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Sohail Tanvir, the Pakistan fast bowler, says there are plenty of other opportunities to play cricket even if he misses out on the IPL

Tanvir unworried by prospect of missing IPL

Shoaib Malik has the support of his coach as his captaincy comes under review at the end of this year

Intikhab wants Malik captaincy extended

Dwayne Bravo is targeting a return to competitive cricket by February next year after spending six months out of the game nursing an ankle injury

Bravo targets return in February

Mahmudullah, the Bangladesh middle-order batsman, is hopeful to making a return to the one-day side for the tri-nation series in January following an impressive run in the domestic circuit

Mahmudullah sets his sights on tri-series

Gautam Gambhir has credited the team coach Gary Kirsten for his current form and rated 2008 as his "best year" in the game so far

Gambhir credits Kirsten for recent form

Scott Styris, the New Zealand allrounder, has broken his right thumb and is expected to be out of action for at least six weeks

Styris out of action for six weeks

Vaughn van Jaarsveld will join South Africa's Test squad on Sunday to cover for ongoing injuries to Ashwell Prince and Graeme Smith

van Jaarsveld added to Test squad

Daniel Vettori, whose side lost the match after failing to chase 26 runs in an over, did not give his backing to the Super Over to decide a tie

Vettori opposes Super Over

Phillip Hughes piloted New South Wales to a tense victory, which was achieved with two balls remaining, over Queensland at the Gabba

Hughes leads NSW to thrilling win

A round-up of the first day's play of the quarter-final matches of the Ranji Trophy Super League 2008-09

Nayar's six-wicket haul gives Mumbai advantage

Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse has given the green light for the national team to tour Pakistan next month, AFP reported

Sri Lanka's Pakistan tour cleared

Manoj Tiwary hit an attractive ton to propel Bengal to 292 for 5 on a flat track at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore

Tiwary century gives Bengal the edge

Shakib Al Hasan took three wickets, including the prized ones of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, to rattle Sri Lanka on the first day in Mirpur

Shakib strikes leave SL in trouble

Cricket Canada is planning a multi-city league to generate more interest for the sport among people in the ICC Associate Member country

Cricket Canada plans multi-city league

Cricinfo staffers pick the highs and lows from the year gone by

Big money, big ruckus, big chase

26-Dec-2008

'We will go out there with an open mind' - Jayawardene

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has said that his team will not be taking Bangladesh lightly in the upcoming two-Test series, the first of which begins on Friday in Dhaka

Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful has said though the batsmen are aware of the threat from Muttiah Muralitharan, he was confident that they could face up to the challenge in the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka which gets underway in Dhaka on

Ashraful backs batsmen to come good against Murali

Cricinfo previews the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals between Mumbai and Himachal Pradesh, and between Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh

Mumbai favourites, Gujarat-UP well poised

Ewen Thompson, New Zealand's new left-arm seamer, believes he's fit and ready to make a mark in international cricket despite getting a late call-up, at the age of 29

Age no barrier for Ewen Thompson