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Apart from the fixture between Glamorgan Dragons and Kent Spitfires who managed to get a truncated game played, the entire Norwich Union League programme fell foul of the weather

Flaming June has not quite arrived at The Rose Bowl, as incessant rain over the past week, and a further downpour this afternoon, put paid to Hampshire Hawks v Derbyshire Scorpions NUL Division 2 match.

BRISBANE, June 9 AAP - Ricky Ponting can hardly wait for his first domestic appearance as national one-day cricket captain after a sparkling warm-up victory by his team today.

BAT Sports stole a march on their ECB Southern Electric Premier League rivals by sides-stepping the bad weather and thumping South Wilts by eight wickets at Lower Bemerton

On a day when rain washed out most of the Norwich Union League programme, Glamorgan Dragons and Kent Spitfires managed to at least get in a 23 overs-a-side match in Cardiff and, furthermore, a thrilling encounter ended in a tie

Somerset Board XI were frustrated by the weather yet again when their match against Dorset in the 38 County Cup was abandoned without a ball being bowled

Kevin Brewster halted a potential batting collapse and hit a match-winning 77 as Flamingo squeezed a nail-biting two-wicket Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 over Hartley Wintney at The Holt

St Lucia has hosted several outstanding Jazz Festivals in the past but it has never been the venue for the type of electrifying atmosphere that was generated at its new state-of-the-art Beausejour Stadium yesterday

St Lucia's new ultra-modern Beausejour Stadium has been labelled as the benchmark for future construction and development of international cricket grounds in the Caribbean

The 'Master Blaster' is back

BRISBANE, June 8 AAP - Pakistan wrapped up a tight win over Queensland with three balls remaining in a 40-over practice match at Allan Border Field in Brisbane today.

Simon Jones has retained his place in England`s squad for the third and final npower Test Match against Sri Lanka starting at Old Trafford on June 13th

Sri Lanka's confidence ahead of the final npower Test against England will hardly have been boosted by their performance in the rain-affected match against an MCC side full of England hopefuls, which ended today in a draw.

Somerset Sabres return to one day action tomorrow when they travel to Birmingham to play against Warwickshire Bears in the NUL Division One National League

BRISBANE, June 8 AAP - Australian cricket vice-captain Adam Gilchrist has urged Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to rethink reported plans to skip a tour of Australia later this year.

Somerset has become the first county cricket club to become an `Access Organisation' for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme

John Crawley is on standby to replace Mark Butcher in England's final eleven for the third and final test against Sri Lanka, which starts at Old Trafford on Thursday

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The Pakistan cricket administrators, instead of trying to convince the Australians to visit this country in October, are once again toeing the old line of playing the series on neutral territory if the Aussies refuse to tour this part of the world in