*    Women's 'Ashes' Brunt & Shaw take out top four cheaply:At Worcester Only Test Australia Women 46-5,18.0 overs v England Women Scorecard

*    Drizzle delays start as Windies 2nds take on Bangladesh who won the toss and will bat first and stops play thereafter:At St Vincent West Indies v Bangladesh 42-0,18.5 overs v  West Indies  Scorecard  West Indies players' body refuses to call off strike More

*    Cardiff's charm wins over Ashes spectators .Never mind a welcome in the hillsides, the city slickers of Wales are producing a dazzling debut and Alan Lee is made to feel right at home writes Alan Lee Timesonline

*    Ashes Anderson strikes twice third morning.Ponting & Katich respond in style with unbeaten tons.Majestic Swann takes England past 400. First test in Wales.Strauss wins toss and bats first,lose 3 wickets before lunch,Collingwood & Pietersen consolidate through afternoon,Prior & Flintoff quickfire stand in evening:At Cardiff 1st Test England 435,106.5 overs(Pietersen 69,Collingwood 64,Prior 56,Swann 47*) v Australia 325-3,84.5 overs(Ponting 147*,Katich 122) Scorecard TMS Commentary

*    Kenyans win toss and bat first:At Dublin 1st LOI Kenya 214-9,50 overs lost to Ireland 215-7,48.5 overs(Porterfield 81) by 3 wickets Scorecard

*    County Cricket Division One Bell fails but Trott restores Innings At Edgbaston Warwickshire 407,115.1 overs(Trott 166) v Sussex 276-4,78 overs Scorecard  Division Two At Chelmsford Essex face innings defeat Glamorgan 515-9dec,132 overs(Powell 102,Harris 76*) v Essex 200,57.5(Shantry 5-62) & f/o 132-4,46 overs Scorecard At Northampton N'hants 433-9dec,96.4 overs(Peters 175,Van der Wath 82) v Derbyshire 371-4,101 overs(W Hinds 133*,Redfers 95) Scorecard

*    Scots level series:At Aberdeen  2nd LOI Canada 250-9,50 overs(Dhaniram 92,Drummond 4-41) lost to Scotland 253,47.2 overs(McCallum 74*,Watson 74,Hamilton 54) by 5 wickets Scorecard

*    Windies to field reserve XI against Bangladesh in 1st test as row over contracts remains unsolved and original 13 selected withdraw More

*    Varsity Match 4days Rain spoils first day as Oxford lose early wickets,Pascoe leads tail end reistance.Ashok & Ansari tons gives light blues big lead. Oxford lose openers early so big task to save game:At Cambridge Oxford University 152,73.2 overs(Pascoe 37) & 77-3,24 overs v Cambridge University 339,115.4 overs(Ashok 112,Ansari 132,Sharma 5-81) Scorecard

*    Joshua Cobb hits double century:At Scarborough 1st Youth Test England U-19s 502,121.4 overs(Cobb 220,Riazuddin 95,A Babu 4-73) & 47-0,6.2 overs  beat Bangladesh U-19s 270,71 overs(M Haque 90,Borthwick 4-66) & f/o 276,85.3 overs(M Haque 80,Azeem Rafiq 6-90) by 10 wickets  Scorecard

*    Scots bowlers fail the test after tons from Hamilton & Watts.Sandeep Jyoti century helps Canada home:At Aberdeen 1st LOI Scotland 286-4,50 overs((Hamilton 119,Watts 101) lost to Canada 287-4,48.4 overs(Jyoti 117,Bagai 92*) by 6 wickets Scorecard

*    Start of Ashes in Cardiff brings up the century of Test grounds writes Patrick Kidd Timesonline

*    Brett Lee out for first two Test with rib strain More England prefer Onions to Harmison, Panesar to Rashid Full Squad

*    Showers at Lord's as Rajasthan Royals bat first.Middx maintain this season's miserable 20/20 form and so lose by substantial margin.Shane Warne takes another wicket a Lord's Rajasthan Royals 162-5,20 overs beat Middlesex 116-7,20 overs by 46 runs  Scorecard

*    Friends Provident Trophy Semi finals Sussex beat Glos Scorecard, Hants beat Lancs Scorecard Final at Lord's July 25th

*    England Women's 9th wicket pair add 17 runs to win thriller at Wormsley:4th LOI Australia Women 225-7,50 overs lost to England Women 226-9,49.4 overs by 1 wicket Scorecard England lead series 4-0 5th LOI at Lord's Abandoned Scorecard  England win series 4-0

*    India win with a ball to spare in rain reduced match to take series lead 2-1:At St Lucia West Indies 186-7,27/27 overs lost to India 159-4,21.5/22 overs by 6 wickets D/L Method Scorecard 4th LOI abandoned after 7.3 overs Scorecard

*    Pakistan set to win, weather permitting collapse dramatically to lose by 50 runs.8 wickets fell for 46 runs. Mohamad Yousuf rebuilds the innings with century on return to Test cricket after ICL ban:At Galle 1st test Sri Lanka 298,81 overs & 217,56.2 overs beat Pakistan 342,94 overs(M Yousuf 115)  & 117,44.3 overs by 50 runs Scorecard Former players question team composition More

*    Varsity Match One Day Cambridge University collapse and Oxford wins easily:At Lord's Cambridge University 123,40.1 overs(Strachan 4-30,Sharma 2-11) lost to Oxford University 124-4,28.5 overs(Sharma 45) by 6 wickets Scorecard

*    ICC Intercontinental Cup 2009/10 gets underway at Aberdeen on Thursday where Scotland beat Canada by 23 runs in a close match of changing fortunes Scorecard Report Kenya hang on to draw in second opener Ireland 404,113 overs(Stirling 100) & 224-7dec,65 overs draw with Kenya 331,114 overs & 245-8,70 overs  at Eglinton Scorecard   More

*    County Cricket Division One Bowlers dominate at Riverside ,Plunkett takes 11 in match Worcs 193,79,1 overs(Plunkett 6-63) & 179,74 overs(Plunkett 5-56) lost to Durham 194,55.5 overs(Mustard 63*) & 179-5,41 overs(Di Venuto 100*) by 5 wickets Scorecard David Hussey unwanted by Australia or Australia 'A' hits ton for Notts At Trent Bridge Notts 369-9,96 overs(D Hussey 126,A Brown 54) 7 289-7dec, 67 overs(Wagh 131,D Hussey 74) drew with Lancs 285,107 overs(Ealham 5-31) & 97-3,33 overs Scorecard Somerset chase huge target and win, Rudolph misses out on doubleton At Taunton Yorkshire 375-5,95.1 overs(Rudolph 191) & 363-5dec,96.5 overs(Sayers 152) lost to Somerset 326,79.5 overs(Trescothick 146) & 479-6,85.2 overs(Suppiah 131,Trego 103*) Scorecard,Division 2 At Lord's Shah makes timely ton Middx 385,130.3 0vers(Shah 159) & 246-5dec,67.5 overs(Compton 100*) drew with Surrey 392,134.2 overs(Ramprakash 136,Kartik 5-65) & 99-5,40 overs(Ramprakash 49*,Kartik 2-26)Scorecard

*    Pakistan middle order squander batting practice:At Colombo CCCG Sri Lanka Cricket XI 345-5dec,overs(Thirimanne 116,Kapugedera 115,Tharanga 50) & 137-2dec,37.4 overs drew with Pakistan XI 400-8dec,90 overs(K Manzoor 83,S Butt 82,Pushpakumara 3-83)  & 54-4,18 overs  Scorecard

*    Michael Vaughan announces his retirement from cricket More

*    England Women post useful total as Sarah Taylor hits ton:At Chelmsford 2nd LOI England Women 259-6,50 overs(SJ Taylor 120,SC Taylor 42,Morgan 41) beat Australia Women 204,43.4 overs(Shaw 3-39,Marsh 3-33) by 55 runs  Scorecard

*    Tons for Krejza and Umar Akmal,8 wickets for McKay in drawn match:At Townsville 1st Unofficial test Australia 'A' 399,118.3 overs(Krejza 105*,Henriques 76,Voges 78,Wahab Riaz 5-98) & 256-5dec,82 overs(White 77,Paine 54*) drew with Pakistan 'A' 338,96.1 overs(Azhar Ali 78,McKay 6-75) & 207-5,49 overs(Umar Akmal 100*,Safraz Ahmed 50*)    Scorecard

*    England Women bowlers regain their form and rout Australia so England win by 9 wickets as Sarah Tatylor top scores:At Chelmsford Australia Women 134,49.4 overs(Farrell 39*,Colvin 3-27) lost to England Women 134-1,27.0 overs(SC Taylor 64,CJ Atkins 48*) by 9 wickets Scorecard

*    MCCA  Trophy Semifinals Norfolk 235,47.3 overs thrashed Oxfordshire 78,28.5 overs by 157 runs Scorecard  Staffordshire 237-9,50 overs beat Bedfordshire 140,37.3 overs by 97 runs Scorecard

*    India collapse to Windies pacemen,Dhoni leads recovery but Windies romp home to easy win  thanks to Morton & Gayle so level series:At Jamaica 2nd LOI India 188,48.2 overs(Dhoni 95,Rampaul 4-37,Bravo 3-26,Taylor 3-36) lost to West Indies 192-2,34.1 overs(Morton 85*,Gayle 64) by 8 wickets Scorecard

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