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Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has the ability to bounce back quickly after his disappointing performance in the second test loss to England, coach Tim Nielsen said on Tuesday.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen will visit medical specialists this week to assess if he will be fit for the third Ashes Test against Australia starting at Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 30.

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, who fractured his finger while keeping wickets during the ongoing third Test, is a doubtful starter for the five-match one-day series against Pakistan starting on July 30, team manager Brendon Kuruppu said.

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Sudeep Tyagi's haul of six wickets for 37 runs was in vain as India slumped to a 10-run defeat against South Africa in their first 50-over match of the Emerging Players Tournament in Brisbane on Tuesday.

After guiding England to a historic win over Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord's, retiring all-rounder Andrew Flintoff said regaining the trophy from the clutches of Ricky Ponting's men would be the perfect farewell to his five-day game

West Indies cricket, which has united the islands of the Caribbean for over a century, could be split if the chief of Trinidad and Tobago's cricket body follows through his idea of competing as independent nation.

Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria took five for 62 to help bowl Sri Lanka out for 233 on an action-packed second day of the third Test on Tuesday. Kaneria, playing his first game of the series, bowled superbly to give

The striking West Indies players ended their boycott of the current series with Bangladesh following an agreement to appoint a mediator to resolve their dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.

Former Australian Test cricketers have termed struggling fast bowler Mitchell Johnson's second Ashes Test performance as "disgraceful" even as his captain Ricky Ponting stood firmly behind him.

Despite his meteoric rise to the top of ICC Test batting charts, India's star opener Gautam Gambhir admits that maintaining consistency is becoming increasingly difficult given the hectic international schedule these days.

England skipper Andrew Strauss said they were not sure of Kevin Pietersen's participation in the next week's third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

Pakistan bowler Danish Kaneria was charged under Level 1.4 of the code, which refers to 'using language that is obscene, offensive or insulting' during the second day of the ongoing Test against Sri Lanka.

Andy Flower says England can rely on its fast bowling department to do the job in the remaining Ashes Tests if star performer Andrew Flintoff goes on to miss the series due to injury.

Australia coach Tim Nielsen says paceman Brett Lee isn't going to be rushed back for the third Ashes Test if he hasn't fully recovered from his side strain.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting has dismissed suggestions Mitchell Johnson will be dropped for the third Ashes Test, despite the paceman's failure with the ball at Lord's.

Wily leg-spinner Danish Kaneria grabbed 5-62 as Pakistan inched ahead of Sri Lanka on the second day of the third and final cricket Test in Colombo.

West Indies players have returned to work under an agreement that saw former Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal, appointed mediator in their bitter pay dispute.

Mitchell Johnson was, by the reckoning of a growing group of admirers, the most important player in Australian cricket and the most dangerous fast bowler in the world.