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Canterbury’s Michael Papps has quit the province after 12 seasons there and will play for Wellington in the 2011-12 New Zealand domestic season

Dimitri Mascarenhas took three early wickets as Hampshire strengthened their
grip at the top of the Friends Life t20 South Group, with their tenth win in 13
matches

Yorkshire’s Friends Life t20 woes continued at Headingley, as they lost by 18 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system to Leicestershire

Derbyshire kept their hopes of reaching the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals alive by completing a double over fast-fading Warwickshire in Edgbaston

Kent strengthened their chances of a earning a Friends Life t20 quarter-final place with a seven-wicket victory over Gloucestershire under the Duckworth-Lewis system in Bristol

Intikhab Alam , the manager of the Pakistan team, has said a small clique of players within the national side had contributed to a divisive culture that has dogged Pakistan cricket in the last few years

Intikhab Alam , the manager of the Pakistan team, has said a small clique of players within the national side had contributed to a divisive culture that has dogged Pakistan cricket in the last few years

The Melbourne Stars have poached three current and former state captains from around the country in a bid to be the tactical masters of the Big Bash League

Ricky Ponting and his Tasmanian state captain George Bailey have decided to move in opposite directions for the Twenty20 Big Bash League

The world’s No.1 allrounder and bowler, Australia’s Shelley Nitschke, has announced her retirement from international cricket