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

On a batting paradise, Wasim Jaffer hit his fourth ton of the season to charge Mumbai to a healthy position by the end of the opening day in Chennai

Lee Carseldine's unbeaten 67 got Queensland home with two balls to spare in Geelong, where Victoria's loss was only their second in the four years the competition has been running

South Africa's chances of claiming a 3-0 victory over Australia may have fractured with Graeme Smith's left hand. Smith became the first victim of a cracking pitch when a Mitchell Johnson delivery surprised the captain, cutting back and striking the knuck

Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from day two of the third Test between Australia and South Africa at the SCG

Cricket Australia has reiterated its preference to have the proposed tour of Pakistan staged in the country itself, after reports claimed that the PCB was planning to stage the postponed series, originally scheduled for March 2008, in Kuala Lumpur.

The controversy surrounding the England team, following reports of a rift between Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores, the coach, appears to have intensified with the captain admitting that the "situation is not healthy"

Australia are hopeful that Brett Lee will be fit for the Ashes after having bone fragments removed from his left ankle in Melbourne on Saturday

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

Opening batsman Justin Guillen, offspinner Sunil Narine and fast bowler Atiba Allert have been named in Trinidad & Tobago's 13-man squad in an away game against Barbados

Dayaneshwar Agashe, the former Indian board vice-president and Maharashtra wicketkeeper, died in Pune after failing to respond to treatment for gangrene

A blistering rearguard hundred from Tillakaratne Dilshan saved Sri Lanka's day