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England coach Andy Flower is confident that James Anderson will be fit for the first Test against Australia in Brisbane despite the fractured rib he sustained during the team's bonding trip to Germany last month

Flower confident of Anderson's fitness

Gautam Gambhir, VVS Laxman and Ishant Sharma have recovered from injuries sustained during the Test series against Australia are included in India's squad for the three-Test series against New Zealand

Gambhir, Ishant and Laxman return for Tests

The Rajasthan Royals franchise has filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court against the BCCI's decision to terminate its IPL status

Rajasthan franchise appeals against scrapping

Tauqir Zia, the former chairman of the PCB, has said the board was warned before the tour of England that some of its players had links to illegal bookmakers

Tauqir Zia says PCB was warned of bookie links

Peter Siddle is set to play his first match for Australia in nine months after being named in the squad for Sunday's Twenty20 against Sri Lanka at the WACA. The wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will also make his comeback after a long injury lay-off

Siddle and Haddin named for international return

25-Oct-2010•Brydon Coverdale

Trevor Bayliss plans to stand down after World Cup

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, intends to stand down after next year's World Cup following three years in the role

Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, has said his team is not distracted by the spot-fixing controversy that has troubled Pakistan cricket

South Africa not distracted by fixing controversy - Smith

Brendon McCullum is likely to feature in the top order during the upcoming three-Test series against India starting in Ahmedabad, New Zealand coach Mark Greatbatch has said

McCullum likely to bat in top order

South Africa are in favour of using the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in their upcoming Test series against India

South Africa in favour of UDRS for India Tests

24-Oct-2010•Firdose Moonda

Michael Clarke weighs up IPL stint

Michael Clarke's desire to improve his Twenty20 skills has got him thinking about taking part in the IPL for the first time

Kane Williamson and Hamish Bennett, two uncapped players, have been included in New Zealand's Test squad for the three-match tour of India beginning in Ahmedabad on November 4

Williamson, Bennett in Test squad

Michael Clark has said his century in the second game in Visakhapatnam came as welcome relief following a disappointing performance in the Tests, where he managed just 35 runs in four innings

Clarke savours return to form

Salman Butt, the former Pakistan captain, has said he is determined to prove his innocence when his appeal against the provisional suspension imposed on him by the ICC is heard in Doha on October 30 and 31

Salman Butt determined to prove innocence

The ICC has given a cautious nod of approval to the PCB's efforts in toughening its approach to corruption in cricket and undertaking reforms to improve the administration of the game in Pakistan

ICC welcomes PCB's measures against corruption

Ramnaresh Sarwan, has said he has been getting "mixed signals" from the selectors about why he was left out of the tour to Sri Lanka

Sarwan getting "mixed signals" from selectors

India's bowling in the last ten overs of ODIs remains a worry, India captain MS Dhoni has said

Death-overs bowling is a concern - Dhoni

The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan's premier domestic four-day tournament that gets underway today, is set to have a number of changes in the format

New format for Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Man-of-the-Match awards have become the latest incentive for players in Indian domestic tournaments

Match awards introduced in domestic games

India's foreign secretary, Nirupama Rao, has threatened to cancel the former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's passport if he does not respond to corruption charges by next Thursday

Modi still to respond to passport cancellation threat