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Shane Warne has said that he and Rajasthan Royals were shocked to be told which pitch to play on and how to prepare it for their home game against Chennai Super Kings

We were told which pitch to play on - Warne

Irfan Pathan has said that Delhi Daredevils' performance in IPL 2011 has been a big disappointment but the team "atmosphere is still very good"

'Need to take it one step at a time' - Irfan Pathan

10-May-2011•Tariq Engineer

SLPL to add two more provinces later

Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has said two more provinces will be added to the Sri Lanka Premier League after the first few seasons

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been confirmed as part of West Indies' squad for the first Test against Pakistan, starting in Guyana on Thursday

Chanderpaul, Edwards in Test squad

Slovenia will host the ICC European Division Three Championship from May 11 to 14

Squads announced for European Twenty20s

The three-match 50-overs series between Afghanistan and the Pakistan A side will begin on May 25 in Faisalabad, the PCB has announced

Afghanistan-Pakistan A series from May 25

Delhi Daredevils' captain Virender Sehwag will miss the rest of the IPL after having decided to undergo surgery on his injured shoulder

Sehwag to undergo shoulder surgery, out of IPL

09-May-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi

Pakistan players approached for SLPL

Up to eight top Pakistan players are likely to be in the running to play in the first edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL)

09-May-2011•Osman Samiuddin

PCB seeks explanation from Afridi

Pakistan's ODI and Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi has been held in violation of the PCB's Code of Conduct over his public comments on Sunday that hinted at differences with coach Waqar Younis

Australia's new bowling coach is expected to be named this week, with Craig McDermott and Allister de Winter among the leading contenders

Australia whittle down bowling coach options

Fidel Edwards, the West Indies fast bowler, is confident that he is ready for a return to international cricket after nearly two years out

Fit again, Fidel Edwards ready for comeback

Duncan Fletcher, the newly-appointed India coach, is likely to fly down to Chennai on May 13 to be part of the selection meeting to pick the squad for the one-day series in the West Indies

Fletcher expected to attend selection meeting

The first edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League will be a seven-team inter-provincial tournament played over approximately 18 days at the end of July and the beginning of August this year at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo

Sri Lanka Premier League to have seven teams

08-May-2011•Tariq Engineer

Floodlit Tests to be debated at Lord's

The prospect of floodlit Test cricket may come a step closer this week as the ICC Cricket Committee meet at Lord's

Younis Khan, the Pakistan batsman, will return home from West Indies on Sunday after his elder brother died in Germany

Bereaved Younis Khan to return home

Paul Collingwood has spoken about his hurt at losing the England Twenty20 captaincy to Stuart Broad and revealed that he wasn't given the chance to interview for his position

Collingwood tells of captaincy hurt

Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's ODI captain, hinted at differences with his coach Waqar Younis after arriving in Karachi from the West Indies

Cracks appear in Afridi-Waqar relationship

Jerome Taylor, the West Indies fast bowler, has said he wasn't contacted by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) about his injury before coming to India to play in the IPL

'Wasn't contacted by WICB about injury before IPL'

08-May-2011•Siddhartha Talya

Barath targeting India return

Adrian Barath, the West Indies and Trinidad opening batsman, has said he hopes to be fit in time for West Indies' home series against India