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Sreesanth is hoping a good showing at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 will help him earn a recall to the Indian ODI team

Chris Harris appears almost certain to sign with the Indian Cricket League after officially rejecting a new contract with Canterbury

Australia are hopeful that Ricky Ponting will fly to South Africa by Sunday, ahead of Australia's opening ICC World Twenty20 match against Zimbabwe on Wednesday

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the board of directors for Stanford 20/20 are on the verge of signing a five-year deal which will confirm the future of the tournament

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Raj Singh Dungarpur, the former president of the Cricket Club of India (CCI), has been accused of misappropriation of funds by CCI officials in regards to the installation of floodlights at the Brabourne Stadium

Grant Flower, the Essex batsman, has been reprimanded under the ECB's disciplinary code following an incident against Derbyshire last week

Kevin Pietersen's sensational 69-ball hundred, England's fastest in one-day cricket was not enough to save England from defeat in a thrilling fifth one-day international at East London

Ramnaresh Sarwan, the West Indies captain, believes his team is in a perfect frame of mind to make their mark at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20

Richard Bevan, the chief executive of the PCA, is leaving his role at the end of the year to take up the equivalent position at the League Managers Association in January

Andrew Flintoff is set to pay a visit to the surgeon who performed the latest operation on his troublesome left ankle, amid fears that he could miss both the remainder of the NatWest Series against India, as well as next week's ICC World Twenty20 in South

The Pakistan board is certain that the twin blasts that rocked Pakistan's northern city of Rawalpindi on Tuesday will not affect either the ongoing Australia A tour or the forthcoming home series against South Africa later in September

Loots Bosman has been ruled out the ICC World Twenty20 with a back injury

The 13 umpire coaches were picked from the 105 first-class umpires who trained with Simon Taufel over two days in Bangalore last week as part of a three-year agreement between Cricket Australia and the BCCI

Matt Prior's up-and-down summer behind the stumps for England looks set to end in disappointment next week

Durham have given up hope of signing Jacques Kallis, the South Africa allrounder, as a replacement for Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Ravi Bopara has been ruled out of the ICC World Twenty20 after dislocating and fracturing his right thumb during the fifth one-day international against India, at Headingley, on Sunday

Kent's members have voted in favour of plans to substantially redevelop the county's base at Canterbury

Prosper Utseya has been named as Zimbabwe captain until August 2008, ending rumours that Tatenda Taibu was about to be reinstated following his return from self-imposed exile

Ramnaresh Sarwan, the West Indies captain, has distanced himself from rumours linking him to the Indian Cricket League