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Peter Trego mauled the Yorkshire attack with a brilliant 54-ball hundred as Somerset chased down the highest second innings target in the County Championship since 1925.

England Lions 352 v Australia 358 & 276-4 Venue: New Road, Worcester Dates: 1-4 July Match scorecard North made just 12 runs in two innings against Sussex Marcus North hit a morale-boosting 106 not out as Australia extended their lead against the England Lions to 282 at stumps on day three at Worcester.

Cricket Damien Martyn ... has explained reasons to sit on the sidelines. Ian Munro Australia batsman Damien Martyn explains reasons for retirement Former Australia batsman Damien Martyn has finally revealed the whole truth behind his shock retirement midway through the last Ashes series, saying he had wanted to finish his time earlier in 2006 ...

GROS ISLET : The four-day break could serve as a fresh impetus for the travel-weary Indian cricket team to relaunch their West Indies campaign in the last two one-day internationals slated for Friday and Sunday.

Pakistan start their Test series against Sri Lanka Saturday riding the wave of a feel-good factor after winning the World Twenty20 and giving their country a much-needed respite from bombs and battles.

Pakistan is unhappy with the lack of matches allocated to it under the International Cricket Council's Future Tours Program beginning in 2012, a top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board official said Thursday.

Three-day match, Edgbaston : England 290-8 dec and 185-2 v Warwickshire 102 all out Date: 1-3 July Coverage: Live scorecard and match report on the BBC Sport website and Live commentary on BBC Radio WM Match scorecard Anderson appears to be hitting form at just the right time James Anderson took a five-wicket haul against Warwickshire at Edgbaston ...

Pakistani cricket authorities have fined Mohammad Asif one million rupees over the fast bowler's 19-day detention at Dubai airport for alleged drug possession.

Top recruit ... Lasith Malinga will play for the Tigers this summer Map: Hobart 7000 Sri Lankan paceman Lasith Malinga will play for Tasmania in this summer's domestic Twenty20 competition.

South African captain Graeme Smith's inspirational leadership and prolific batting in the season gone by fetched him the twin honours of 'Cricketer of the Year' and 'Test Cricketer of the Year' at the country's annual cricket awards here.

Sri Lanka has stepped up security for the visiting Pakistan team and slapped new restrictions at match venues, officials said on Wednesday.

West Indian pace surprise Ravi Rampaul has found an admirer in Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has praised the right-armer for his ability to force mistakes from batsmen by consistently bowling in the right areas.

The Indian cricket board Wednesday finalised the seven venues for the one-day series against Australia in October-November. The Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India that met here to decide the fixture of the 2009-10 season at the Cricket Centre decided that Guwahati, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Delhi, ...

Simon Katich and Mike Hussey led an Australian recovery after the tourists had been given a searching examination by the England Lions pair Steve Harmison and Graham Onions at New Road.

David Morgan, the ICC president, has hinted that Test cricket may be reduced to four days to protect and enrich the game's oldest format in the face of lucrative Twenty20 leagues like the IPL.

Big hitter: Chris Gayle pounds the leather for the West Indies Map: Perth 6000 Western Australia has signed big-hitting West Indian batsman Chris Gayle to play in the domestic Twenty20 competition.

The SFO revealed on Tuesday that it had frozen more than $100m of assets in the UK linked to Sir Allen Stanford, the cricket promoter and Texan billionaire in custody in the US on charges of orchestrating a $7bn fraud.

ESSEX have signed South African batsman Hashim Amla. He will provide cover for Danish Kaneria, who is on international duty with Pakistan in Sri Lanka.

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has disbanded the national selection panel in the wake of the Twenty20 World Cup triumph.

Sri Lanka have named three uncapped players in their 15-man squad for the first test against Pakistan on July 4. All-rounder Angelo Mathews, fast bowler Suranga Lakmal and wicket-keeper Kaushal Silva have all been included for the opening game in Galle.