Battered, bruised and desperate for revival. Does it matter that the West Indies and Zimbabwe do not have much in common otherwise?

Robert Key has been named captain of the England A side to take on Sri Lanka at Worcester in a tour match.

Thilan Samaraweera is unbeaten on 82 as Sri Lanka go into the last day of the tour opener against British Universities 304 runs ahead.

Shane Bond has been ruled out of the last two tests against South Africa and is on the way back to New Zealand.

Bangladesh have taken the sensational step of dropping star batsman Mohammad Ashraful for the second ODI against Australia.

On day one of Sri Lanka’s tour opener, Upul Tharanga scored 100 as Sri Lanka scored 289.

South Africa have re-arranged their top order for the 2nd Test against New Zealand with Dippenaar to open and Hashim Amla to bat three.

Ashley Giles will undergo a second operation, this time on his groin.

Shane Bond is confident that he will play in the second Test against South Africa at Cape Town starting this Thursday.

Adam Gilchrist seemed to be playing on a different
pitch as the rest of the Australian batsman struggled
against a tenacious Bangladesh