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England's centrally contracted players have signed their 12-month deals but the paperwork has yet to be handed over to the ECB with question marks over availability for the 2010 Indian Premier League

ECB contracts signed but not sealed

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, wants to avenge the defeat in the one-day series against India at home in July-August 2008, saying that it had "hurt badly"

Jayawardene sets sights on India

Andrew Symonds has delivered a public statement of apology for his "a lump of s..." remark about New Zealand's Brendon McCullum

Symonds apologises for McCullum comment

Stuart Clark, the Australia fast bowler, hopes to play for another three or four years after being encouraged by his recovery from elbow surgery

Clark looks long-term after surgery

Andrew Symonds' latest off-field trouble was not eased by a strong performance during his return from knee surgery

More setbacks for Symonds comeback

Alastair Cook has been named as England's vice-captain for the Test leg of their West Indies tour.

Cook named Test vice-captain

Owais Shah and Adil Rashid have been named in England's team for the first warm-up match against St Kitts and Nevis as the tourists opt to play 11-a-side

Chance for Shah as England play 11

Kyle Mills, the New Zealand fast bowler, believes an knee problem will not prevent him from leading the attack against Australia

Mills ready to lead attack in Australia

Ten Sports has successfully secured the broadcasting rights for cricket in Sri Lanka for the next four years from 2009 to 2013

Ten Sports secures Sri Lanka TV rights

24-Jan-2009•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Moles not scared of Australia

Andy Moles, the New Zealand coach, believes his team has the ability to upset the hosts in next month's Chappell-Hadlee Series

Ben Rohrer showed no nerves as he rescued New South Wales with a fierce assault that ended Victoria's dominance of the Twenty20 competition

Brutal Rohrer sweeps the Blues to T20 title

24-Jan-2009•Peter English

No decision taken after Asif's dope hearing

A decision has yet to be taken by the IPL drug tribunal after a hearing into Mohammad Asif's case in Mumbai

24-Jan-2009•Nagraj Gollapudi

Ranatunga sues sports minister

Arjuna Ranatunga, the former Sri Lanka captain, has decided to take legal action against the sports minister Gamini Lokuge over his removal as interim Sri Lanka Cricket chairman

24-Jan-2009•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Zimbabwe XIs to play in Indian domestic tournaments

The Indian board has agreed to invite representative Zimbabwe sides to play in its key domestic tournaments in an effort to help in the redevelopment of cricket in Zimbabwe

The Queensland fast bowler Ryan Harris has been called back into Australia's squad to replace Nathan Bracken, who suffered a slight calf strain during Friday's loss at the SCG

Harris replaces injured Bracken

Matthew Hayden has said Brendon McCullum's move to play Twenty20 for New South Wales highlights New Zealand's "disappointing" international schedule

McCullum's deal exposes New Zealand's poor schedule

The West Indies selectors have included one uncapped player - Barbadian opener Dale Richards - in their side for the first Test against England which starts in Jamaica on February 4

West Indies include Dale Richards in Test squad

The ICC's executive meeting in Perth at the end of the month will go ahead, but without Peter Chingoka, the chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket

ICC meeting goes ahead without Chingoka

Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff have agreed to pay their counties 10% of their potential earnings from the Indian Premier League

England stars agree 10% county cut