An 11th country could be playing Test cricket if one of the proposals discussed at the two-day ICC Board meeting in Dubai is passed

Manish Pandey, Unmukt Chand, Rajat Bhatia, Rishi Dhawan, Iqbal Abdullah and T Suman are some of the names that feature in the 651-strong longlist of uncapped players, who will be part of the IPL auction for the first time

David Richardson, the ICC chief executive, has said that the proposed new revenue distribution model will actually favour the Associates and Affiliates and not leave them with smaller budgets

Freshly crowned Ashes heroes Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin and Steven Smith are part of a group of 31 players that has attracted the highest base price of Rs 20 million for the IPL player auction to be to be held in Bangalore on February 12 and 13

The Supreme Court has, for the third time, deferred announcing the results of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections, in which expelled IPL chairman Lalit Modi contested for the president's post

There is a possibility of the proposal put forward by the Big Three for the revamp of ICC's structure getting blocked should it come to an early vote at the ICC board meeting on January 29

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing to announce the results of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) to January 27

The ICC will next week meet key stakeholders in the World Twenty20, to be held in Bangladesh in March-April, to discuss security-related concerns following the spate of violence in the country over the past few months

Featuring a career cricket administrator, a former national minister, and Lalit Modi

Experience in batting, bowling, in playing hard, in recovering from bad situations . A combination of all that today helped Vinay Kumar to lead Karnataka into their first semi-finals after two years

Sanju Samson has shown a cool head under pressure and the skills to treat international bowlers with disdain, when given the chance by Rajasthan Royals. Come IPL 2014, he'll have more such opportunities, having been retained by the franchise

Uttar Pradesh chase 333 with two days left after restricting Karnataka to 204 in the second innings with a six-wicket haul from Ali Murtaza

Kings XI Punjab have provided the first major surprise of the new round of team-building by retaining little-known Punjab batsman Manan Vohra. They also retained David Miller

Kolkata Knight Riders have retained captain Gautam Gambhir and mystery spinner Sunil Narine, ahead of the 2014 IPL auction. Since they have retained two players, they will have two right-to-match cards at their disposal at the auction on February 12

Rajasthan Royals have retained five players in Sanju Samson, Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart Binny, Shane Watson and James Faulkner for IPL 2014

Ahead of Friday's deadline for submitting their retention lists to the IPL, franchises admit that the exercise has been challenging, with some even suggesting the negotiations put in danger the team's relationship with the player

Parvinder Singh's 92 and hour-long stand for the ninth-wicket with Ankit Rajpoot tested Karnataka's resolve, but the hosts ultimately dismissed Parvinder towards the end of the day to leave Uttar Pradesh at 221 for 9

Sent in on a green pitch, Karnataka recovered from 14 for 3 through Robin Uthappa's 100, before Karun Nair and CM Gautam extended their team's advantage over UP

In a major setback for Uttar Pradesh, pace bowler RP Singh is likely to miss the rest of their quarter-final against Karnataka

RP Singh's image has suffered since he played a brief and forgettable part in India's infamous 2011 England tour. Leaner and back in rhythm, the Uttar Pradesh left-armer looks to change public perceptions once again