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Middlesex have confirmed that they are in talks to sign Yuvraj Singh as their second overseas player for this year's Twenty20 Cup, after their original target, Sachin Tendulkar, turned down an offer in a bid to prolong his international career

The ECB will begin their search for a replacement bowling coach after Ottis Gibson was released from his contract to take up the head coach's role with West Indies

Ranjit Saini, Cricket Canada's interim president, has told Cricinfo of his board's plans to expand cricket across schools to reduce the senior side's current reliance on ex-pats

Players from South Africa have written to their IPL franchises asking for access to security reports for the 2010 tournament, according to Tony Irish

Daniel Vettori may have several responsibilities within the New Zealand team's set-up, but believes that his role is not very different from that of other international captains

Javed Miandad has written a letter to the president, Asif Ali Zardari, in which he has criticised Ijaz Butt as being "too old" to hold a position of such importance

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif and the Karachi city government have come together to launch, from next week, what might be the most lucrative club tournament to have been played in Pakistan

The only time Dirk Nannes has bowled for Australia was in front of a sparse crowd in Edinburgh in an ODI against Scotland last August

The West Indies allrounder has said in order to ensure limited-overs success against Australia, they would need to stick to game plans and execute them clinically

CA defended its security procedures and believed bigger fines would be a better deterrent than fencing off the crowd and banning alcohol

The PCB is confident that the ICC is best placed to take further the issue of the security breach that saw a spectator run onto the field and tackle a Pakistan player on the field in Perth

The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has decided not to allow spectators inside the Rajiv International Cricket Stadium for the Duleep Trophy final between South Zone and West Zone

The Tamil Nadu left-hand opener, has taken a major step towards national selection by being included in the Board President's XI squad to take on the South Africans in Nagpur from Tuesday

VVS Laxman, the Indian batsman, has expressed concern over the lack of quality spinners in India's domestic circuit, a problem that may have an adverse effect on India's Test fortunes in the long run

Ottis Gibson will take over as West Indies coach in time for the home series against Zimbabwe later this month

Trent Copeland's incredible ten-wicket first-class debut has earned him a call-up to the New South Wales FR Cup squad to take on Queensland at the SCG on Wednesday

Inzamam-ul Haq has come down strongly on Shahid Afridi's ball-tampering in the fifth ODI against Australia and said the Pakistan board was responsible for a general lack of discipline

Graeme Smith's first press conference on arriving in India was very much in character - quietly confident, understated, controversy-free and no mind games

Dominic Hendricks, the South Africa batsman, has described his Player-of-the-Tournament Award at the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand as a "great honour"

Dougie Marillier and Andy Blignaut are poised to return to the national side after they were included in a provisional squad for the forthcoming tour of the Caribbean.