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England will make a last-minute call on the fitness of Stuart Broad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

England seamer Graham Onions will fly back to England after being ruled out of
the two-Test series against Bangladesh due to a back injury.

Durham seamer returning to England after being ruled out of Test series
against Bangladesh with back injury.

Australia beat New Zealand by six wickets in Auckland to take a winning 3-1 lead in their one-day series.

Alastair Cook will tomorrow become the 79th man to be captain of England in a Test match and the fifth youngest. Everything he does in the next few days will be aimed at ensuring that he is not remembered as the first to lose to Bangladesh.

She is being called the Yoko Ono of the cricket world. Lara Bingle, a 22-year-old swimsuit model, stands accused of jeopardising the career of the Australian cricketer Michael Clarke. The vice-captain's decision to desert a one-day series in New Zealand has outraged fans and commentators, with some calling for him to be sacked.

The Leeds centre Keith Senior has been fined £1,000 for his verbal attack on the referee Richard Silverwood.

In sweeping, characteristically bizarre fashion, Pakistan set out to reform its cricket team yesterday by taking punitive action against leading players. Their two most recent captains and most accomplished batsmen, Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan, were effectively banned for life from representing the country again.

Sir Ian Botham believes that Andrew Strauss's absence from England's tour of Bangladesh is a major mistake. Strauss chose to take a break from the game following an intensive first year as England captain, but his decision has baffled and angered a man who once did the same job.

Vice-captain Michael Clarke has been named in Australia's Test squad for the tour of New Zealand despite returning home during the current one-day international series for personal reasons.

West Indies move 2-1 ahead in the one-day international series with Zimbabwe after a 141-run victory in St Vincent.

Overblown expectations and Bangladesh's bowlers make new England captain's
life very difficult.

New Zealand take on Australia in Auckland in the fourth game of the five-match one-day international series.

Bangladesh batsman Raqibul Hasan retires from all forms of cricket on the eve
of the Test series against England.