Cricket

Northamptonshire's former England spinner Nick Cook made pounds 133,304 from his benefit last year.

World record Test run scorer Allan Border, who retired from the international arena in 1994, is to give up all cricket at the end of the season. The 40-year-old left-hander, who started his first-class career with New South Wales, had a Test career spanning 156 matches, including 93 as captain, in which he scored 11,174 runs at an average of 50.56. He took 156 Test catches.