Cricket Ireland has announced it will award six full-time contracts in the build-up to the 2011 World Cup

A round-up of the ninth day's games of the HRV Cup, New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition

The Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has replaced Yuvraj Singh as the captain of Kings XI Punjab for this year's IPL

The trip will start with the two Tests (February 6-10 and 14-18) and will be followed by three ODIs, on February 21, 24 and 27 respectively

Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh's captain, Bangladesh's captain, is aiming to hold India to a draw in the upcoming first Test starting January 17 in Chittagong

A round-up of the first day's games at the Under-19 World Cup

MS Dhoni has hit back at the comments of Ian Chappell, who this week said that India do not have the resources to retain their No.1 spot in the ICC Test rankings for a long enough period to emulate Australia

Cricket Australia will let players involved in the IPL make their own decisions about whether to take part

Australian cricketers could be barred from participating in this year's IPL, after the right-wing political party, Shiv Sena, warned that they would not be welcome in parts of the country in retaliation for a series of attacks on Indian students in Melbou

Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of this year's IPL and ICC World Twenty20 after undergoing an arthroscopy on his left knee and will be sidelined for a further six months

A round-up of the second day's play of the third round of the RBS Pentangular Cup

Joe Denly, the England and Kent batsman, has been cleared of any serious damage after undergoing exploratory operations on both knees.

Zimbabwe cricket has launched a domestic 'B' league as the number of professional cricketers playing franchise cricket in the country starts to grow.

Leicestershire will retain the services of Tim Boon, their senior coach, until at least 2011 after he signed an extension to his contract.

Younis Khan, the former Pakistan captain who took a break from the game in November while claiming he had "lost command" of the side, has been picked in a squad of 17 for the ODI leg of the tour of Australia

Graham Thorpe, the former England and Surrey batsman, has been appointed batting coach for the England Lions tour of the United Arab Emirates in February.

Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul and six other players have been nominated twice in the third annual ESPNcricinfo Awards

Rushan Jaleel has been reported for an illegal bowling action during Sri Lanka Under-19's World Cup warm-up match against Hong Kong

Reportedly, the Maharashtra Under-19 team, who were playing Punjab in the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy semi-final, staged a walkout on the second day after claiming the Mohali wicket was "underprepared and poor"

Plays of the day from the first day of the third Test between Australia and Pakistan in Hobart