Ricky Ponting has expressed concern over the future of Nathan Bracken after the fast bowler returned home from because of a chronic knee problem

Jonty Rhodes suggests a simple tweak in Powerplay rules to revive interest in the format

Chathura Peiris, the left-arm seamer, will lead a 16-member Sri Lanka Under-19 squad for the tour of Australia next month. The team will play all five one-dayers in Darwin between October 2 to 11

James Franklin, the New Zealand left-arm medium-fast bowler, has been called up as a replacement for the injured Jacob Oram at the ICC Champions Trophy

Wicketkeeper Lee Goddard will return to Derbyshire next season after a gap of three years as a replacement for James Pipe, who is retiring to take up the position as the club's physiotherapist

The Pakistan Cricket Board has said it will not support the idea of a two-tier Test structure, if the topic comes up for discussion next month

Darren Broom has followed his older brother Neil to Otago after failing to win a contract with Canterbury for the coming season

Despite the best efforts of their leading run-scorer, Chris Nash, Sussex found themselves consigned to relegation at about five to five on day two

Action from the final round of Championship matches where Northamptonshire continue to dominate Leicestershire and Division One survival is assured for Lancashire and Yorkshire

This time last year the New Road square was under several feet of foul flood water. Locals might have been forgiven for concluding there was more filth on it during the second day of this game

Yorkshire have earned the right, almost at the last minute, to remain in the first division of the championship in 2010, and that was their main objective of this match

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir appears likely to play in India's opening match of the Champions Trophy, against Pakistan on Saturday, a senior BCCI official indicated on Thursday

Mohammad Asif, the Pakistan fast bowler, was taken for an ICC dope test during a team practice session in Johannesburg on Thursday

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, has said his side was "not taking any team lightly" in a tournament where one-bad match could cripple the campaign

The ECB have bolstered their coaching staff at the National Performance Centre in Loughborough with the appointment of Peter Such and Bruce French

Faisal Hossain has replaced Abdur Razzak in the Bangladesh A squad for the 19-day tour of Maharashtra after Razzak opted out citing personal reasons

Former Pakistan players criticised the team's performance in Johannesburg after they struggled to beat an under-strength West Indies team

The move was prompted by the ongoing power struggle within the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), which is yet to be resolved by the two concerned warring factions