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New Zealand's captain Daniel Vettori has been declared fit for the first Test against Pakistan but there was no such good news for Kyle Mills, who needs shoulder surgery and is expected to miss at least four months

Vettori cleared but Mills heads for surgery

The England allrounder Dimitri Mascarenhas will replace Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga for Tasmania's Twenty20 campaign this season

Mascarenhas replaces Malinga at Tasmania

The Queensland fast bowlers Alister McDermott and Luke Feldman will make their first-class debuts against the touring West Indians this week

Alister McDermott named for first-class debut

Brett Lee's chances of playing the first Test have all but disappeared after being ruled out of this week's Sheffield Shield match at the SCG due to a recurrence of his elbow injury

Lee's Test hopes take a major blow

The Sri Lankan captain is unfazed by the fact that his seam attack is inexperienced and expects them to make a mark

'Reputations are there to be made' - Sangakkara

15-Nov-2009•Nagraj Gollapudi in Ahmedabad

Yousuf worried by early summer pitches

The Pakistan captain has said the bowler-friendly pitches in the early part of the summer in New Zealand will be one of the biggest challenges for his team

New Zealand Cricket has named a 12-man squad to face Pakistan in a three-day warm-up game in Queenstown starting November 18

Elliott and Tuffey picked for tour opener

The key to stopping Luke Ronchi's career going backwards was standing still

Ronchi still standing after awful time

15-Nov-2009•Peter English

Dyson doubts West Indies' chances

John Dyson does not expect Chris Gayle's outfit to trouble Australia during the three-Test series

Ricky Benaud might be retiring from ball-by-ball commentary at the end of the summer but he won't be leaving Nine's cricket coverage

Benaud keeps the beige dream alive

Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has recovered from the ankle sprain he suffered at practice and will resume training on the eve of the first Test

Tillakaratne Dilshan recovers, keeper's slot undecided

South Africa have discussed how to get on top of Eoin Morgan after feeling the force of his striking during the first Twenty20 international

South Africa make plans for Morgan

Herschelle Gibbs has been offered an unexpected chance to push for an international recall after he was drafted into the South Africa A squad to face England

Gibbs offered international lifeline

An injury to Marcus North added to Western Australia's woes as they were out-muscled by Victoria

North hurt on bad night for Western Australia

Andrew Symonds had a quiet day as Queensland held their lead at the top of the FR Cup with a 30-run victory in steamy Alice Springs

Bulls stay on top with hot success

Tamil Nadu captain banned for one Ranji Trophy match after being found guilty of breaching the BCCI Code of Conduct

Dinesh Karthik receives one-match ban

Pakistan's stand-in captain for the tour of New Zealand has called for Misbah-ul-Haq to step up and fill Younis Khan's absence

Yousuf wants Misbah in New Zealand