Smith is not leaving Surrey, insists Alec Stewart

"As soon as we have more information, from the damage to the knee, we'll be in a better position to say if he is coming back or not"

“As soon as we have more information, from the damage to the knee, we’ll be in a better position to say if he is coming back or not”

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Surrey’s director of cricket Alec Stewart has insisted that captain Graeme Smith will not be leaving the club after he returned to South Africa to undergo surgery on his fractured knee.

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Investigation into CB40 match was not ‘shut down’ by ICC, says Sir Ronnie Flanagan

"It was through the ACSU's work, including work with Lou Vincent, that we came to the conclusion that this match had to be re-examined"

“It was through the ACSU’s work, including work with Lou Vincent, that we came to the conclusion that this match had to be re-examined”

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The head of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU), Sir Ronnie Flanagan, has insisted that the global cricketing body did not shut down the investigation into a 2011 CB40 match between Sussex and Kent.

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‘There is no second chance for us’, says Brad Haddin

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“We have got to make sure that we bring our A game and deliver under pressure”

Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has announced that the baggy greens have to beat the West Indies, who are the defending champions, if they want to have any chance of qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Twenty20.

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Clarke, Haddin and Warner to be rested for fourth ODI

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“I’m going to think about spending three days with my beautiful wife and not think about cricket at all”

Australia captain Michael Clarke, wicketkeeper Brad Haddin and opening batsman David Warner will all be rested for the fourth ODI against England in Perth after the baggy greens took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the ongoing ODI series following their dominant seven-wicket win in Sydney.

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