Pakistan Under-19 bowled out Zimbabwe Under-19 for 86 to take the first ODI by 126 runs at the Harare Sports Club

Mitchell Johnson became the sixth player to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the 2009 ICC Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg

England batsman Claire Taylor has been named Women's Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the ODI Player of the Year award for the second year in a row at the ICC Awards in Johannesburg

India opener Gautam Gambhir has been named Test Player of the Year at the ICC awards ceremony in Johannesburg

Indian skipper MS Dhoni has been named as captain of the Test Team of the Year, as he was for the ODI team of the year.

MS Dhoni was named captain of the World ODI Team of the Year for the second year running at the ICC Awards in Johannesburg

Pakistan's Aleem Dar was named Umpire of the Year at the ICC Awards in Johannesburg

Ireland captain William Porterfield has been named the ICC Associate Player of the Year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg

Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has won the ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year award in recognition of his 96 not out off 57 balls at the 2009 World Twenty20 in England

The New Zealand cricket team was named the recipient of the Spirit of Cricket Award at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg

Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle has won the Emerging Player of the Year award at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf believes his team are favourites against New Zealand in the second semi-final in Johannesburg on Saturday

Counties have been busy during the winter putting together their squads for 2010 and there have been a number of interesting signings

Stuart Broad is a doubt for England's ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia after being diagnosed with a torn buttock muscle

David Brown, the Gloucestershire allrounder, is being released by the club a year before his contract expires after struggling for many first-team opportunities

Cricket South Africa has withdrawn South African batsman AB de Villiers from all competitive cricket for the next four to six weeks on the basis of medical advice

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has made trial changes to their domestic competition, including allowing 12 players a side, reducing the format to 40 overs each and allowing the batting side to pick Powerplays

Kabir Ali will remain at Worcestershire in 2010, but only because no other county has been prepared to buy out the final year of his contract.

Derbyshire have released batsman Wavell Hinds and legspinner Mark Lawson