Nasim Ashraf has criticised the amendments made to the board's constitution which, he believes, provide the sports ministry with the authority to undermine the board's independence

Chris Taylor has parted ways with Yorkshire a year before his contract with the county was due to expire in order to focus on his business interests.

Cameron White, the Australian allrounder, will rejoin his old county Somerset for the 2010 Twenty20 Cup

James Kirtley, the former England seamer, has signed a one-year contract to stay at Sussex next season

England will play two Twenty20 matches against Pakistan in Dubai next month ahead of their tour of Bangladesh, the ECB confirmed on Friday

The Zimbabwe Under-19 team rounded off its preparations for the World Cup with a two-wicket win against Titans in Paarl.

Kamran Akmal, who dropped four catches in Australia's second innings in Sydney, is likely to make way for wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik might be drafted in for the struggling Misbah-ul-Haq

Zimbabwe's government has dismissed suggestions made by NZC that its tour later this year might be called off because of concerns over health facilities

Intikhab Alam has called for separate teams for Twenty20 internationals as a possible means of arresting his side's current decline in the Test format

Central Districts coach and former England allrounder Dermot Reeve has been censured and fined for his accusations of ball tampering against England batsman Ravi Bopara

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

Pakistan Under-19 clinched the three-match warm-up series against New Zealand Under-19 2-1 with a tight three-wicket win in the decider in Blenheim

MS Dhoni said the bowling needs to be better if the team is to rise to the top of the rankings

Simon Katich remains in doubt for the Hobart Test against Pakistan with an elbow injury, forcing the selectors to again name Phillip Hughes as a backup opener

Chris Cairns has announced he intends to sue Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi

David Morgan, the ICC president, has said he is not in favour of a World Cup ban for the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi, adding that the tournament would be "poorer" without matches being hosted in India's capital city

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

Nine English players will feature in the IPL auction on January 19 after league officials said a dispute over NOCs had been resolved. This takes to 60 the number of players who will be involved in the auction

Mumbai have retained the same squad that helped them progress to the final

Greg Chappell is confident that Australia will reach the semi-finals of the U-19 World Cup, but believes that winning the tournament is not a priority.