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Ashley Giles, the former England left-arm spinner, will join the England Performance Programme (EPP) squad in India as the team's official spin coach

Mohammad Yousuf has been asked to face an arbitration hearing on November 21 over his decision to pull out of the Indian Cricket League

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, called on his fast bowlers to be more disciplined after they took another hammering at the hands of Australia on the first day of the second Test at the Bellerive Oval

Phil Jaques set the base with a big century and Michael Hussey raced to his hundred as Australia ended on top once more

Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the first day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka

Mohammad Sami has been recalled to Pakistan's 15-man Test squad against India following an impressive start to the domestic season, while Mohammad Asif's elbow injury has all but ruled him out of the Test series as well

Global news agencies have struck a deal with Cricket Australia (CA), ending a week-long media rights dispute which affected coverage of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

Jamaica's deputy commissioner of police Mark Shields, appearing for the third consecutive day at an inquest into former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer's death, has defended the Jamaica Constabulary Force's decision to close investigations into the case

Women's cricket is again at the forefront of innovation with the announcement that the first trial match for the new pink balls will be a state game in January

Ravi Bopara has signed a one-year contract extension with Essex, taking him up to the end of the 2010 season

Paul Collingwood says he has enough on his plate with the one-day captaincy without considering taking over the Test duties for now

Marcus Trescothick has had a foot operation but is expected to resume training before Christmas

Nathan Adcock's position as captain of South Australia does not guarantee him a first-team place, SACA's chief executive Mike Deare has confirmed

Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have togther played a part in all of India's wins this series

A round-up of the third day of the fifth round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

It's been three long months since Michael Vaughan was last involved in the international set-up - an eternity in the modern calendar

The ICC has engaged a top firm of management consultants in its bid to find a successor to Malcolm Speed who steps down as chief executive in July

George Binoy presents the Plays of the day from Gwalior

Former England legspinner Ian Salisbury, who was released by Surrey at the end of the summer, has signed a two-year contract with Warwickshire