
Ricky Ponting has won his fourth consecutive toss and has again sent New Zealand in, after the tactic worked for Tuesday's game in Hamilton

Sohail Tanvir has been ruled out of cricket for four months after undergoing a surgery on his knee in Australia

Bangladesh's plans for the first Test against England have been thrown into disarray after Raqibul Hasan, the 22-year-old middle-order batsman, retired from international cricket on the eve of the series

Mumbai Indians can bounce back, for Sachin Tendulkar is in tremendous form, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard boost their all-round strength and Zaheer Khan is proving highly consistent

Waqar Younis, Pakistan's incoming coach, has expressed "shock" at the clean-up operation in Pakistan which saw the PCB ban and fine seven leading players

Michael Carberry and James Tredwell are set to make their Test debuts at Chittagong on Friday, and there could yet be a third new cap in the Middlesex seamer, Steven Finn

Daryl Harper has not been chosen to officiate at the World Twenty20 in West Indies

Within 80 balls in to the chase, it was all but over. A penetrative spell from Darren Sammy, in which he took three wickets from his first three overs - later adding one more to his tally - left the Zimbabwean top order reeling in their chase of 246 at Ar

The ICC faces a tough call when it has to decide what to do following crowd trouble in the match between Nepal and USA

Ray Jennings, the Royal Challengers Bangalore coach, has called for a window for the IPL, saying that missing players due to international matches makes it tougher to build team spirit

Sussex, the defending Twenty20 champions, have signed Tillakaratne Dilshan for the 2010 tournament

Ian Bell has been the forgotten man of England's tour of Bangladesh, and that's a situation he probably doesn't mind too much

The strict action taken by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) against the top players for their dismal performance during the tour of Australia, has drawn great praise from former players

The Bangladesh coach is braced for the likelihood of a return to form for Kevin Pietersen at some stage during the two-Test series against England, which gets underway at Chittagong on Friday, but believes that his team has the bowlers to keep his attacki

Rahul Dewan, the Haryana batsman, who contributed significantly as a part-time offspinner to give North Zone victory in the Deodhar Trophy final, is keen on developing his bowling to become a full-fledged allrounder

What is Steven Smith Until Michael Clarke's latest adventure into the gossip pages it was

The Delhi Daredevils assistant coach has said his main aim would be to ensure a finals spot in the third season of the IPL

The Pakistan Cricket Board has come down heavily on the national players, acting on the findings of an inquiry committee that looked into the team's disastrous tour of Australia

Damien Wright continued his outstanding season with a five-wicket haul that restricted his former state Tasmania to 222 on the opening day in Melbourne

Steven Smith marked his selection in the Test squad with a half-century after Usman Khawaja's hundred set up New South Wales at the SCG