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Robin Peterson, the left-arm spinner, has been allowed to delay his departure to India by four days due to personal reasons

Imtiaz Patel, a South African, who heads Supersport, the broadcast network, has been named as the man who will succeed Malcolm Speed as the ICC's chief executive

Timeline for Australian Test cricketer Bill Brown

Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the first Test against South Africa and the two Singhs - Yuvraj and Harbhajan - retained after the selectors named an expected 14-member squad in Bangalore

Bill Brown, who was the only remaining link to Australia's pre-World War Two Test era, died in Brisbane on Sunday at the age of 95

Tim Southee, the 19-year-old quick bowler, has been added to New Zealand's squad for the deciding Test against England, in Napier, on Saturday

Hansie Cronje, the former South African captain who was banned from cricket after pleading guilty to match-fixing allegations, will not be posthumously inducted in to South Africa's Sports Hall of Fame

Surrey have signed former England allrounder Chris Lewis on a pay-as-you-play contract for this season's Twenty20 Cup

The Indian board will inform the national selectors that Harbhajan Singh is fit and should be considered for selection, although he has not been to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to get his fitness assessed

Matthew Bell and Iain O'Brien have been handed New Zealand Cricket contracts for the remainder of the season

New Zealand's captain, Daniel Vettori, was predictably despondent as he reflected on his side's 126-run defeat against England at Wellington, a result that levelled the series and gave England the momentum going into next week's decider in Napier

Victoria can still win the Pura Cup final provided they can end New South Wales' second innings before the close of the third day, according to Brad Hodge

Ireland arrived for their first tour of Bangladesh promising to play good cricket during the three-ODI series which gets underway on Tuesday

Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh's captain, was embroiled in a row when he was accused of scuffling with two men during the team's practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium

Abahani easily defeated City Club by six wickets to win the Premier League Twenty20 Trophy at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium

Northern Nomads took the Sahara Elite League One-Day League title on net run rate after finishing level on points with Eastern Aces, reversing the finishing order in the Twenty20 competition

Heavy rain meant no play was possible in the MTN Domestic Championship semi-final between the Titans and Cape Cobras on Sunday

Guyana Cricket Board has made assurances that the pitch at the Providence Stadium will be ready for the first Test against Sri Lanka despite the warm-up match between the Sri Lankans and a Guyana President's Select XI to be played at the same venue

A few fitness reports could be the difference between a "largely unchanged side" and a "slightly different one" when the selectors meet in Bangalore on Monday

Pakistan will try out youngsters for the five one-dayers against Bangladesh next month at home