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Andrew Strauss warmed up for next week’s first Test by taking the early honours at the start of the head-to-head with Zaheer Khan on his guest appearance for Somerset

Vilasrao Deshmukh, the former Maharashtra chief minister, has been elected president of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), defeating Dilip Vengsarkar, the former India captain

Somerset have been fined, and captain Marcus Trescothick handed a suspended two-match ban, for repeated player disciplinary breaches

Somerset have been fined, and captain Marcus Trescothick handed a suspended two-match ban, for repeated player disciplinary breaches

A round-up of the final and the third-place play-off of the ICC Africa Region Division One Twenty20 2011

Zimbabwe XI ground their way to 206 for 6 on an attritional first day against Australia A at the Country Club in Harare

Zimbabwe XI ground their way to 206 for 6 on an attritional first day against Australia A at the Country Club in Harare

Uncapped players Nasir Hossain and Shuvagoto Hom have been selected in a 15-man Bangladesh squad for the tour of Zimbabwe that also has Mohammad Ashraful being preferred over Raqibul Hasan

Brisbane Heat have announced New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman Brendon McCullum as their first international signing for the inaugural season of the Big Bash League

Glamorgan finished their disappointing Friends Life t20 campaign with an eight-wicket Duckworth-Lewis victory over Gloucestershire in Cardiff.