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Intikhab Alam, the Pakistan coach, has said he will be closely monitoring the fitness of injury-prone fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar during the one-dayers against Australia in the UAE

Intikhab to monitor Shoaib's fitness

Nicholls & Steyn, the IPL's South African security agency, have said that they have taken necessary precautions to protect Lalit Modi after reports surfaced in the Indian media of an alleged threat to the IPL chairman's life from the Indian underworld, du

IPL security agency moves on threat to Modi

A round-up of the second day of the 14th round matches of the Regional Four Day Competition

Stoute stars for Barbados

India Under-19 beat Australia Under-19 by nine wickets at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart despite a century from Mitchell Marsh, taking a 1-0 lead in the two match series

India Under-19 win despite Marsh hundred

Kamran Khan has expressed his happiness at receiving a US$24,000 contract with the franchise but wished he had received the money sooner as his family struggled with poverty

IPL next stop for Kamran

Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has questioned the commitment of the Pakistan players who were keen to be part of the national team after featuring in the unofficial ICL

Waqar doubts ICL players' commitment

Andrew Flintoff is keen to put the "tough winter" behind him and avoid more injuries that forced him to miss a lot of cricket over the last two years

Flintoff hopes for injury-free summer

Shane Warne has named Kamran Khan, a 18-year-old rookie left-arm fast bowler, as one of the players to watch out for in the IPL starting in Cape Town on Saturday

Warne backs Kamran, Jadeja and Yusuf to fire

John Buchanan, the coach of the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, has said his four-captain policy for his team had been "misinterpreted"

Four-captain plan 'misinterpreted' - Buchanan

A mammoth fifth-wicket partnership of 242 between Harpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh put India Under-19 in front against Australia Under-19 on the second day at the Bellerive Oval

Mandeep and Harpeet put India U-19 on top

South Africa are aiming to wrap up the series and the No. 1 ODI ranking with victory in the fourth match against Australia in Port Elizabeth

Australia aim to force series decider

A round-up of the first day of the 14th round matches of the Regional Four Day Competition

T&T fail to cash in on Rampaul's six-wicket haul

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes beating Australia in the limited-overs series in the UAE would help send a strong message to other nations to tour Pakistan

Shoaib eyes positives from defeating Australia

Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne has said the absence of leading performers Shane Watson and Sohail Tanvir will no doubt be a serious blow to the team as they look to defend their IPL crown in South Africa

Warne regrets losing Watson and Tanvir

Marcus Trescothick has turned down a request from Andrew Strauss to make himself available for selection to the squad for the World Twenty20 in June

Trescothick rules out England comeback

The Rajasthan Royal's warm-up for next week's IPL began with defeat to the Cape Cobras at Newlands

Kleinveldt's four wrecks Rajasthan's warm-up

A round-up of matches from the Super Eights of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

Ireland shocked by Hassan's five

Middle-order batsman Rajin Saleh and medium-pacer Sajidul Islam have missed out on a list of 17 contracted players named by the Bangladesh Cricket Board

Saleh and Sajidul not handed contracts

Tom Beaton's captain's innings of 106 helped Australia Under-19 claim the opening day honours in the first three-day match against India Under-19 at the Bellerive Oval

Beaton century drives Australia