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A reported blast has occurred during a Shpageeza Cricket League match in Kabul on Wednesday afternoon, and all the players, coaching staff and match officials were safe

Pakistan made two forced changes to their line-up, while Paul Collingwood and Samuel Badree made their ways into the World XI

Stuart Broad is expected to be given a complete break from cricket until the start of England's Ashes campaign in November, after aggravating an old heel injury during last week's third Test against West Indies at Lord's

Uxbridge is struggling to cope with the rain and that has meant desperate measures for champions Middlesex as they aim to protect their Division One status

Ibrahim Khaleel led USA to victory on his captaincy debut thanks in large part to the efforts of debutant Roy Silva, who took four wickets and scored 38 not out to seal a five-wicket win over Canada

Graeme Welch, currently the Leicestershire bowling coach, will work with England in the lead up to the fourth ODI at The Oval and then remain with them during the game

A major chunk of that figure will have been spent on bringing the World XI team to Lahore. It is thought the players are being paid in the region of $100,000 each, and the rest is made up mostly by the logistic costs involved

Brittin top-scored in the 1993 World Cup final with 48 against New Zealand and took the final catch

Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin returned 0 for 99 as century-maker Neil Dexter led unexpected resistance from bottom club Leicestershire

Sussex fought back after Derbyshire's openers had put on a century stand to restrict their visitors to 338 for 9

Overseas signing Cameron Bancroft registered a maiden Specsavers County Championship hundred against Kent in his final appearance for Gloucestershire before returning to Australia

Craig Meschede and Andrew Salter led a Glamorgan fightback after Richard Gleeson had threatened to make short shrift of their first innings

Essex could wrap up the Championship this week and Warwickshire could be relegated. Both scenarios moved a step closer on the opening day with only Dom Sibley standing firm

Yorkshire were powerless to stem Surrey's batting assault as Division One's three heaviest run-makers again took their toll

Steve Davies rewarded Somerset's patience with the most timely of centuries as Somerset insisted that survival was not beyond them

Pakistan's return home in more than two years was triumphant, beating the World XI in 20 runs in the first T20I in Lahore

Four half-centuries, and a four-wicket haul from Ashton Agar led the visitors to a 103-run victory in the warm-up fixture in Chennai

The CoA chairman has said the BCCI has withheld funding to the state association only because of its non-compliance with the Lodha Committee's recommendations, and that safeguards are in place to ensure J&K can participate in domestic cricket

The Bangladesh allrounder said there was no point playing "for the sake of match fees and salary" when he couldn't handle the expectations of international cricket

Ireland and West Indies have taken different paths since they last met, but they find each other in familiar situations as they gear up for their one-off ODI

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