Bangladesh delivered a good performance on day one of their series against Sri Lanka, with Mohammad Ashraful scoring a brilliant 136.

Kookaburra is seeking advice from its legal team after the MCC ruled that the company’s use of graphite stickers on two of its models were deemed illegal.

Having already been ruled out of the ODI series, Glenn McGrath will now miss the entire tour to stay with his wife.

Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket announced on Tuesday that they have submitted a joint bid to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

England captain Michael Vaughan and bowler Simon Jones have been ruled out of the first Test against India, and will return home.

Ahead of the first Test, which begins tomorrow in Chittagong, Bangladesh have cut down their initial shortlist of 15 to a 12-man squad

Ricky Ponting is in doubt for the second one-day international against South Africa with his continued stomach injury.

Bad knees, backs, form, “personal problems”, and a Plunkett heel, and England head into another Test series. No pressure? Absolutely.

England have sent for further back up from the England A squad, meanwhile Andrew Flintoff is set to lead the side if Vaughan misses out

England have added Middlesex batsman Owais Shah to their squad for the India tour as cover in case of more injuries.