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The Pakistan captain picked up the injury while fielding in Pakistan's second warm-up match against Warriors in Benoni, when he and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal went for a catch in slips

Younis ruled out of opening match

Currently playing for Middlesex since joining them 2007, the left-arm spinner has signed a one-year contract with Somerset

Kartik joins Somerset for 2010

The State Twenty20 champions are also scheduled to play warm-up matches in Australia against the Queensland Academy and South Australia before leaving for India on October 2

Otago line up warm-up ties against Deccan, Somerset

The former New Zealand captain, who is also a member of the MCC's World Cricket Committee said the games would eventually become day-night Tests

Crowe unveils plans to save Tests

The seven-match ODI series between England and Australia was too long and has disadvantaged the teams ahead of the Champions Trophy, according to Ricky Ponting

One-day series was too long - Ponting

Corey Collymore and Chris Liddle have both signed one-year extensions to their contracts, keeping them at Hove until the end of the 2010 season

Collymore and Liddle extend contracts

Michael Vaughan has made his first step towards forging a new career following his retirement from first-class cricket by agreeing to use his expertise as the new Business Development Manager at International Sports Management

Vaughan moves into management

A round-up of the 13th day's action at the KPL Cup

Bangalore Provident make it to semis

Daren Ganga, the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) captain, has been cleared to play the Champions League in India next month after his employers, Petrotrin, had initially refused to grant him leave for the Twenty20 tournament

Ganga cleared to play Champions League

BCCI president Shashank Manohar has chosen to avoid any debate with the Union sports ministry and said the board would pursue the case only with the ICC

BCCI refuses to align with government on anti-doping stand

The company announced a three-year extension on their sponsorship agreement, and as per the new terms of the agreement, it will provide N$2.5 million (US$ 332,153) annually to the board

Cricket Namibia gets extended sponsorship deal

South Africa, who have made grasping defeat from the fat lady's mouth as she starts to warm up into an art form in global tournaments, are Sporting Index's favourites to put years of misery behind them by winning the Champions Trophy on home soil

India the big danger to South Africa

21-Sep-2009•Ed Hawkins

Flintoff nearly quit during Ashes tour

Andrew Flintoff has admitted that he gave serious thought to resigning the captaincy once the Ashes had been lost following the third of England's five defeats of their disastrous tour of Australia in 2006-07

Ryan Sidebottom has been awarded a benefit season in 2010 after six years with Nottinghamshire

Sidebottom awarded Nottinghamshire benefit

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