Merissa Aguilleira and Stafanie Taylor have welcomed the West Indies Cricket Board's decision to offer central retainer contracts to six players in the their side

The one-year ban on Rana Naved-ul-Hasan was lifted on Saturday by the PCB, clearing the way for the fast bowler to be considered for national selection once again

Pakistan recalled Misbah-ul-Haq to the Test side and then installed him as captain primarily because Younis Khan was not cleared for selection by the PCB, the chief selector Mohsin Khan has said

Morne Morkel will not take part in South Africa's second Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe in Kimberley on Sunday and could miss the subsequent ODI series

Nathan Hauritz has admitted he had lost the right to bowl in the second session of the fifth day, after an unthreatening spell before the break when he tried to experiment with his lines

If it is not the proliferation of Twenty20 tournaments that is causing players to break down, it is thoughtless scheduling

Intikhab Alam, the former Pakistan captain, who has been appointed manager of the Pakistan team has said that managing the Pakistan team is not an easy job anymore in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal

While much has been said about the scars sustained by Australia who lost a match it should have won, MS Dhon, who has now led India to victory in 11 of 16 Tests, was taking nothing for granted

Viv Richards has said the Caribbean cricket establishment has prevented retired players from helping with the administration but affirmed that he's willing to help revive the game in the region

The BCCI secretary N Srinivasan has said that the board remains opposed to the Umpiring Decision Review System (UDRS) despite the umpiring errors in Mohali

Queensland have lost the promising fast bowler Luke Feldman for six weeks after he fractured a bone in his wrist during Wednesday's Ryobi Cup match at the Gabba

Brett Lee hopes to be in contention for Australia's limited-overs series against Sri Lanka later this month, despite his decision to sit out of New South Wales' opening Ryobi Cup game this weekend

Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has promised to co-operate fully with all investigations arising from the spot-fixing scandal

Shelley Nitschke, the Australia allrounder, has been named the Women's Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards in Bangalore

Virender Sehwag, the India opener, has been named the Test Player of the Year during the 2010 ICC Awards ceremony in Bangalore

Ricky Ponting has been picked to the lead the World ODI team of the year by a specially-appointed selection panel chaired by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd

India's captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has been named as captain of the ICC's Test Team of the Year, an honour he also claimed in 2009, in a line-up that also includes two other players, Sachin Tendulkar and Dale Steyn, from last year's selection

Aleem Dar, the Pakistan umpire, has been named the Umpire of the Year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Bangalore

New Zealand have been honoured with the Spirit of Cricket Award at the ICC Awards in Bangalore

South Africa's AB de Villiers has won the ODI Player of the Year award at the ICC Awards in Bengaluru. De Villiers beat off tough competition from India's Sachin Tendulkar and the Australia duo of Shane Watson and Ryan Harris to take the prestigious award