Mitchell Johnson cannot wait to lead Australia's Ashes attack - but admits he could have been part of an altogether different front line had he not been spotted by Dennis Lillee 10 years ago.
Owais Shah showed that orthodox batting still has a place in the Twenty20 Cup with a magnificent unbeaten 61 off 41 balls which guided Middlesex to a seven-wicket win over Surrey at the Brit Oval.
Matches in the 2011 World Cup due to be staged in Pakistan will not take place in the United Arab Emirates, International Cricket Council president David Morgan said.
Andrew Flintoff has hit his highest competitive score since the 2005 Ashes when he thrashed 93 for Lancashire against Derbyshire in English county cricket's Twenty20 Cup.
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Yuvraj Singh has smashed a boundary-laced 131 as India hung on for a 20-run victory in the first one-day international against West Indies at Sabina Park.
We continue our 30-day countdown to the first Ashes Test with Syd Gregory, an Aussie Test star from the turn of the 20th century who owns one of the Ashes' most unwanted records.
England will host two Test matches and two Twenty20 internationals between Pakistan and Australia in 2010, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced.
Kevin Pietersen did his best to allay concerns over his troublesome Achilles injury ahead of the Ashes by declaring himself "practically 100 per cent fit".
Phillip Hughes, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke all cashed in as Australia's batsmen enjoyed a valuable workout in their tour clash against Sussex in Hove.
