Ashley Giles has been ruled out of England’s tour of India with Ian Blackwell being officially announced as his replacement.

Sean Williams’ Zimbabwean Under 19s came within two runs of embarrassment at the hands of lowly Nepal in today’s group matches

South African spinner Johan Botha has been banned from bowling after the ICC found his action to be illegal.

The twelfth match of the VB Series, between Sri Lanka and South Africa, got underway at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval this afternoon.

Michael Lewis has been named in the Australian VB Series squad in place of Glenn McGrath for the upcoming Finals series.

Jacob Oram is struggling to recover from his bruised heel and is looking like missing the one-day series against the West Indies.

There were no shocks in Colombo on day two of the U19 World Cup, with England, India, Pakistan and West Indies all winning

Pakistan clinched the first ODI against India by seven runs on the D/L method – but not before 639 runs had been scored in the match.

Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, has won the Allan Border Medal for the second time in three years.

Australian coach John Buchanan has announced that he will retire after the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.