Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, will find out in two weeks who he is up against in his bid for another spell in the position after nominations for the chairmanship opened on Monday

Thilan Samaraweera, the Sri Lankan batsman, feels Bangladesh will be unable to mount a Mirpur-like challenge in the fourth innings, with conditions in Chittagong not very conducive for batting

Darren Pattinson, the one-Test wonder who earned a surprise call-up by England in the summer, has extended his contract with Nottinghamshire

Surrey have begun to install their permanent floodlighting ahead of the new season and hope to complete the work by May

Pakistan's sports minister, Pir Aftab Shah Jilani, has said that the country's cricket board must be brought under the control of the ministry in order to keep a check on the PCB's functioning

A round-up of the semi-finals in South Africa's domestic one-day competition

Younis Khan has expressed his disappointment at the standard of pitches used for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, and said they are the main reason for the poor quality of cricket played in the tournament so far

Herschelle Gibbs has completed his rehabilitation programme and is now preparing to leave for the one-day series in Australia

Peter Moores could be sacked by the ECB before the end of the week, with his position as England coach becoming untenable in the wake of his public falling-out with the captain, Kevin Pietersen

The BCCI will decide on a one-day series with Sri Lanka only after it receives a response from New Zealand Cricket (NZC), possibly within this week, on its request for adding an extra Test to the original two-Test series schedule

Wasim Jaffer's second career triple-hundred and his 227-run stand with Sachin Tendulkar all but ensured Mumbai's place in the Ranji Trophy final by virtue of a first-innings lead

Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, is hopeful that with former Test players holding decision-making posts in the PCB he will get another chance to return to one-day side

Cricinfo's senior editors on the best passages of cricket they watched in 2008

A round-up of the third day's play in the second round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Despite conceding a 176-run first-innings lead, Mashrafe Mortaza believes Bangladesh can draw inspiration from their gallant effort in the previous Test in Mirpur and make a comeback over the next three days

Prosper Utseya, the Zimbabwe captain, has said his side will be under pressure to perform on the tour of Bangladesh in order to prove their place among the top teams

Australia lost the series 2-0 to South Africa going in to the final match in Sydney but Clark felt the team would bounce back just as it had after the Ashes loss in 2005

Jacob Oram, the New Zealand allrounder, is under another injury cloud after suffering an Achilles tendon problem during the second one-day international in Christchurch

West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has said he was confident of the team's chances in the second ODI against New Zealand in Christchurch, even after coming under severe pressure towards the end of the chase.

Sri Lanka are looking at splitting their proposed tour of Pakistan in order to squeeze in a home five-ODI series against India