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West Indian fans are approaching the Sabina Park Test with optimism because of its reportedly fast pitch

Ms Dhoni, India’s captain, has said that the West Indies fast bowlers will be a force to contend with on a bouncy track at Sabina Park

Kumar Sangakkara entered the Rose Bowl Test as a visibly reluctant captain, but by the close of the fourth day’s play, he had emerged as Sri Lanka’s only realistic hope of escaping the match with a draw

Allan Donald, the newly-appointed South Africa bowling coach, wants to create an attack that is “cocky and arrogant in all the right ways,” during his time with the national team

Chris Gayle will still remain in the stands, and West Indies deprived of their best player against the world’s No.1 ranked Test team

Tim Murtagh and Azhar Mahmood led the way with six-wicket hauls as bowlers dominated a remarkable opening day of Middlesex’s Second Division clash with Kent at Lord’s

Leaders Durham reduced Yorkshire to 170 for 9 in the 53 overs which were bowled in the Division One match at Chester-le-Street after the first day was washed out

Vikram Solanki’s first County Championship century for 14 months enabled Worcestershire to take maximum batting points for the first time this season

Fourteen wickets fell as Gloucestershire enjoyed the better of the opening day exchanges in their County Championship trip to the Oval where the visitors closed on 171 for 4 in reply to Surrey’s 225 all out

Northamptonshire made an impressive return to County Championship action, totally dominating the first day of the match against Leicestershire at Grace Road