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The BCCI has appointed Bharat Patel, a senior member of India's corporate world, as advisor to Chirayu Amin, the IPL's interim chairman

IPL appoints an advisor from corporate world

Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi will file his replies to the BCCI's chargesheet by May 15, his lawyer Mehmood Abdi confirmed on Tuesday

Modi's lawyer confirms response by May 15

The ICC has published its report on the investigations into the incidents that marred the finish of the World Cricket Division League Five game between Nepal and USA in Kirtipur, standing by its original decision on the score revision and the promotion of

ICC inquiry stands by result of crowd-marred Nepal game

Shane Bond has said there is a danger of Test cricket losing fast bowlers unless boards and team managements rest their quick men periodically

Bond advises rest and rotation for quicks

Shoaib Malik, who is currently serving a one-year ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), is set to join Lancashire for their Friends Provident Twenty20 campaign that begins in the first week of June

Lancashire sign up Shoaib Malik for Twenty20s

Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, has offered no excuses after his side crashed out of the World Twenty20 following defeat in a must-win match against Pakistan

'We were just not good enough' - Smith

Monty Panesar, the Sussex and England spinner, has received a penalty under the ECB's discipline code

Panesar handed penalty for dissent

Indian batsman Rohit Sharma has been fined 15% of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire's decision while batting during the Super Eights match against West Indies at the Kensington Oval on Sunday

Rohit fined for showing dissent

The BCCI has agreed to grant the five-day extension of the deadline requested by Lalit Modi, the suspended IPL chairman, to file his replies to the board's chargesheet

BCCI grants five-day deadline extension to Modi

Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara refused to admit that his team were overwhelmed by pace and bounce generated by Australia's fast bowlers on the Kensington Oval pitch, and put down the 81-run defeat to the inability to build partnerships

Sangakkara laments lack of partnerships

10-May-2010•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Elite White proves he belongs

Less than a year ago Cameron White wasn't considered among the best 15 Twenty20 cricketers in Australia. Now he can quite comfortably stand among the best 15 in the world

10-May-2010•Andrew McGlashan at Kensington Oval

'We can win this tournament' - Graeme Swann

Graeme Swann believes this is the first time an England side has looked genuine contenders for a global one-day trophy after they put themselves on the brink of the World Twenty20 semi-finals with an outstanding 39-run victory against South Africa

09-May-2010•Andrew McGlashan

'No Pietersen makes our job easier' - Styris

Scott Styris has labelled as "massive" the absence of Kevin Pietersen for New Zealand's must-win game against England on Monday

MS Dhoni was running out of reasons to explain his team's problems as their World Twenty20 hopes were left hanging by a thread, but Chris Gayle suggested it was a mental issue for the batsmen

IPL comparison unfair - Dhoni

09-May-2010•Andrew McGlashan in Bridgetown

Stage set for round one of Modi's defence

Lalit Modi has promised a show tomorrow at the Cricket Centre, the BCCI headquarters, but it is likely to end up as a silent affair, barring the media noise

09-May-2010•Nagraj Gollapudi

Fletcher to conduct clinics in Zimbabwe

Duncan Fletcher, the former England coach and Zimbabwe national team captain, arrived in Zimbabwe today

Cheteshwar Pujara, the Saurashtra batsman, will lead India's 16-member A squad for the tour of England. The team will play a one-day tri-series also involving England Lions and West Indies A

Pujara to lead India A in England

Suresh Raina will lead a weakened India for the ODI tri-series in Zimbabwe and the Twenty20s which follow, with Virat Kohli as his deputy

Raina to lead India in Zimbabwe

Shahid Afridi has called for a more cohesive selection policy in future after Pakistan's World Twenty20 title defence moved closer to an early end

Afridi chases selection changes