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The selectors are set to be paid Rs 50,000 (1262 US $) per match day plus a daily allowance of Rs 15,000 (378 US $) from the Pakistan series onwards

The final ODI between Pakistan and South Africa has been shifted to Lahore from Karachi following security concerns raised by the tourists

Sridharan Sharath is all set to come out of retirement and represent Assam in the coming Ranji season. He expects to be named the captain of the side

Boeta Dippenaar and Monde Zondeki have been withdrawn from the South Africa Invitational XI to play New Zealand in their opening tour match at Bloemfontein

Veteran wicketkeeper Pankaj Dharmani will lead an inexperienced Punjab team in the Ranji Trophy this season

Mohammad Asif, the Pakistan fast bowler, is likely to be rested from the last two one-day internationals to be played against South Africa on October 26 and 29

Persistent rain in Sydney gave New South Wales and Queensland their first points of the FR Cup as the match was abandoned with the Bulls sitting at 4 for 127

Gareth Hopkins could slot into the No. 6 position with Brendon McCullum likely to open and keep wickets in the ODI series in South Africa, according to the selection manager Richard Hadlee

Dew is likely to be a factor in the Challenger Trophy tournament, but Dhiraj Parsana, the curator, is working hard to ensure its effect is minimal

The Highveld Lions' scheduled visit to Zimbabwe for a four-day match beginning on October 28 has been postponed after a few players expressed reservations about making the trip

Sri Lanka are confident they can post their first Test win on Australian soil

Namibia have announced their squad for the Intercontinental Cup match at home against Canada in November

Cri-zelda Brits has been named captain of a 14-member South Africa women's squad which will travel to Pakistan next month for the 2009 World Cup qualifiers

Derbyshire have signed Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, for the first half of the 2008 season

Titans captain Martin van Jaarsveld could face a ban for a number of matches after allegedly head-butting Dolphins fast bowler Quinton Friend

Australia have chosen a squad heavy with young allrounders for the Hong Kong Sixes tournament that starts on the weekend

Nasim Ashraf has been given a three-year extension as the chairman of the Pakistan board by president Pervez Musharraf, who also named eight members of the new governing board

South African pathologist Lorna Martin has told the inquest that former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer had died of natural causes by pointing to flaws in the original autopsy

Darren Lehmann will bolster South Australia's fragile batting line-up when he returns to the side this weekend after recovering from a torn hamstring

Matthew Hayden has urged Cricket Australia not to adopt a zero-tolerance policy on drugs