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Yorkshire stalwart Geoff Boycott could switch his allegiance to Lancashire as the Red Rose county seeks to find a replacement for coach Bobby Simpson

The Sri Lankan Sports Minister Laksmann Kiriella has been forced to abandon plans to appoint a new National Development Committee following protests from the Interim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL)

Any hope of play was abandoned at 1pm on the first day of Durham's match against Derbyshire at Chester-le-Street following 24 hours of heavy rain

Sri Lanka's Test hopefuls may have flopped, but future prospect Michael Vandort impressed with a fine century, as a Sri Lanka Board XI middle order recovered from the loss of early wickets to score 326 against India at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium today

Craig White and Matthew Wood battered Lancashire in the Old Trafford Roses game with an opening stand of 309 in 65 overs

Nobody can take anything away from the West Indies redemption journey to Zimbabwe

England's Under-19 cricketers are facing the problem of how to contain a powerful West Indies outfit which is already 289 runs ahead with five wickets still standing

With the help of two valuable partnerships, Gloucestershire, having decided to make first use of a slow pitch at Lord's, were able to end the rain-affected first day's play, in which 44 overs were lost, on an impressive 198 for two

Dav Whatmore National Coach During the last 12 months we have started to see a very encouraging trend: Sri Lanka are playing their best one-day cricket in the biggest games

Pakistan captain Waqar Younis demanded more say in selections and threatened that he would not play if his views on team compositions were not given due consideration

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) authorities are still trying to persuade Richard Pybus to change his mind and resume his duties as coach of the team for the forthcoming season

It was the 1554th Test in cricket history

The England women's Under-19 cricket team will play Holland, Ireland and Scotland's senior teams in The European Cup at Bradfield College, Reading which starts tomorrow and finishes on Sunday 12th August

Russell Warren and Tony Penberthy shared a record-breaking partnership to leave Northamptonshire handily placed at the end of a rain-shortened day against third-placed Kent at Wantage Road

Sri Lanka's five-man selection committee will select the Test squad for the forthcoming three-match series against India on Thursday night and they look set to omit veteran batsmen Aravinda de Silva

A dramatic collapse, which saw Nottinghamshire slump from 73-0 to be all out for 149, typified their recent form and snuffed out any lingering hopes of a late-season push towards the promotion places

Sri Lankan Board XI batsman Michael Vandort stole the limelight on the first day's play of a three-day practice match against India with a brilliant century and, by doing so in front of the national selectors, became a serious contender for a place

The mystery surrounding the death of Tertius Bosch deepened on Wednesday amid claims that early indications from a post mortem on the former South African fast bowler's body show that he might have been poisoned

Alan Mullally produced his best figures of the season with perfect timing as the England selectors prepare to consider their side for the Fourth Test next week

Sussex CCC are pleased to announce that Jason Lewry has been awarded a Benefit for the 2002 season