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Shane Warne and Darren Gough have been discussing the possibility of a “legends” Twenty20 Ashes game to help raise funds for the Queensland flood disaster victims. Gough approached Warne via Twitter on Tuesday, saying: “why don’t we play a masters England v Australia cricket match at mcg like tsunami game ? Raise lots give me a bell.” According to the West Australian newspaper, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hoggard and Michael Vaughan are among the players, past and present, to have expressed an interest, with the match already being billed as a…

Shailaja Bajpai writes in the Indian Express that the most striking part of the IPL auction telecast was how bad it was. As it was, at no stage did we get the big picture. It was like watching a cricket match between teams you had never heard of and that too without a scorecard. A good telecast would have done the following: clearly identified team owners at each table instead of making us squint to read the ID cards on the table; given us the names of the bidders with…

The Moses Mabhida Stadium will host the biggest crowd for a cricket match in South Africa

Hugh Jackman is hit in the groin during a cricket match in Melbourne, Australia.

Mike Selvey offers Tom Shaw a word of advice

SATURDAY’S Ryobi One-Day Cup cricket match at West Park looks like it won’t be the last.

A South Coast first-grade cricket match between premiers The Rail and Jamberoo had to be abandoned on Saturday after the umpire walked off following alleged verbal abuse.

”Watch closely children, this is how you manufacture an allegation out of thin air”

The Black Caps’ one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka has been abandoned due to rain in Dambulla.After being postponed for a day, the match started on time with Sri Lanka progressing to 203 for three from 43.4…

New Zealand’s cricket team members wait on the pavilion dressing room as rain delayed the fourth one-day international cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the tri-series in Dambulla August 19 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds