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Further details about Flintoff's penchant for alcohol is expected to be revealed in Fletcher's new autobiography

Flintoff had drinking problems in Australia too

Ricky Ponting will captain Tasmania in their Pura Cup match at home against South Australia starting on Monday

Ponting to captain Tasmania in Pura Cup

Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden are among an extensive list of Australia's frontline players who have signed with the Indian Premier League, according to a report in the Sunday Age

Australian stars sign with IPL

Laxmi Ratan Shukla will lead Bengal in the coming Ranji season

Shukla named new Bengal captain

Abdul Razzaq has taken back his decision to retire from international cricket and is available once again to represent Pakistan

Razzaq takes back retirement decision

27-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Sehwag replaces Dravid for first two one-dayers

Virender Sehwag has replaced Rahul Dravid in the Indian squad for the first two one-dayers against Pakistan

Shane Warne, Brian Lara and Glenn McGrath starred for the All Stars team on the opening day of the Hong Kong Sixes at the tiny and picturesque Kowloon Cricket Club to put them firm favourites for the title

McGrath, Lara light up Hong Kong

Marsh said the ICC was keen on organising 50-over and Twenty20 tournaments for the A teams and include the UAE side in the events

ICC targets Dubai for 'A' team tournaments

The ECB's controversial player-referrals scheme, in which teams were allowed up to refer up to three decisions to the third umpire, has been discontinued

Player referrals scheme scrapped

Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu resurrected their opening partnership in some style at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday

'It is the best time of my career' - Jayasuriya

27-Oct-2007•Jenny Thompson in Adelaide

Fletcher - Flintoff let me down

Duncan Fletcher says Andrew Flintoff "let him down" with his drinking at the World Cup

Boeta Dippenaar will lead the South Africa A side against the New Zealanders in a four-day match at Potchefstroom starting on November 1

Dippenaar to lead South Africa A against New Zealanders

Worcestershire have offered terms to Umar Gul, the Pakistan fast bowler, to be their first overseas professional for the 2008 season.

Worcestershire express interest in Umar Gul

Zimbabwe have gone into a three-week training camp ahead of their women's World Cup qualifiers in Pakistan next month

Zimbabwe women go into camp

27-Oct-2007•Warren Carne

Blues rely on Katich after Hayden's 179

Matthew Hayden's powerful 179 combined with the inability of New South Wales' all-star attack to finish off the tail left Queensland with a healthy lead of 316 at stumps

27-Oct-2007•ESPNcricinfo staff

West Indies assess Zimbabwe security

A senior member of the West Indies Cricket Board is in Zimbabwe assessing the security situation in the country ahead of a scheduled tour next month.

Shoaib Akhtar has been named in a 16-man squad that will take part in a five-match ODI series during Pakistan's tour of India

Shoaib Akhtar named in 16-man ODI squad

Jacques Rudolph, the South Africa batsman, has signed a two-year extension to his current contract with Yorkshire which will keep him at the club until 2011

Rudolph commits to Yorkshire

Brijesh Tomar has been named captain of a 15-member Madhya Pradesh squad that will participate in the Ranji Trophy Plate League

Brijesh Tomar to lead Madhya Pradesh