India took early control of the second Test at Trent Bridge, having England on the ropes early at 169/7 on a rain shortened day one.

Durham have signed West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the second half of the season.

Indian captain Rahul Dravid has spoken of his desire to see a fixed home season for his country in November and December.

The West Indies have named their 30 man provisional squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa in September.

Michael Vaughan has backed Marcus Trescothick to beat his stress-related illness and return to play for England again.

Shane Warne has said he is keen to sign up and play in the multi-million dollar Indian Cricket League.

Ray Mali, the new ICC CEO has said at the launch for the Twenty20 World Cup in September in SA that Twenty20 is the game of the future.

Bangladesh were left to rue missed chances in the field as Sri Lanka whitewash them 3-0 in the series, winning the 3rd ODI by 39 runs.

New Zealand Test captain Stephen Fleming has been the latest star to be approached by the renegade Indian Cricket League.

Sourav Ganguly has missed training following a back complaint ahead of the Second Test at Trent Bridge.