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In a dramatic about-turn Marvan Atapattu, the former Sri Lanka captain, has been included in the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of Australia following a request made by the sports minister Gamini Lokuge

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has said that it will take measures to prevent bad crowd behaviour during the Twenty20 international between India and Australia at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday

The Zimbabwe board has intensified a drive to win over the local media by offering journalists office space on ZC property, all-expenses paid

David Hussey is 'batting beautifully' and is in a 'different class' to his Victoria team-mates according to Cameron White, his state captain

Canada's recently appointed chief executive, Atul Ahuja, will be taking inspiration from his country's high profile sports such as ice hockey in a bid to increase the level of professionalism of cricket

Mark Chilton is stepping down as Lancashire's captain after three years in the role

John Wright has been tipped to be New Zealand Cricket's (NZC) high performance manager

New Zealand Cricket has moved to improve the standards of umpiring in the country by establishing an elite panel of eight officials

Simon Katich believes Phil Jaques should partner Matthew Hayden in next month's first Test

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian captain, was pleased that his team finished a disappointing series on a positive note

Andrew Symonds was subjected to more racial abuse during the final one-day match of the series in Mumbai

Anand Vasu presents the Plays of the day from the final ODI between India and Australia

The Indian board president, Sharad Pawar, and the chairman of Cricket Australia, Creagh O'Connor, have issued a joint statement condemning racism

Surrey's promising young fast bowler, Chris Jordan, has been rewarded for an outstanding debut season in county cricket with an upgraded two-year contract

Derbyshire have confirmed the signing of Rikki Clarke from Surrey and named him as captain for the 2008 season

Garnett Kruger, the South Africa and Lions opening bowler, has been found guilty of breaching Cricket South Africa's Code of Conduct and is suspended for one SuperSport Series match

Steve Harmison has signed to play domestic cricket in South Africa with the Lions in an attempt to find match fitness ahead of England's tour of Sri Lanka next month

Rahul Dravid, for only the second time in his career, was left out of the Indian one-day team, in the seventh ODI against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

In a thrilling start to the season, Floyd Reifer hit 130 off 111 balls as Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) tied their maiden KFC Cup match against Trinidad & Tobago

Shane Bond has indicated he could join his team-mates Stephen Fleming, Scott Styris and Daniel Vettori in signing up with the officially-sanctioned Indian Premier League