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New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori has been ruled out of the second Investec Test against England after he was unable to guarantee his fitness over five days.

OLDLANDS almost pulled off a miraculous victory at Abwell on Saturday, but in spite of the strength of character shown and their sheer refusal to accept defeat, too many basic mistakes ultimately cost them.

It's been 16 years since Steeton lifted their only Aire-Wharfe League title but last week's win over Pool sent them up to second in Division One behind Beckwithshaw and starting to look like realistic contenders.

The popular military support group was deluged with calls, donations and demands for its merchandise, prompting its website to go down due to massive internet traffic.

ROBIN D'Souza was pleased to see his Corsham team remain steadfast and notch up their first league win of the season.

WILTSHIRE continued their disappointing form in the MCCA Trophy group matches when they lost by 94 runs to Suffolk on Sunday at Devizes.

Supporters of former Pakistani cricket star and chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan attend a sit-in-protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of PTI in Karachi, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy by the International Cricket Council following media reports that he is under investigation by Mumbai Police.

CRICKET is like a religion in India, it is said-especially by Indians, who take almost as much delight in their love of the sport as in the contest between bat and ball.

Their first game of a round-robin tournament was against South-East representatives, Brighton Ladies' College and Anna Ross and Maya Booton set off at an electrifying pace to take their team to 45 for 0 in 3 overs before each had reached the retirement score of 15.

Rahul Dravid spoke about the spot-fixing scandal and said it was as tough as handling bereavement in some ways © IANS New Delhi: May 23, 2013 Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team's reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling ... (more)

Nothing to prove: As Spencer struggle to get going in the Surrey Championship, Alex Tudor, right, is under no pressure from skipper Neil Baker to perform In the face of a poor start to the season, Spencer Cricket Club skipper Neil Baker has claimed former England international Alex Tudor is not responsible for winning games.

Michael Carberry provided more evidence that he is one of the country's best batsmen never to have played a one-day international, as he pummelled Lancashire to a nine-wicket knockout at The Ageas Bowl.

The 22-year-old established himself in the England side with some exceptionally mature displays on tour in New Zealand and India, then made important scores of 40 and 71 on his home debut at Lord's last week.

Queensland cricketer Chris Lynn could be in hot water with Cricket Australia after using Twitter to launch a scathing attack against the woman who claims she was assaulted by South Sydney's Ben Te'o. Lynn's outburst came on the same evening that Australian opener David Warner was fined $5750 for a breach of the CA code of behaviour over a Twitter ... (more)

The BCCI today rejected Sahara Group's claim that it had failed to expedite the arbitration process to reduce franchisee fee, saying that it has acted as per the rules and was not responsible for the situation.

David Warner says he wants to draw a line under his Twitter rant controversy and move forward after copping a $5750 fine from Cricket Australia for his weekend outburst.

A pall of gloom has set in at the house of S Sreesanth here with his parents preferring to stay out of public glare following the cricketer's arrest for alleged spot fixing in Indian Premier League matches.

UNKNOWN gunmen have dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials say.

The visitors are currently propping up division two and are still seeking their first league win having lost two of their four matches.