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The former Queensland captain Chris Simpson and the seamer Ben Laughlin, who has played for Australia, are among six players cut by the Bulls for the 2011-12 season

A round-up of the third match day of the Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup

Sri Lanka Cricket has slashed its budget for Australia’s tour scheduled for August-September this year, sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has said

The fast bowler Brett Geeves, who played three matches for Australia during 2008 and 2009, has retired from first-class cricket due to an ongoing back injury

Adam Wheater’s maiden century for Essex and the 15th of James Foster’s first-class career left leaders Northamptonshire facing a daunting victory target of 416

A stunning 44-ball century from Kevin O’Brien helped Gloucestershire post the highest total in domestic T20 cricket and move off the foot of the Friends Life South Group after overcoming fellow-strugglers Middlesex by 105 runs at Uxbridge

Marcus Trescothick produced another T20 master class as Somerset moved to the top of the Friends Life South Group with a seven-wicket victory over Glamorgan at Taunton

Azhar Mahmood and Martin van Jaarsveld played starring roles as Kent won their Friends Life t20 clash with Surrey by six wickets

Openers Alex Hales and Riki Wessels both hit half-centuries as Nottinghamshire Outlaws took another step towards the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 by thrashing Lancashire Lightning by 53 runs

A disciplined bowling performance enabled Durham Dynamos to claim their second Friends Life t20 victory in the space of three days and move a giant step closer to a quarter-final place. Despite appearing all but beaten at the halfway stage of their oppone