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Hampshire have signed Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath for the first part of the new Championship season to fill in while fellow Sri Lankan Ajantha Mendis is away on international duty

Hampshire sign Rangana Herath for the early season

Chris Jordan, Surrey's highly-rated 21-year-old allrounder, could miss the first 10 weeks of the season due to a back problem

Chris Jordan out for 10 weeks

Danish Kaneria will miss the start of the county season with Essex after the PCB confirmed Kaneria will instead take part in a domestic tournament in Pakistan

Kaneria to miss start of season

Intikhab Alam, the new head of the National Cricket Academy in Pakistan, has announced a programme to bring about improvements at the grassroots level, and club cricket

Intikhab Alam focuses on grassroots improvements

Virender Sehwag has revealed that he has no intentions of changing his aggressive style of play, irrespective of the odd failure

'My style is my strength' - Virender Sehwag

Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad has been hit by a spate of injuries during the rigorous training camp leading up to the tournament, but captain Shahid Afridi assures that there is "nothing serious"

Shoaib Akhtar selected for one-day Pentangular

Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad has been hit by a spate of injuries during the rigorous training camp leading up to the tournament, but captain Shahid Afridi assures that there is "nothing serious"

Pakistan World Twenty20 training sessions get tough

Adam Gilchrist and Aakash Chopra stressed the importance of work ethic and a shared vision within Twenty20 outfits for success in the shortest format

Teams need complete buy-in from players - Adam Gilchrist

Nasir Jamshed, the Pakistan opening batsman, has been arrested for cheating during a school exam, according to an AP report

Nasir Jamshed on bail after arrest for cheating in exam

Plays of the Day for the match between Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals in Nagpur

Run, Harmeet, run

Shoaib Malik, the former Pakistan captain, faces prosecution for fraud in India after being charged on multiple counts by a person claiming to be his wife

Fraud complaint against Shoaib Malik

Micky Stewart, the former Surrey captain, has described Alec Bedser, who died on Sunday evening at the age of 91, as the "typical traditional English professional cricketer"

'The typical English professional cricketer'

Amit Mishra, the Delhi Daredevils legspinner who currently leads the wickets tally for IPL 2010, is motivated to continue his good form despite missing out on a spot in the Indian side for the World Twenty20

Amit Mishra motivated by selectors' rejection

The former Australia captain has backed day-night Tests and suggested some unorthodox tweaks to revive interest in one-dayers

Steve Waugh in favour of day-night Tests

Sir Alec Bedser, the Surrey and England fast bowler who Don Bradman said "worried me more than any other Englishman," died on Sunday evening at the age of 91

Sir Alec Bedser dies aged 91

Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore

Classic catches, and a failed experiment

04-Apr-2010•Jamie Alter at the Feroz Shah Kotla

Mahela Jayawardene relishes opening role

Mahela Jayawardene, who boosted Kings XI Punjab to an eight-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders with an unbeaten 110, has said he prefers the role of an opener in the shorter format

Rajasthan Royals have said that they had reservations about playing allrounder Ravindra Jadeja even if the IPL had not banned him for a year

Jadeja violated team's core values - Rajasthan

Dinesh Karthik, who contributed a crucial 38-ball 69 in Delhi's victory against Rajasthan, is pleased with his batting form and believes he is ready to take over the role of finisher in the India's limited-overs teams

Confident Karthik eyes finisher role in Indian team