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Andrew Hudson, South Africa's newly appointed convener of selectors, sees his role as one that will allow him to "give something back to the game"

I wish to give something back to the game - Hudson

05-May-2010•Firdose Moonda

Raina more than capable of handling short ball - Fleming

Stephen Fleming has attributed Suresh Raina's impressive show in the IPL and the ongoing World Twenty20 to his determination and effort to combat his weakness against the short ball

The veteran batsman Michael Dighton has been left out of Tasmania's list of contracted players for 2010-11, a group with few other changes from last season's squad

Tasmania cut Dighton from squad

05-May-2010•Brydon Coverdale

Symonds signs Twenty20 contract with Queensland

Andrew Symonds has stepped up his commitment to Queensland by signing a Twenty20 contract with the state for next summer

Australia's coach Tim Nielsen is confident the Kensington Oval pitch will favour the team's fast bowlers when they take on Bangladesh on Wednesday

Australia expect pace and bounce in Barbados

The statistician Frank Duckworth has launched a robust defence of the eponymous formula that he devised, in partnership with Tony Lewis, to recalculate run-chases in rain-affected one-day games

Duckworth defends rain-rules formula

04-May-2010•Andrew Miller

Netherlands secure important sponsor

Netherlands cricket has secured an important new sponsor after signing an agreement with United Dutch Breweries

Murray Goodwin, Sussex's stand-in captain while Michael Yardy is away on England duty, has received a penalty after a breach of the ECB's discipline code.

Goodwin receives official reprimand from ECB

In its quest to maintain India's No.1 Test ranking the BCCI has sent a proposal to Cricket Australia to convert the seven-match ODI series in October to two Tests and three ODIs

BCCI requests Australia for Tests

The ICC has appointed Ronnie Flanagan, one of the United Kingdom's most senior former policemen, as the new chairman of the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit

Ronnie Flanagan appointed chairman of ACSU

The MCC members are set to vote on a number of changes to the Laws of Cricket at the annual general meeting at Lord's on Wednesday and, if passed, the changes will come into effect on October 1

MCC to vote on rule changes

Andrew Hudson, the former South Africa batsman, has been appointed Cricket South Africa's convenor of selectors

Andrew Hudson appointed convenor of selectors

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, former India captain and currently member of the IPL governing council, has said it would be difficult for Lalit Modi, the IPL's suspended chairman, to make a return to the tournament

'Difficult' for Modi to return - Pataudi

Paul Collingwood was left fuming at the Duckworth-Lewis system as it played a huge role in England's defeat against West Indies for the second World Twenty20 running

Collingwood wants Duckworth-Lewis overhaul

04-May-2010•Andrew McGlashan in Guyana

Will Smith takes Durham top

Injury-hit Durham claimed top spot in Group C with a convincing win over Leicestershire Foxes in their Clydesdale Bank 40 clash at Grace Road

A round-up of the third round of games in the Clydesdale Bank 40 competition

ten Doeschate ton seals Essex win

James Kirtley took four wickets in eight balls to help end a brave challenge by the Unicorns and give Sussex their second Group A win in the Clydesdale Bank 40 at Hove

Kirtley ends Unicorns challenge

Jagmohan Dalmiya, the Cricket Association of Bengal president, has asked the BCCI for clarifications on several issues regarding distribution of revenues from the IPL and Champions League Twenty20

Dalmiya seeks clarity on IPL and CLT20 issues

03-May-2010•Nagraj Gollapudi

Davies powers Surrey win

Steve Davies came back to haunt Worcestershire yet again as Surrey chalked up their second Clydesdale Bank 40 victory of the season by 30 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method at New Roa