stint in county cricket something he always wanted to do "Almost perfect" is Daniel Vettori's summation of the opportunity provided for his personal development in the five week-stint he will have for Nottinghamshire in

Australian tornado: Andrew Symonds launches another six on his way to a 37-ball 96 not out at Beckenham Australia's Brad Hodge and Andrew Symonds came close to becoming the first Twenty20 centurians, but both had to be content with guiding

Talking to the Hindustan Times at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, Wright said that the issue of a psychologist would be one of many to be discussed with Jagmohan Dalmiya during an upcoming meeting

Steve James has stepped down as captain of Glamorgan after failing to recover from a long-standing injury to his knee

The Zimbabwean tourists held off a spirited challenge to beat Somerset by three runs at Taunton after a string of misfields and dropped catches had appeared to have cost them victory