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Luke Ronchi is keen to repay the faith of the Australian selectors after they confirmed he would replace Brad Haddin in the two Twenty20 internationals against South Africa

Ronchi replaces Haddin for Twenty20s

Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, has asked supporters to be patient if the team does not perform to expectations in the upcoming ODI series against Australia

Smith urges calm if ODIs don't go to plan

Jesse Ryder will miss the fourth one-day international against West Indies in Wellington on Saturday because of "inadequate preparation"

Jesse Ryder misses fourth ODI

Graeme Smith has decided to delay surgery for a tennis elbow injury until after the home series against Australia, beginning on February 26

Smith puts off surgery for tennis elbow

England are searching for a coach following the sacking of Peter Moores and there have been reports that Kevin Pietersen had approached Shane Warne for the job. However Warne has said that Pietersen had sent him a joke text message which he turned down

Pietersen's coach offer was a joke - Warne

Shaun Tait has looked to the future after being picked in Australia's limited-overs squads

Tait eyes Tests after recall

Kevin Pietersen has said he will spend some time out of the spotlight before responding to the recent events

Pietersen keeps quiet

Andrew Strauss was formally unveiled as England's Test captain at a packed press conference at Lord's in which he insisted he has the support of his predecessor, Kevin Pietersen. He was not, however, named England's one-day captain , after a tumultuous 2

Strauss confident of Pietersen's support

Melissa Bulow, Clea Smith and Kris Britt have returned to national reckoning after being named in the 30-member preliminary World Cup squad

Bulow, Smith and Britt recalled

Victoria remained on top of the Twenty20 points table with a 78-run win over Western Australia at the MCG

Hodge and White ensure Victoria stay on top

Kevin Pietersen has arrived back in Britain following his dramatic resignation as England captain, as the dust begins to settle on a tumultuous 24 hours for English cricket

Pietersen arrives back in England

The bulk of Bermuda's squad have been handed professional full-time contracts by the board as the team begins to prepare for the World Cup Qualifiers

Bermuda go professional

Sri Lanka will split their tour to Pakistan over two legs in January and February, playing in total, three ODIs and two Tests. A gap in between of over two weeks thus paves the way for Sri Lanka for a potential tussle against India

Pakistan confirms split series against Sri Lanka

It took just 2.3 overs for Zimbabweans on the final day to complete the victory against the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy. Having made the perfect start to their tour of Bangladesh with the 195-run win in this three-day fixture, the Zimbabweans will ha

Price picks up six as Zimbabweans complete win

Jamie How has been dropped from the New Zealand squad for the last two ODIs of the five-match series against West Indies

Guptill replaces How for last two ODIs

The England captaincy baton has passed from one South African to another with Andrew Strauss named as Kevin Pietersen's replacement for the tour of West Indies

Strauss thrust into captaincy hot seat

The full resignation statement of Kevin Pietersen as he stands down as England captain

Pietersen resignation statement

An easy win is on the cards for the Zimbabweans, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy having been reduced to 107 for 8 in pursuit of 304

Zimbabweans poised for win

"Terrible" was how Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, summed up his team's batting effort in the third ODI at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington

Gayle lambasts 'terrible' batting