Fast bowler Boyd Rankin has been forced to pull out of Ireland's tour to Sri Lanka, after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right foot

Australian captain beats Jacques Kallis to be voted cricketer of the 2000s

Tillakaratne Dilshan is scheduled to touch down for a flying visit to New Zealand 90 minutes before Northern Knights play Wellington Firebirds

Having already secured the services of Cameron White for the 2010 Twenty20 Cup, Somerset have now snapped up Kieron Pollard, the West Indian batsman who starred for Trinidad & Tobago in the Champions League

Dennis Amiss, the former England and Warwickshire batsman, has been formally retained as deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board.

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

Netherlands, who will be returning to English domestic cricket this year in Ireland's absence, have finalised venues for their home games in the 2010 ECB 40 League. Six games are to be shared evenly between Amstelveen, Schiedam and Rotterdam.

New Zealand Under-19 coach Chris Kuggeleijn hopes home advantage will give them the edge in the Under-19 World Cup beginning on Friday

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

The renovation and modernisation work at the Wankhede Stadium has run into a legal wrangle, which could make the venue miss the deadline for the 2001 World Cup

Afghanistan captain is honoured to lead his country in their first World Cup and he wants to do all he can to ensure they continue to earn the respect of Test-playing nations

Ricky Ponting has conceded he could move down the order to finish off his outstanding career - but only if there is someone better at No.3

A decision on whether the Ashes will return to free-to-air television will be taken before the general election, the Government said on Tuesday

Stats preview to the Hobart Test, where Australia have never lost in eight Tests and Pakistan have lost two in two

A round-up of the latest batch of warm-up games ahead of the Under-19 World Cup

Ashwell Prince has signed for Lancashire as the county's interim overseas player for 2010

Andy Blignaut, who last played international cricket in 2005, is in discussions with the Matabeleland Tuskers franchise

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

Ireland batsman Jeremy Bray has announced his retirement from international cricket.

A round-up of the fourth day's action in first round of the Regional Four Day Competition 2009-10