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Shane Watson is likely to replace Brad Hodge in the starting XI against New Zealand

A round-up from the second day of County Championship action as the matches start to take shape

There are a score of young players in domestic cricket who can be given their international break with the Bangladesh tour. But if Dilip Vengsarkar picks a young team, will have to explain how he managed to find so many cricketers who fit the bill, having

A day before the Indian team for the tour of Bangladesh was to be selected, Yuvraj Singh hammered a stylish 70 to win Punjab a berth in the final of the domestic Twenty20 championships

Australia have dominated the World Cup to date but top spot in the Super Eights is still just about up for grabs. Should New Zealand beat them by a big margin on Friday, in the penultimate match before the last four, then the Black Caps could pip them and

Jacob Oram will miss New Zealand's Super Eights match against Australia on Friday

Ashley Giles has undergone an exploratory operation on his right hip in Vail, Colorado after suffering pain during Warwickshire's pre-season tour of Grenada

This was just the way it was for Bangladesh on an ultimately disappointing day that saw them win the toss, stifle an unmotivated West Indies to 67 for 3 after 25 overs, and then let a gettable target of 231 end in another batting disaster.

Remarking on the appointment of Shoaib Malik as the new Pakistan captain, former captains, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan and Intikhab Alam, felt that at this point of time there was no option but to make Malik captain and have backed his appointment

Comment on Shoaib Malik as Pakistan's 25th captain

Duncan Fletcher has resigned as England's coach and will leave his post after their World Cup campaign is completed on Saturday

Adrian Birrell warned that Ireland's cricket administrators that they need to take radical steps to ensure that their top players are available for future international engagements

The Wisden Cricketer magazine has joined Sky following an agreement by which BSkyB Publications Limited has acquired the title from its former owner, The Wisden Group

Shoaib Malik has been confirmed as captain of the Pakistan cricket team

Netherlands' former fast bowling coach Ian Pont has come up with a radical idea to shake up Dutch international cricket

In the aftermath of Ireland's World Cup farewell, Trent Johnston, their captain, dropped a broad hint that he would soon be announcing his retirement

Mohammad Yousuf appears before the performance evaluation committee

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has, in an apparent change of heart, has reinstated the vast majority of the lower-grade employees who were sacked only two days ago.

Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indies' middle-order batsman, is all set to be named as captain for their next month's tour of England, replacing Brian Lara

Cricket Australia has been forced to change the recent tradition of staging the concluding Tests of its major series in Melbourne and Sydney