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Pakistan Army commandos raided cricketer Umar Gul's house in Peshawar and arrested his brother on charges of harbouring a wanted militant, according to a media report today.

The 71-year-old defended his decision to 'steal a day off' to watch the cricket at Trent Bridge on Monday, where he was photographed with one shoe off, yawning heavily.

Anston Parish Council have organised a fun-filled event for all the community to enjoy in the grounds of Anston Parish Hall from 12pm-3pm. Anston Cricket Club are holding a charity cricket match, while local charities, groups and organisations will have a variety of stalls.

Pictured are Andrew Gale , Gary Brook and Brian Curran . Yorkshire County Cricket captain Andrew Gale, who lives in Hartshead, accepted the donation from the Leeds Building Society on behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care.

TWO batsmen made centuries at Hull Zingari, where an unbeaten 121 by Zingari's Anthony Knowles just outweighed the 112 of Tom Piercy for Huby, who were ten runs short of the home total when the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League division four game ended.

Legendary West Indies captain Sir Vivian Richards has blasted the Caribbean side's disastrous batting in the second Test at Trent Bridge and has criticised newly-recalled wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin, saying the player had "deteriorated in such a big way". West Indies capitulated meekly in their second innings to totter at 61 for six in their ... (more)

Oxenford took over at the top of Division 1 in the OCA League as they comfortably beat Westbury by six wickets.

FOR the third year running, the King's College 1st XI cricket team in Taunton has featured strongly in the latest edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

A MATURE century from Pratik Patel was the highlight as Thame Town defeated Farnham Royal by six wickets at Church Meadow on Saturday.

ENGLAND coasted to a series-clinching nine-wicket win in the second Investec Test against the West Indies, wrapping up victory on the fourth evening at Trent Bridge.

SUPERB performances from Stuart Prest and Tom Collard were not enough for Hovingham to force a victory over Sheriff Hutton in division three.

Former Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly said the credit for the franchise's maiden win rested on the shoulder's of Manvinder Singh Bisla.

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Australian Harry Evans hit 95 for the hosts with Aaron Watson continuing his fine form for Norwich with four for 43.

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Former Aussie opener Phil Hughes marked his return to county cricket after a two-year break by blasting a century on debut for Worcestershire against former club Middlesex at New Road.

Tim Bresnan led England to the brink of a series-clinching victory on day three of the second Investec Test against West Indies.

THE wait is over for cricket clubs in and around Dacorum as the first round draw for the Adex-sponsored Gazette Cup and Peter Wright Trophy competitions can finally be revealed.

Two people died in western Pakistan when a rocket landed on a shop. Police said the rocket landed on a shoe shop in Quetta's Kandahari Bazaar Saturday.

Hollioake, 40, retired from professional cricket in 2004 but has now begun a new career as a boxer and taking part in mixed martial arts, or cage fighting.