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GIRLS and boys gave each other a run for their money at the Hastings and Rother Schools Sports Partnership year 6 mixed Kwik Cricket finals held at Horntye Park last Monday. (20/06/2007 18:00:39)

May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's cricket team, the world champion, has been told to pull out of a planned tour in Zimbabwe to protest Robert Mugabe's regime, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said.

West Indies captain Brian Lara announced his retirement from international cricket today, ending a record-breaking career as a batsman. Lara said his last match for the West Indies would be tomorrow's World Cup match against England at the Kensington Oval.

"Ive given this extensive consideration and on Saturday I will be bidding farewell to international cricket as a player," Lara told a news conference after West Indies beat Bangladesh by 99 runs in a Super Eights match on Thursday.