Chris Cairns has rejected a plea from John Bracewell to return to Test cricket and help out a side debilitated by injury for the series against Australia

IS Bindra, the former president of the Indian board, has criticised the BCCI's decision to award a production contract to TWI for US$1.5million when an alternate offer worth US$1.29million by Nimbus, another production company, was available

Andy Blignaut has been named in the Zimbabwean squad for the first Test against South Africa at Cape Town which starts tomorrow (March 4)

Mahela Jayawardene's North Central Province clinched the Provincial Tournament after a tense third day's play in Dambulla

Sanath Jayasuriya has signed a short-term contract to play for Somerset, as a replacement for Australia's captain, Ricky Ponting, who was unable to confirm his availability

Graeme Smith has said that his South African team will not be taking Zimbabwe lightly when their two-Test series gets underway at Cape Town tomorrow (March 4)

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Victoria's search for an outright victory to keep them in touch of defending their title was damaged by Queensland's top four as they lined up for half-centuries

Sanath Jayasuriya has signed a short-term contract to play for Somerset, as a replacement for Australia's captain, Ricky Ponting, who was unable to confirm his availability

Central Zone batted Bangladesh Cricket Board XI out of the contest on the third day of the Duleep Trophy match in Delhi

The dust may barely have settled on the ECB's new TV rights contract with Sky Sports, but already it seems they are trying to encourage the BBC to bid for the next cricket deal, which would begin in 2010

Worcestershire have received assurances from the PCB that Shoaib Akhtar will be available for the entire second half of the season

Western Australia fought back after Shane Deitz and Daniel Harris put on 165 on the first day of the Pura Cup game at the WACA

Brett Lee's pace teammates may be fighting to keep him out of the Test side, but the incumbent trio is united in defending him in the beamers controversy

Matthew Hayden's shoulder injury, which has forced him out of tomorrow's one-day game at Napier, is becoming a worry for the first Test starting on Thursday

Glamorgan, the National League Division One champions, are hopeful of persuading Simon Jones to sign a new three-year contract before the start of the season to secure his long-term future at the club

The success of England's Test cricket team has been recognised by one of their major sponsors, the national energy provider, npower, who today announced a two-year extension to their title sponsorship of home Test matches

Yuvraj Singh celebrated his recall to the Indian Test side with an accomplished 110, and Virender reeled off a coruscating 57-ball 79, but both men were eclipsed by the big hitting of Amit Bhandari as North Zone seized the initiative in their Duleep

Trans World International, which handled Indian cricket's TV production from 1993 to 1999, have been awarded the rights to produce the telecast during the Test and one-day series against Pakistan

The Bangladesh Cricket Board XI failed to capitalise with the bat after dismissing Central Zone for 351 in the first innings on the second day of the Duleep Trophy