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Australia’s most-recently dumped Test spinner, Xavier Doherty, believes the selectors should give slow bowlers more time to establish themselves in the five-day side

Gautam Gambhir has admitted India are under pressure but says there is still hope the batting can rescue the team

Trevor Hohns has revealed that he raised concerns about the dimensions of the Cricket Australia contracts system when chairman of the national selection panel, a post he exited in 2006

The second day of the County Championship match between leaders Durham and bottom club Hampshire at Chester-le-Street was washed out

Derbyshire’s seam attack blew away Gloucestershire’s batting on a windy day at
Derby to put the home side in a strong position in the County Championship
Division Two match at the County Ground

Scott Newman hit 75, his highest score in the County Championship this
season, and Chris Rogers made 67 on a rain-shortened day at Lord’s

A half-century from South African-born all-rounder Kirk Wernars failed to
prevent Sussex from conceding a first innings lead of 25 on the second day of
their County Championship Division One match against Worcestershire at
Horsham

Sixteen wickets fell in the day – almost half of them during a career-best
spell of 7 for 21 by Darren Stevens – as Kent fought back strongly on the
second day of their County Championship match with Surrey at Canterbury

Allan Donald has praised Zimbabwe’s attack, saying that their performance in the one-off Test against Bangladesh is a testament to the “hard work and time the guys behind the scenes are putting in.”

Zimbabwe made some additions to the squad that played the one-off Test for the upcoming one-day series against Bangladesh, but there were few surprises in the 15-strong group