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Like a highway traveller learning to negotiate Sydney’s notorious Parramatta Rd, David Warner is finding out how to drive in heavier traffic

Marcus Trescothick, the Somerset captain, will miss “a minimum of six or seven weeks” cricket as a result of the injury he sustained in the County Championship match against Nottinghamshire.

Rajiv Shukla, the chairman of the IPL, has denied reports that the Twenty20 tournament’s popularity has declined, and said that the “response [this year] is rocking” and that “IPL 5 will be a super success”

Sri Lanka player Jehan Mubarak was taken in custody and released on bail after the car he was driving was involved in a fatal accident that killed one person and injured another on the Chilaw-Colombo main road

Dav Whatmore, the Pakistan coach, has said he is “disappointed” with the postponement of Bangladesh’s proposed tour of Pakistan following a court stay order

Deccan Chargers coach Darren Lehmann has said he is confident that a better batting and fielding effort can help them end their winless run in this IPL season

Hamza Riazuddin struck the winning runs from the penultimate ball of the match to give Hampshire a dramatic victory in their rain-affected match against Glamorgan.

Leicestershire set Derbyshire 314 in a minimum of 69 overs but heavy showers forced a draw at 5pm with Martin Guptill stranded on 67 from 75 balls in Derbyshire’s 91 without loss.

Another lbw decision for South Africa’s Alviro Petersen has brought whispers at Glamorgan, his previous county, that his vulnerability has been exposed. After a rain-hit draw between Yorkshire and Essex, England’s bowlers will take note.

Worcestershire’s Auastralian Michael Klinger struck an undefeated 69 to make light of a previously treacherous Oval pitch where all 22 players had batted the previous day. Rain forced an abandonment with Surrey under pressure.