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Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand captain, praised his side's battling qualities as they pulled off victory in a closely contested first ODI against England

B McCullum hails NZ fighting spirit

Mitchell McClenaghan, the New Zealand left-arm quick, has been ruled out of the remainder of the one-day series against England after suffering a side strain in Hamilton

Injured McClenaghan out of series, Guptill doubtful

Shane Watson may opening the batting in the first Test in Chennai with Ed Cowan after national selector John Inverarity revealed significant concerns about David Warner's recovery from a fractured thumb five days before the first Test

Warner injury a concern for Australia

17-Feb-2013•Daniel Brettig

Cook talks pride over money

England captain Alastair Cook has tried to dampen concerns that the players are heading for a contracts dispute with the ECB

Derbyshire have announced a profit of £23,310 for 2012, a further sign that the club is in good health ahead of their return to Division One of the Championship

Derbyshire announce 2012 profit

If they can beat Australia for the second time in five days, West Indies will have won two world titles in a matter of months

West Indies want to win it for their people

16-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit in Mumbai

Kaneria appeal set for April

The ECB has set April 22 as the date to hear Danish Kaneria's appeal against the lifetime ban for involvement in fixing handed down to him by a disciplinary panel last year

Australia fielded three spinners in the tour match against India A and, apart from Xavier Doherty, they did not have much success

Early success eludes Australian spinners

India's three-day conditioning camp in preparation for the four-Test series began on Saturday in Bangalore

India begin training camp in Bangalore

16-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Ireland arrange UAE training camp

Ireland will take part in a nine-day training camp, including a warm-up fixtures against Canada, ahead of their Intercontinental Cup and World Cricket League matches against the UAE in March

The West Indies Cricket Board and the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) are working on setting up floodlights in Kingston's Sabina Park, in preparation for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League

Discussions on for floodlights for Sabina Park

The changes made to the 50-overs game's fielding-restrictions rules could be the biggest challenge for the bowlers going into the New Zealand-England ODIs, fast bowler Kyle Mills believes

ODI fielding restrictions big test for bowlers - Mills

Chris Gayle has said calmness helped him tide through the difficult spot his team were in, to produce a blitzkrieg that saw Dhaka Gladiators through to the final of the BPL

'This century can kick off my form' - Gayle

15-Feb-2013•Mohammad Isam in Mirpur

ICC admits error in Kallis dismissal

The ICC has admitted its Playing Control Team (PCT) made "an honest error" while applying the DRS to the Jacques Kallis review on the second day of the Newlands Test and that the batsman was erroneously given out

15-Feb-2013•Firdose Moonda at Newlands

Gambhir's chance to stake a claim

The presence of Gautam Gambhir in the match between India A and the Australians is going to be a constant reminder of his absence from the team for the first Test

Stuart Broad, England's captain, described their final performance as "perfect" as they secured the T20 series 2-1

Broad pleased with 'perfect' finale

Australia will go into their final practice match before the first Test against India with three spinners in their XI

Australia to trial three spinners in warm-up

Former New Zealand assistant coach Trent Woodhill has blamed the New Zealand team management for the "unfathomable" treatment of Ross Taylor

Taylor's treatment 'unfathomable' - Woodhill