Cricket Ireland has announced its squads for the Intercontinental Cup clash with Afghanistan and the ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers in UAE

The USACA has announced the squads for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and World Cricket League Division 5 tournaments in Dubai, UAE and Nepal

Kamran Akmal's poor showing with the gloves for Pakistan during the second Test in Sydney has prompted the selectors to rush promising wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed to Australia

There are no English names in the IPL's list of the 51 players who will be involved in the auction for the 2010 season. Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, told Cricinfo this is because of "new conditions imposed by the ECB"

Bangladesh Under-19 captain Mahmudul Hasan has set his sights on a last four finish at the World Cup, beginning in New Zealand from January 15

Stuart Clark will be joining Kent as an overseas player for the first half of next season. Clark, who has also enjoyed brief stints with Hampshire and Middlesex, had been set to fill the overseas role for Kent last summer before being recalled by Australi

Samit Patel has underlined his desire to force himself back into England contention as a fitter, trimmer player by signing a new three-year contract with Nottinghamshire

West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been ruled out of Guyana's opening match of the WICB four day competition after failing to recover from a finger injury he sustained on the tour of Australia last month

A round-up of the fourth day's games of the HRV Cup

MS Dhoni, the India captain, has said dew contributed significantly to his team's defeat against Sri Lanka in Mirpur

Australia's thrilling 36-run victory over Pakistan was only the sixth instance in Test history of a team winning after trailing by 200-plus in the first innings

Tim Paine will lead Tasmania for the first time after the captain George Bailey was ruled out of Friday's Twenty20 game against Queensland with an elbow problem

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) may not sell tickets for the India-South Africa Test at the Eden Gardens in February, a move similar to the one adopted during the fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka last month

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

India were declared winners of the Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in South Africa after the final against South Africa was rained out in Johannesburg

Poonam Raut and Jhulan Goswami were the stars in India Green Women's victory against India Blue Women in the final of the Challenger Trophy in Ahmedabad

Sudeep Tyagi, the Uttar Pradesh fast bowler, has been included in the squad for the two-Test series in Bangladesh in January

An unbeaten 82 by Rameez Aziz helped Pakistan to a six-wicket win and level the series with one game to play in Blenheim

Makhaya Ntini has said he hasn't signed a contract to play county cricket in England as a Kolpak player because he believes his Test career isn't finished

New Zealand fast bowler has been ruled out of this year's IPL as he is still in rehabilitation after surgeries on his left shoulder and right knee in late November