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Stuart Broad has opted out of participating in the second season of the IPL in order to concentrate on his fledgling international career

Broad gives IPL a miss

New Zealand have arrived in Australia hoping to make the most of their chance to play an Australian side low on form and missing several key men

'We have a big chance' - McCullum

Andrew Symonds' psychologist Deidre Anderson believes the allrounder is unlikely to be a disruption to his team-mates should he win the backing of Cricket Australia following his latest off-field incident

Symonds 'as ready as any player'

Younis Khan, Pakistan's new captain, wants all of his players to "wave magic wands" to try and help the team improve

Younis wants 'magical' support

Ebony Rainford-Brent, the England allrounder, has warned England that it isn't only the major sides they need to be wary of at the Women's World Cup which starts in Australia on March 7

Rainford-Brent warns of complacency

Muttiah Muralitharan, with 500 ODI victims, starts the first game against India in Dambulla needing three wickets to overtake Wasim Akram and become the highest wicket-taker

Jayawardene eagerly awaits Murali's milestone

27-Jan-2009•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Dambulla

ECB confirms two-year IPL commitment

The ECB has confirmed that England players will be available for a three-week window in the IPL for the next two years

Worcestershire could soon be playing cricket at a new ground as they seek ways to counter the growing risk of flooding

Worcestershire ponder ground move

27-Jan-2009•George Dobell

Chattergoon replaces Darren Bravo

Sewnarine Chattergoon has been called into the West Indies A side to play England in their warm-up match at Warner Park after Darren Bravo was ruled out

The IPL has opened up the possibility of more players being purchased from the auction on February 6 by offering 'unsold' players as replacements in place of contracted cricketers

Players unsold at auction available as replacements

Ryan Hinds is not making a fuss over his non-selection to the West Indies Test squad for the first game against England

Disappointed Hinds wants to 'stamp his authority'

27-Jan-2009•Haydn Gill

Younis appointed Pakistan captain

Younis Khan has been appointed the Pakistan captain, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced today

Nawroz Mangal has been suspended for two matches for maintaining a slow over rate during his team's 13-run win against Hong Kong at Belgrano

Afghanistan captain suspended for slow over rate

Pakistan's ICL recruits have finally restarted a legal process to fight the bans imposed on them by the PCB from playing domestic and international cricket.

ICL recruits begin fight against bans with letter to PCB

Following Pakistan's disastrous ODI series loss to Sri Lanka last week, reports have emerged on Tuesday that Younis Khan has been approached to take over as captain from Shoaib Malik

Younis may replace Malik as captain

Sunette Loubser has replaced Cri-Zelda Brits as South Africa women's captain for the World Cup. Denise Reid, the convenor of selectors, said Loubser was handed the reins to in order to give Brits a chance to "concentrate entirely on her own performance"

Loubser replaces Brits as captain

Stuart Clark and Phil Jaques will both have an opportunity to impress the national selectors ahead of the tour of South Africa when they return to the New South Wales Sheffield Shield side on Friday

Clark and Jaques set for state comebacks

Thanuga Ekanayake, the chairman of the Sri Lanka women's selection committee, is confident the tri-nation series in Bangladesh will be the ideal warm-up ahead of the World Cup, where she said Sri Lanka would aim to reach the semi-finals

'We will aim for World Cup semi-final' - Ekanayake

Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand wicketkeeper, has termed his much-debated move to play Twenty20 for New South Wales as innovative and one that could add "tremendous value" to his domestic side, Otago

McCullum defends New South Wales move