CARLTON II remain top of Baillie Gifford East League Division One after a two-wicket win at Glenrothes, writes GARY HEATLY.

PAUL Collingwood will have his fitness checked in the build-up to the first npower Test at Lord's after being named in England's 12-man squad.

Asia Cup-winning captain Mithali Raj says her team is capable of dethroning world champions Australia in the next year's World Cup.

Mumbai Indians' hopes got a big shot in the arm when their icon player and captain Sachin Tendulkar on Monday declared himself fully fit to play his first Indian Premier League match against Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium on

West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels has been found liable of one of the two bribery charges and faces a two year ban from international cricket.

The apparently resounding success of the Indian Premier League, barely past the halfway mark of its first season, has seen the already loose rules and regulations being twisted and turned to suit the franchise owners, who are calling the shots.

The Indian Premier League on Monday announced the introduction of the Purple Cap, which will be awarded to the bowler with most cumulative wickets to his name.

Kings XI Punjab beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by nine wickets in an IPL Twenty20 match at PCA stadium in Mohali on Monday.

Northamptonshire bring in Andrew Hall and Johan van der Wath as they try for their first LV County Championship win of the season, against Leicestershire at Grace Road.

Stuart Broad's memories of Lord's are limited to watching the action from the stands - something he wants to change on Thursday.

Wales centre Matthew Watkins - or Matthew J Watkins, as the club site calls him - will swap scarlet for cherry red when he moves from Llanelli to Gloucester next season. The current season isn't over yet, but Gloucester have

WARWICKSHIRE kept alive their hopes of a trip to Twickenham with a hard fought but deserved County Championship win over Yorkshire at Nuneaton. First-half tries from Phil Boulton and Glen Southwell, both converted by Huw Thomas, put Warwickshire in control,

YORKSHIRE seamer Matthew Hoggard has been recalled by England for this week's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's.

LAKSHMIPATHY Balaji became the first player to take a hat-trick in the Indian Premier League, steering the Chennai Super Kings to an 18-run win over Kings XI Punjab.

England Juniors will take part in the IRB Junior World Championships in Wales. England will be based in Newport along with Australia and Fiji. Tickets on sale from all four match venues and Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.co.uk and +44(0)8705 582582.

GRANGE opener Gregor Maiden today paid tribute to the experience of Stuart Davidson after the latter put in another super performance with the ball to help see off SNCL Premie

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CARLTON centurion Peter Wooden has praised the "all-round team effort" the side put in as they knocked up their third SNCL Premier Division win on the trot against

THE Saltires are still searching for their first home Friends Provident Cricket Trophy win since 2006 after a 46-run defeat by Durham Dynamos in a match curtailed by bad ligh

Test captain Michael Vaughan has called upon England to re-discover their aggressive batting ahead of the npower series with New Zealand. The opening Test of the summer gets under way at Lord's on Thursday.