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Jhulan Goswami, captain of the Indian women's team, was happy to have regained her No. 1 ranking in bowling but was disappointed with India's third place finish in the World Cup in Sydney

Loss to New Zealand was turning point - Goswami

Chris Duval, the fast bowler, who has played first-class cricket for Tasmania, will be joining the South Australia squad next season

Duval signs up for return to South Australia

When India came to New Zealand, the hosts were desperate to get the injured Kyle Mills back. He was their best and most experienced new-ball operator then

Struggling Mills hopes for a turnaround

24-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga

Ingram stars in Central Districts' remarkable chase

A round-up of the State Championship matches between March 20 and 24, 2009

Stuart Law, the former Lancashire captain released from the county for his ICL links, has been signed up by Derbyshire for their limited-overs matches for the 2009 season

Law signed up by Derbyshire

Kenya begin their campaign for a 2011 World Cup berth in the upcoming ICC World Qualifiers to be held in South Africa. They have been a fixture in each of the World Cups since 1996, and their captain Steve Tikolo is keen to seal a place in the tournament

World Cup berth vital for Kenyan cricket - Tikolo

Uncapped Barbados batsman Dale Richards and Trinidad fast bowler Ravi Rampaul have been included in the West Indies squad for the third and fourth one-day internationals against England

Dale Richards and Rampaul in ODI squad

The USA Cricket Association has finally announced the appointment of a new chief executive

Don Lockerbie named USACA chief executive

Shoaib Akhtar is hopeful the IPL's impending move to South Africa or England could pave the way for Pakistani players to return to the lucrative Twenty20 tournament

Shoaib hopes Pakistan will get involved

23-Mar-2009•Alex Brown

South Africa regain spark too late

Cricinfo runs the rule over the 14 South African players they fielded during the series

Cricinfo assesses the 12 men Australia used during the three Tests

Johnson paves the way for Australia

In a swift turnaround, South Africa has overtaken England as the preferred venue to host the IPL next month

Modi, Majola to make announcement on IPL

23-Mar-2009•Ajay S Shankar and Alex Brown

IPL permitted to seek new broadcast deal

The Bombay High Court has cleared the way for the BCCI to seek a new broadcast deal by rejecting a plea from Sony TV, which had challenged the Indian cricket board's decision to terminate its five-year deal to televise the IPL

Junior Kwebiha, the Uganda captain, has singled out earning the ODI status as his team's main objective going into the World Cup Qualifiers set to begin on April 1 in South Africa

Uganda aiming for ODI status

Ricky Ponting has brushed off the idea that Australia could enter the Ashes without a specialist spinner after their spin cycle washed up further damage to their stocks during the tour of South Africa

Australia keep spin option open for Ashes

Zimbabwe's coach Walter Chawaguta will join Tim Nelisen, Australia's coach, for a fortnight during the one-day series between Australia and Pakistan in the UAE next month

Chawaguta to team up with Australia

Injured Smith returns to one-day squad

Five England players have made it to the women's World Cup 2009 XI announced by the ICC day after the team lifted their third world title by beating New Zealand by four wickets in Sydney

Five England players in World Cup XI

Sachin Tendulkar, the captain of the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, has said that it is disappointing that the 2009 season of the Indian Premier League has been shifted outside India

'It won't be the same' - Tendulkar