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Merissa Aguilleira, the West Indies women's captain, is confident her team can give a good account of themselves in the inaugural ICC Women's Cricket Challenge

Confident of doing well - Merissa Aguilleira

Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has been summoned by the Pakistan Assembly for a hearing on October 11 to explain the reasons behind the controversy-ridden tour of England

Pakistan Assembly asks Ijaz Butt for explanation

Alistair Campbell, the Zimbabwe selector, is confident the younger batsmen in the squad will benefit immensely from playing with one of Zimbabwe's most experienced cricketers

Campbell wants Grant Flower to play World Cup

Kabir Khan, the former Pakistan fast bowler and Afghanistan coach, will now coach the United Arab Emirates

Kabir Khan to coach UAE

The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) will hold talks with the owners of the Kochi franchise on October 7 to settle outstanding problems that could prevent it from playing a part in the next IPL

Kerala Cricket Association to hold talks with Kochi franchise

Wet conditions meant New Zealand got no practice ahead of their five-match ODI series in Bangladesh

New Zealand deprived by rain

Muttiah Muralitharan has been named in Sri Lanka's 16-member squad for the upcoming, short limited-overs tour of Australia.

Muralitharan included in Sri Lanka squad for Australia

02-Oct-2010•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Butt, Amir, Asif tough to replace - Mohsin Khan

Mohsin Khan has expressed concern over finding ideal replacements for Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif if they were not cleared by the ICC ahead of the series against South Africa in UAE

Graham Gooch has described the prospect of Essex playing some of their future home matches at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford as a 'win-win scenario', after their involvement in a joint bid with West Ham Football Club and Newham Council was confirmed

Gooch backs Essex Olympic stadium plan

01-Oct-2010•Andrew Miller

Injured Ishant uncertain for remainder of Test

Ishant Sharma, the India fast bowler, is uncertain for the remainder of the first Test in Mohali after he injured his knee on the opening day

A day after Ricky Ponting called for a controversy-free tour, he was ironically involved in the first real incident of the series

Teams play down Ponting-Zaheer spat

01-Oct-2010•Sidharth Monga in Mohali

Luke Wright signs with Wellington

Luke Wright, the England allrounder, has signed with Wellington in New Zealand for their domestic Twenty20 tournament which runs throughout December

Sunil Gavaskar has refused an offer to be part of the IPL governing council because he felt that the league was a commercial enterprise and that those working for it should be remunerated

Gavaskar turns down IPL governing council role

Ragheb Aga, the former Sussex allrounder, and Seren Waters have been confirmed in Kenya's 13-man squad for the Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan

Our toughest selection - Baptiste

The fast bowler Shaun Tait will miss Australia's limited-overs matches in India this month and at home against Sri Lanka in November after having surgery on his right elbow

Tait out for two months with elbow injury

Nobody is looking forward to the Australian summer as much as Callum Ferguson, who missed most of the past year after a knee reconstruction

Fit again, Ferguson resumes where he left off

01-Oct-2010•Brydon Coverdale

Rain ruins New Zealand's warm-up match

New Zealand's first warm-up match on their tour of Bangladesh has been cancelled because of unplayable ground conditions at the Bangladesh Krira Shikka Protisthan Stadium (BKSP) near Dhaka

Brad Haddin is confident he will have plenty of cricket behind him before November's first Ashes Test, as he prepares for his comeback from an elbow injury next week

Haddin sets sights on Ashes comeback