Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, will miss this month's one-day series against Australia because of an ongoing elbow injury, coach Mickey Arthur said

Matthew Hayden has admitted he has not considered retirement despite growing speculation over his career following an extended lean spell

The second instalment of our staff's selections of the best and worst from 2008

Brett Lee will miss the tour to South Africa due while Australia hope to have Andrew Symonds back during the one-day international campaign

The Daily Telegraph have reported that Kevin Pietersen, the England captain, has called emergency talks with the ECB over the role of coach Peter Moores

A round-up of the fourth day's play of the first-round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the Test Match Special commentator and former Times cricket correspondent, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year's honours list

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, said his team were fortunate to have the cushion of a 500-plus lead against Banglades

Rajeev Nayyar, the Himachal Pradesh batsman, who holds the record for the longest first-class innings, has announced his retirement after a career spanning over 20 years

Mohammad Ashaduddin, son of former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin, has been selected for the trials camp of Kolkata Knight Riders on January 6-7 at the Eden Gardens

The past year has been a steep learning curve for Mitchell Johnson, who hopes the injection of youth into Australia's squad for the Sydney Test will lift the team

Ashwell Prince has rated himself a 60% chance of being fit for the Sydney Test, where South Africa will aim for a clean sweep having secured their first series win in Australia on Tuesday

Saurashtra coach Debu Mitra is confident his side has the talent to win the Ranji Trophy for the first time

Northern Districts, Otago and Wellington were the winners in the latest round of State Shield action

Inclement weather brought about an early end to the first ODI at Queenstown with West Indies 129 for 5 after 35.4 overs

Australia's newest allrounder Andrew McDonald was organising a new-year surfing holiday when he got a phone-call that immediately changed his plans

Ramnaresh Sarwan is hoping to put aside his poor performance in the two Tests in New Zealand with a better showing in the five-ODI series, which begins in Queenstown on Wednesday

A round-up of the third day's play of the first-round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Pakistan's already troubled quest to organise some international cricket has run into further obstacles after it emerged that Sri Lanka's players would like to push back the tour

Bangladesh, led by their captain Mohammad Ashraful, may have extended the first Test against Sri Lankans to the fifth day in Mirpur, but the visitors are confident of winning