Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 2010

Muralitharan included in Sri Lanka squad for Australia

Oct 2, 2010: Muttiah Muralitharan has been named in Sri Lanka's 16-member squad for the upcoming, short limited-overs tour of Australia.

Pakistan news

Butt, Amir, Asif tough to replace - Mohsin Khan

Oct 2, 2010: Mohsin Khan has expressed concern over finding ideal replacements for Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif if they were not cleared by the ICC ahead of the series against South Africa in UAE

India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 2nd day

Virender Sehwag surges to set up India

Oct 2, 2010: Virender Sehwag delivered a brutal response to stun Australia with a quick half-century as India finished the second day of a two-paced Test on a high

Wazir Mohammad

'I was known as Hanif's brother'

Oct 2, 2010: The lesser-known Mohammad sibling on being a part of Pakistan's early Test wins, knowing the laws of the game, batting against Roy Gilchrist, and more

The future of the Olympic Stadium

Gooch backs Essex Olympic stadium plan

Oct 1, 2010: Graham Gooch has described the prospect of Essex playing some of their future home matches at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford as a 'win-win scenario', after their involvement in a joint bid with West Ham Football Club and Newham Council was confirmed

India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 1st day

Injured Ishant uncertain for remainder of Test

Oct 1, 2010: Ishant Sharma, the India fast bowler, is uncertain for the remainder of the first Test in Mohali after he injured his knee on the opening day

India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 1st day

Watson's fortune and Ishant's nightmare

Oct 1, 2010: Plays of the day from the first day of the first Test between India and Australia in Mohali

India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 1st day

Teams play down Ponting-Zaheer spat

Oct 1, 2010: A day after Ricky Ponting called for a controversy-free tour, he was ironically involved in the first real incident of the series

India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 1st day

India overcome early struggles, again

Oct 1, 2010: Not for the first time at home, India recovered from a slow start to the opening day of a series to liven up the Test

India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 1st day

Patient Watson passes the test

Oct 1, 2010: Shane Watson overcame India's bowling and barracking and the nervous 90s to score a fighting century

New Zealand news

Luke Wright signs with Wellington

Oct 1, 2010: Luke Wright, the England allrounder, has signed with Wellington in New Zealand for their domestic Twenty20 tournament which runs throughout December

Mumbai v Rest of India, Irani Cup, Jaipur, 1st day

Abhinav Mukund ton drives Rest of India

Oct 1, 2010: On a Jaipur pitch that offered no help to the bowlers, the Rest of India batsmen made merry on the opening day of the Irani Cup tie against Mumbai

India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 1st day

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India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 1st day

Watson keeps Australia's flag aflutter

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Kenya news

Our toughest selection - Baptiste

Oct 1, 2010: Ragheb Aga, the former Sussex allrounder, and Seren Waters have been confirmed in Kenya's 13-man squad for the Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan

Indian Premier League

Gavaskar turns down IPL governing council role

Oct 1, 2010: Sunil Gavaskar has refused an offer to be part of the IPL governing council because he felt that the league was a commercial enterprise and that those working for it should be remunerated

Australian news

Tait out for two months with elbow injury

Oct 1, 2010: The fast bowler Shaun Tait will miss Australia's limited-overs matches in India this month and at home against Sri Lanka in November after having surgery on his right elbow

Australian news

Fit again, Ferguson resumes where he left off

Oct 1, 2010: Nobody is looking forward to the Australian summer as much as Callum Ferguson, who missed most of the past year after a knee reconstruction

New Zealand in Bangladesh 2010

Rain ruins New Zealand's warm-up match

Oct 1, 2010: New Zealand's first warm-up match on their tour of Bangladesh has been cancelled because of unplayable ground conditions at the Bangladesh Krira Shikka Protisthan Stadium (BKSP) near Dhaka

The perils of Twitter addiction

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