John Wright, a current New Zealand selector and former India coach, has confirmed he is in the running for the coach's position at the Kolkata Knight Riders

The ICC president David Morgan will meet Pakistan board chairman Ijaz Butt in Dubai on August 27 to resolve the issue of Pakistan's hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup

Ian Bell's demeanour throughout his second innings here had been that of a man determined not to waste an opportunity and if he was hoping to make the right impression on England's selectors he could not have chosen a better moment

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Virender Sehwag was non-committal about his participation in the Champions Trophy in September, despite making good progress in his recovery from a shoulder injury

Pakistan's blind cricket team, the reigning world champions, have been denied visas to travel to Britain

Ashish Nehra believes he is now ready to lead the Indian pace attack in the ICC Champions Trophy in the absence of the injured Zaheer Khan

The bowlers had their say on a rain-hit second day at the Premadasa Stadium as Pakistan took control again by reducing the Sri Lankans to 155 for 6

Stuart Binny came within one bid of overtaking Robin Uthappa as the highest-paid cricketer in the KPL

New Zealand's batsmen managed to get an eye in on the final day of the tour game which ended in a tame draw

Australia have drafted in Chris Hartley, an uncapped wicketkeeper, for tomorrow's two-day match against England Lions at Canterbury to provide cover for Brad Haddin and Graham Manou

The team for the four-day Intercontinental Cup contains four changes from the team that beat Canada

Luke Pomersbach has escaped a jail sentence but has been banned by Western Australia until the end of the 2010-11 season after admitting to assaulting a police officer

Matt Prior has shrugged off the "massive ego" reference to him in Justin Langer's leaked dossier to the Australians about the England team and said he hadn't "lost too much sleep over it

West Indies cricket lurches from one precipitous state to another, with the news that the board (WICB) has sacked the coach, John Dyson, ahead of the forthcoming Champions Trophy

Just as several batsmen around the county circuit will have started to wonder whether a door into the England dressing room was beginning to open for them to be ushered through, Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell - two leading contenders for the fifth Ashes Test

The Pakistan Cricket Board has opted for an out-of-court settlement with the ICC after it was stripped of its hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup in the subcontinent

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Any lingering hope that Marcus Trescothick might make a shock return for the fifth Ashes Test has been further quashed, with the former England batsman revealing that the speculation over his return provoked a vivid dream that had him waking up "in a cold

Worcestershire have secured contracts for three young players over the next two years