Anil Kumble, the former India captain, has questioned the manner in which Rahul Dravid was dropped from the one-day squad, following his reasonable performance in the ICC Champions Trophy

Queensland survived a late-order wobble to take first-innings points against Western Australia in a match that otherwise petered out to a predictable draw

Mohammad Talha, the Pakistan fast bowler, has identified his run-up as an area to work on to improve his bowling and help him make the step up to the national team

Cricket Australia has resisted the urge to overhaul its selection panel following the Ashes loss, reappointing Andrew Hilditch as chairman for two more years

Michael Clarke has been confirmed as Australia's new Twenty20 captain and Cameron White will step into the vice-captaincy following the retirement of Ricky Ponting from the format

Mark Gillespie's ongoing back injury will keep him out of Wellington's opening four-day match of the season and there remains doubt over when he will be fit to return

South Australia opened their Sheffield Shield season on a high with a nine-wicket victory over Tasmania despite the Redbacks' attack being hampered by injuries

Kirstie Thomson, an opening batsman, will make her international debut for South Africa women tomorrow when they take on West Indies women in the first ODI

Marcus Trescothick has had to fly home from Somerset's Champions League campaign in India after a recurrence of his stress-related illness

Rob Key has been reappointed as Kent's captain for 2010, after signing a new long-term contract

Hamilton Masakadza and Stuart Matsikenyeri produced a pair of half-centuries to propel Zimbabwe to another imposing total in the second ODI against Kenya at Harare

The PCB released a short statement saying that a "detailed discussion was held" between the two, the details of which will be announced in the next few days

The SuperSport Series match between Titans and Warriors, which was abandoned last week due to an unfit pitch in Benoni, has been rescheduled for November 12-15 at Port Elizabeth

Northamptonshire will be hosting two A team one-dayers next summer

Ryan Broad scored a century in a Sheffield Shield match for the third consecutive time as Queensland came within sight of first-innings points against Western Australia

Tasmania's new captain George Bailey loomed as the key man for his team after three days in Adelaide, where Tasmania held a slender lead with six wickets in hand

Yorkshire have signed Ryan Harris, the Queensland allrounder, as their overseas player for the 2010 season

Rahul Dravid has been dropped for the first two one-day internationals against Australia, while uncapped fast bowler Sudeep Tyagi has found a place

Lasith Malinga will leave for South Africa in time to participate in the Highveld Lions' first match against the Cape Cobras on February 5 in Cape Town

The trio got a look-in to make up for the absence of Jesse Ryder, Grant Elliott and Daryl Tuffey, who all picked injuries during the Champions Trophy