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South Australia have signed Daniel Christian in a bid to shore up their batting and he will be available immediately

New Zealand's top order must fire if the team is to be competitive at Test level, according to Justin Vaughan, New Zealand Cricket's chief executive

The MCC are considering introducing fluorescent pink balls to county cricket if trials in university and second-class games are successful

An expert witness disputed earlier testimony by telling an inquest that he was unable to find any traces of the deadly pesticide cypermethrin in samples taken from the body of the former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer

Sri Lanka's media fear that Muttiah Muralitharan may break the world record for Test wickets without any coverage because of an ongoing media dispute

The local knowledge of the Australia squad's two Tasmanians will be tapped by Mitchell Johnson as he looks to build on his impressive debut

The venue for New Zealand's Twenty20s against England will be switched, the New Zealand board has announced

The Sri Lanka selectors have kept Marvan Atapattu on the tour of Australia to minimise disruption for the team, but will take "the necessary disciplinary action" when they return home

Shane Warne believes Muttiah Muralitharan's action should be assessed in a Test match to end any lingering speculation over its legality

KC Ibrahim , the former Indian Test player, died today, aged 88 in Karachi. Madhav Mantri, India's former Test wicketkeeper, was his team-mate in Mumbai and remembers his former captain's phenomenal appetite for runs

Saqib Ali, the UAE captain, says his win over Bermuda yesterday has given his team tremendous confidence ahead of the World Cricket League Division Two which gets underway in Namibia on November 24

KC Ibrahim, who played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49, had died at his home in Karachi

The Bangladesh Under-19 squad will leave for itheir tour of Pakistan on November 16 after their departure was postponed by a week because of the imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan

England's bowling coach, Ottis Gibson, believes Steve Harmison is working his way back to his best form after grabbing nine wickets in the first of his two outings for Highveld Lions in South Africa

The Indian board has confirmed the team's participation in a tri-series in Bangladesh in May 2008, also involving Pakistan

Matthew Fleming, the former Kent and England allrounder, will travel to Afghanistan this week to try to identify ways in which Marylebone Cricket Club can help to further develop the sport in the region

South Africa have named an unchanged squad for the second and final Test against New Zealand at Centurion starting on Friday

Zimbabwe Cricket held its invitation-only AGM on Saturday and, as expected, there was no discontent and little of substance was discussed

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that the decision to give Irfan Pathan the new ball in the third ODI against Pakistan was a ploy to silence Shahid Afridi and dismiss him early

Australia have not downgraded the threat of Muttiah Muralitharan despite delivering a significant obstacle to his hopes of breaking Shane Warne's Test wicket-taking record in Hobart