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News: PCB releases domestic cricket structure details

Danny Peacock has been ruled out of Lymington's Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 promotion challenge for at least the next month.

South Wilts' reign as Southern Electric Contracting Cup holders is over after a nine-run second round defeat by Old Tauntonians & Romsey.

New Zealand still lack the key to winning in one-day cricket, despite their success in Sri Lanka when taking out the tri-nations tournament against the hosts and Pakistan last month

Atomic Kitten: what a purrformance It is astonishingly rare for English cricket to be at the vanguard of innovation

The Sri Lankan cricket board has announced a change to England's winter tour schedule

Cricket's newest one day cricket competition the Twenty20 Cup gets underway on Friday evening at Taunton when Somerset entertain Warwickshire in a match that starts at 5.30pm

It's far too early in the season to talk about championships, but there's no doubt tomorrow's Havant-BAT Sports clash at Havant Park, 11.30am, will provide a significant pointer to the outcome of the latest ECB Southern Electric Premier League title

Shaun Pollock has added his support for Lance Klusener, who was controversially omitted from South Africa's tour of England this summer

Pakistan's tour of England hadn't got off to the ideal start - a tentative one-wicket win over Scotland and a comprehensive thrashing from Essex - but at the third attempt they hit top form

New Zealand have asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not to schedule a match in Karachi when they tour Pakistan later this year

Canterbury have decided to appoint a new captain for their State Championship and Shield sides for next summer

A change in direction for former New Zealand women's selector Kirsty Flavell will result in her standing down from her national selection role

Bob Woolmer has issued a clarification of his reported conversation with South Africa's new captain, Graeme Smith, in an attempt to end a simmering feud ahead of this summer's tour of England

Sussex skipper Chris Adams is certain the new Twenty20 Cup will prove to be "no-holds-barred cricket" and can't wait to get the competition rolling in the big launch-night match with local rivals Hampshire

India's loss was South Africa's gain when Adrian le Roux accepted the job as fitness trainer for the South African squad last week - an irony not lost on the man himself who was surplus to national requirements just 16 months ago

Pakistan's opening batsman, Faisal Athar, has been ruled out of action for at least 10 days after sustaining an injury during Pakistan's 62-run victory against Northamptonshire on Wednesday

Bangladesh have announced a squad of 15 for their two-Test tour of Australia later this month, a series that cricket fans and Bangladesh players are anticipating with little short of dread

The former Derbyshire captain, Guy Willatt, died today at the age of 85 after a long illness

New Zealand cricketers in England and Dutch club cricket are having a lean time of it at the moment