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The fear that corrupt cricketers could send coded messages to illegal bookmakers live on air means that the ICC will not allow broadcasters to strap microphones to players during one-day internationals, and could review their use in Twenty20

The prospect of making your debut for one’s country can be thrilling enough, but what could possibly add more excitement to it

England’s cricketers no longer have to worry about the cars they drive

The French are coming and they want to conquer Lord's

After scoring the fastest Test century at the home of cricket for 20 years, Tamim Iqbal revealed he had an unlikely source of inspiration: Geoffrey Boycott

Harbhajan Singh has made an unexpected contribution to Zimbabwe cricket after a chance meeting with Heath Streak and Alistair Campbell in the West Indies

The irrepressible Lalit Modi was at it again, this time at the Google Zeitgeist 2010 Conference in London, where he was part of a three-person panel during the Trailblazers session

  The South African team faced an unusual problem during their win in the first Twenty20 against West Indies on Wednesday

While most of the game's eminent commentators were a part of the World Twenty20 broadcast, one familiar name chose to stay away from his home event

Jacob Oram once joked that he would consider cutting off his badly broken left ring finger to ensure he was fit for the 2007 World Cup

For a change, Daniel Vettori will have to put a lid on his trademark arm balls and variations in flight

Following India’s disastrous performance in the ICC World Twenty20 criticism and advice have been coming from all quarters, from former players to filmstars

The village Sunday league at Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales witnessed an innings of rare belligerence when 18-year old Oliver Hardaker smashed his way to the small matter of 329 runs in a 40-overs a side contest

India’s most secretive celebrity has finally joined the Twitter brigade

Cricket has never been able to totally rid itself of matchfixing allegations – and now perhaps we know why

This is another juicy bit of trivia for fans of Sachin Tendulkar who keep track of the various tributes coming his way

The New Zealand women’s captain, Aimee Watkins, has been given an unexpected ego boost ahead of her country’s World Twenty20 campaign, after being nominated by the website Yahoo!Xtra as one of the world's sexiest sportswomen.

Graeme Swann has “wished a freak accident with a blunt instrument” on the thieves who broke into his Nottingham house and, according to a report in The Sun , stole the keys to his Jaguar while he was away in Barbados preparing for the forthcoming

Popular British band Coldplay are sharing their love and money with a village cricket club in Gloucestershire