Former Test umpire and chairman of the first-class umpires' association Peter Willey has welcomed the ECB's decision to call time on the use of light meters in most county cricket

Lalit Modi has said that there is a possibility that the tactical time-out in the middle of each team's innings could be changed from one interval of seven and a half minutes to two breaks of two and a half minutes each

A dry day for Yusuf Pathan fails to better Sambit Bal's position

After England's disappointing winter tour in the West Indies, they will be relishing the chance to avenge their defeat and recapture some form in the two-match return tour before the Ashes series

Zaheer Khan will miss Mumbai Indians' next match against Deccan Chargers as he is nursing a shoulder injury

For a while tonight it looked as if Bangalore Royal Challengers were going to live down to the tag which last year turned into an albatross: that of the Test team trying to play Twenty20

Buoyant after their win yesterday, Bangladesh Under-19 continued strongly to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match encounter. A quick fifty from Saikat Ali coupled with another superb bowling display from Sabbir Rahman saw them assert their supremacy yet agai

Zimbabwe Cricket has set up training centres countrywide in order to develop the sport, expanding on initiatives started a decade ago

Uganda and Sierra Leone booked their places in the Under-19 World Cup qualifying tournament later this year after finishing first and second in the Africa Under-19 Championship

England's head coach, Andy Flower, believes that several key members of the squad to face West Indies in the first Test at Lord's on Wednesday are 'under-prepared'

Karen Rolton will step down as captain of the Australian women's team after the World Twenty20 in England this June

Grant Bradburn will stay on as coach of the Northern Districts after he replaced Andy Moles, who left to coach the New Zealand team, in November 2008, NZPA reported

Andrew Strauss has capped a memorable 12 months, which began with his recall to the Test team and culminated in his accession to the Test captaincy, by being named as England's Player of the Year for the second time in four years

A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches

A stellar effort from the bowlers, coupled with a breezy fifty from wicketkeeper Anamul Haque helped Bangladesh Under-19 draw level in the youth ODI series against Sri Lanka Under-19 at the Shamsul Huda Stadium

This was not your typical one-day match. In awkward batting conditions, Yorkshire appeared to have done most of their job in restricting Surrey to 184, but then, after a good start, they totally lost their way in mid-innings

A round-up of the fifth-round action from the Logan Cup as Easterns leapfrog Northerns at the top

The son of Dutch migrant parents, Nannes holds a Netherlands passport and has played for Middlesex in county cricket and Victoria in the Australian domestic circuit

Pakistan have included two uncapped players, Mohammad Aamer and Shahzaib Hasan, in the 15-member squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in England in June

South Africa have included their vice-captain Johan Botha in their 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 beginning on June 5 in England despite the left-arm spinner being reported for a suspect action