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Paul Close and Chris Donaldson have been appointed physiotherapist and strength and conditioning coach for New Zealand

Brad Hodge is concerned that young players will stop focusing on Test cricket as their ultimate goal as Cricket Australia’s pushes its resources into the Big Bash League

England will wait until Friday morning to decide whether Chris Tremlett is fit enough to take his place for the second Test at Trent Bridge

England are 1-0 up in their Test series against India, but are determined to continue to show the ruthlessness that can take them to the top of world

England are 1-0 up in their Test series against India, but are determined to continue to show the ruthlessness that can take them to the top of world

Mark Ramprakash hit the 114th first class century of his prolific career to ensure Surrey’s first-innings lead in the County Championship match with Gloucestershire at Cheltenham

Opener Stephen Peters scored an unbeaten 204 to put Northamptonshire in full charge of their County Championship match against Glamorgan on the second day at Swansea

Marcus Trescothick’s fifth career double hundred enabled Somerset to take a stranglehold in their County Championship clash with Worcestershire at New Road

Five games to go – six in the case of Warwickshire – and Lancashire’s title ambitions look a little less convincing than they did at the end of the victory over Yorkshire at Leeds last week

Wayne Parnell, the South Africa left-arm seamer, has announced that he has converted to Islam