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Captain Andrew Strauss heaped the praise on Jonathan Trott and Steven Finn after England's eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh.

England have beaten Bangladesh by eight-wickets in the first Test at Lord's thanks to a five-wicket haul from Steven Finn.

Shoaib Malik is available for Pakistan's tour of England after his one-year ban from international cricket was lifted.

Steve Finn admits he would love to play at Lord's in the first Test and enjoy the success of his hero, Glenn McGrath.

Former captain Wasim Akram feels the PCB had no choice but to hand the captaincy to Shahid Afridi in all three forms of the game.

Grame Swann said being named the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)'s Men's Cricketer of the Year capped a 'magical year'.

England will be without the injured Paul Collingwood and rested Stuart Broad for the upcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh.

Shahid Afridi has decided to end his four-year Test exile amid speculation he could captain Pakistan against Australia.

Durham have claimed their second County Championship win of the season with a six-wicket success over Kent.

Graham Onions will miss the majority of the summer's action with the back injury that has prevented him playing so far this season.

Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas has signed a deal to play for Northamptonshire in this season's Twenty20 campaign.

Andrew Flintoff has insisted he will not talk about his immediate future until he is fit to return for Lancashire.

Andy Flower feels England have 'huge scope for improvement' in other forms of cricket following their ICC World Twenty20 success.

Paul Collingwood says England cannot rest on their laurels and must kick on and become even better after winning the World Twenty20.

England have beaten Australia by seven wickets to win the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.

Alastair Cook is set to captain the England Lions when they take on Bangladesh in next week's warm-up match.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Phil Mustard is the new captain of Durham after Will Smith left by mutual consent.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara claims his side's young players have played a key part in their run to the World Twenty20 last four.

Lancashire Lightning secure the signature of Shoaib Malik for their Friends Provident Twenty20 campaign.

South Africa have crashed out of the ICC World Twenty20 Cup after Champions Pakistan scraped to an 11-run win.

Kevin Pietersen has hailed England batting stars as crucial in their bid to win the ICC World Twenty20.

Kevin Pietersen got England's Super Eights campaign off to flying start as he steered them to a six-wicket victory over Pakistan.

Sri Lanka have confirmed spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will stay with the squad after responding well to treatment on a groin injury.

Paul Collingwood hailed Eoin Morgan's display against Ireland and says he can inspire an improvement from England in the T20 World Cup.

Sri Lanka's World Twenty20 hopes have been hit by the news Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the tournament with a groin injury.

India ended Afghanistan's dream to win their opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 with a comfortable seven-wicket victory.

Darren Sammy put in a superb all-round display as the West Indies thrashed Ireland by 70 runs in the World Twenty20.

Nathan McCullum's last-over heroics gave New Zealand a winning start with a two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20.