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Flintoff to join England net session

Andrew Flintoff has certainly fulfilled a few job descriptions during his spell in Australia and the latest role for him has come after an invitation to join England's training session in Brisbane on Sunday

17-Jan-2015•Andrew McGlashan

Demand rises for Bangladesh pace

Fast bowling, Bangladesh's most vulnerable and underutilized stock, is going to be in high demand at the World Cup. Taskin Ahmed wants to be among the top wicket-takers at the event while Al-Amin Hossain wants to take "12 to 15" wickets in the first round

17-Jan-2015•Mohammad Isam

No BBL expansion till 2018-19

Cricket Australia's operations manager and Big Bash League boss Mike McKenna confirmed today that the BBL would not be expanding beyond its existing eight teams until at least Network Ten's broadcasting deal expired in 2018-19

17-Jan-2015•Freddie Wilde

'Happy we are not favourites' - Waqar

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan head coach, is happy that his team is not going into the World Cup tagged as favourites, and pointed to their creditable semi-final finish in the 2011 edition when they went in without too many expectations

17-Jan-2015•Umar Farooq

$Ballance suffers fractured finger$

Ballance suffers fractured finger

England batsman Gary Ballance has suffered a fractured finger in Australia but is expected to be fit for the World Cup. There will not be an additional batsman called into the squad for the on-going tri series

17-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Richard Cox steps down as Netherlands CEO

Richard Cox has stepped down from his position as CEO of the Netherlands cricket board. Cox had filled the role for five years

17-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Finisher Faulkner strikes again

James Faulkner struck the winning runs against England on Friday; it was the sixth time in his 34-match ODI career that he was not out at the end of a successful chase

17-Jan-2015•Brydon Coverdale in Melbourne

Wary Dhoni admits to issues of niggles for India

MS Dhoni did not expand on his Test retirement, or who would open for India in their first tri-series game, but he did admit to players' workload needing management due to niggles

17-Jan-2015•Sidharth Monga in Melbourne

'Rules make it hard to play part-time bowler' - Dravid

Former India captain Rahul Dravid and former South African captain Graeme Smith said the rule changes in ODI cricket will encourage fielding teams to have a more attacking mindset in the 2015 World Cup

17-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

World Cup format long and predictable - Dravid, Smith

Former India captain Rahul Dravid and former South Africa captain Graeme Smith have given a thumbs down to the format of the World Cup starting in Australia and New Zealand on February 14

17-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Thorpe wisdom benefits Lions

Graham Thorpe feels the international scheduling is such that he is looking at whether the England Lions are good enough not for a ten-year career at the highest level, but an eight-year one

16-Jan-2015•Ivo Tennant

'Difficult to make combination without Ajmal' - Mushtaq

The suspensions handed out to Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez has meant Pakistan have had to rejig their bowling plans going into World Cup 2015, which, bowling consultant Mushtaq Ahmed said, is "difficult"

16-Jan-2015•Umar Farooq

Cairns pleads not guilty to perjury charge

Chris Cairns has submitted a plea of not guilty at a hearing at the Old Bailey ahead of his perjury trial

16-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Australia re-open English scars

Australia hope they have re-opened the scars of last summer's English misery down under with a comfortable opening triangular series victory at the SCG, and the tourists' new captain Eoin Morgan certainly sounded disconsolate after his century served only

16-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig

Fletcher upbeat about India's World Cup chances

India coach Duncan Fletcher believes MS Dhoni's men have a "good" chance to win the World Cup, considering their performances in the last three ICC tournaments

16-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sangakkara signs two-year Surrey deal

Kumar Sangakkara, the world's No. 1 Test batsman, has agreed a two-year deal with Surrey although how much he plays in 2015 will not be confirmed until Sangakkara makes a decision over his Test future

16-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

McMillan backs Guptill to find form

Craig McMillan joined Brendon McCullum in brushing off Thursday's string of run-outs as a freak occurrence, and backed a misfiring NZ top order to click, ahead of the third ODI at Eden Park

16-Jan-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Taijul, Sunny handed national contracts

Taijul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain and Arafat Sunny have been handed national contracts for 2015, while Imrul Kayes and Shafiul Islam have also returned to Bangladesh's list of contracted players, having missed out in 2014

15-Jan-2015•Mohammad Isam

'Will play as long as I'm fit and hungry' - Younis

Younis Khan has said that he will continue to play as long as he is fit and is able to sustain his hunger for the game

15-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Fast cutters' bring Mundhe success

Rajasthan lost six wickets "unexpectedly", Man-of-the-Match Shrikant Mundhe said, giving Maharashtra the push to go for the win

15-Jan-2015•Devashish Fuloria in Pune

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