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West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has criticised the itinerary of the domestic season in the Caribbean, saying it won't help the development of young players to be constantly switching between different formats

Cricket is about tradition for the WACA members who line up for hours to secure their favourite seat at Perth Tests

Kenya selectors will sit down at the weekend to pick their side for the forthcoming Intercontinental Cup matches against UAE and Namibia. The matches have been moved to Abu Dhabi against a backdrop of escalating violence in Kenya

The touring Zimbabwean team is in a confident mood ahead of the five-match ODI series against Pakistan

Shoaib Malik is confident of not only his participation in the ODI series against Zimbabwe, but also Pakistan delivering the goods while introducing new faces

The former England offspinner, Geoff Miller, has today been named in the newly created post of National Selector

Tim Nielsen, the Australian coach, believes his team will be spurred by the chase of a record 17 consecutive wins

Instead of a rubber-wristed masterclass, the crowd was treated to a workmanlike knock from VVS Laxman which showcased his gritty side

Plays of the day from day three of the Perth Test between India and Australia

Pakistan have called up a number of new names in a 15-man squad to face Zimbabwe in the first two of five ODIs, beginning in Karachi from January 21

Marcus North will finally get a chance to lead Western Australia in a permanent capacity as he prepares to make his comeback from a knee injury

Wasim Akram has urged Australia not to pull out of their scheduled tour of Pakistan despite further unrest in the lead-up to next month's elections

Sharmarh Brooks, the Barbados batsman, has been named captain of a 15-man West Indies squad for the Under-19 World Cup to be held in Malaysia from February 17 to March 2

Meher Baba, the former Andhra and South Zone allrounder, died in Hyderabad on Wednesday after a prolonged battle against cancer. He was 58

After losing the Test series 2-1 - a margin which doesn't explain just how weakly they capitulated in the last two Tests - West Indies approach the one-day series against South Africa determined to make amends, beginning with tomorrow's second Twenty20 in

Samiullah Khan took five wickets against the Zimbabweans to stake his claim for an entry into the Pakistan squad for the five-match ODI series

The South African fast bowler, Monde Zondeki, has signed as Warwickshire's overseas player for the 2008 season

India's rookie fast bowlers got the better off the most formidable batting line-up, with RP Singh taking four wickets and Irfan Pathan and Ishant Sharma two wickets apiece as Australia were bowled out for 212

India hold a 170-run lead after two days and the vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was trying to avoid thinking of the potentially huge numbers that the home batsmen could face in the second innings

Zimbabwe's route back to Test cricket may not have been finalised just yet, but Robin Brown feels the day his side play a Test match again may not be as far away as people imagine