Pakistan v England 2011-12

Mohsin to be interim coach for England series

Dec 19, 2011: Mohsin Khan will continue as interim coach of Pakistan for the series against England next month, Zaka Ashraf, the PCB chairman, has said

Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011-12

South Africa to call up Tsotsobe

Dec 19, 2011: Left-arm seamer Lonwabo Tsotsobe is expected to be added to the South African Test squad for the remaining two matches against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011-12

Alvitigala gets Sri Lanka call-up

Dec 19, 2011: Seam bowler Nuwan Kulasekara won't be joining Sri Lanka's Test squad in South Africa and instead the uncapped Kanishka Alvitigala will fly out along with Dhammika Prasad

Bangladesh v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Mirpur, 3rd day

Taufeeq defends Pakistan's cautious batting

Dec 19, 2011: Taufeeq Umar, the Pakistan batsman, defended his side's cautious batting approach on the third day of the Mirpur Test, saying that the plan was to first get close to Bangladesh's 338 without losing too many batsmen

County news

Local council to buy the Rose Bowl

Dec 19, 2011: Hampshire's Rose Bowl will be bought by the local council to save the club from its second financial crisis in a decade.

Sri Lanka news

Sumathipala withdraws from SLC elections

Dec 19, 2011: Thilanga Sumathipala, has pulled out of the race for the presidency, leaving his main rival Upali Dharmadasa as the most likely to win the election on January 3

West Indies news

Former Barbados umpire Nigel Harrison dies aged 77

Dec 19, 2011: Nigel Harrison, the former Barbados first-class umpire, has died aged 77 after a brief illness

Australia news

Ryan Harris set for BBL return

Dec 19, 2011: The fast bowler Ryan Harris has been cleared to play for the Brisbane Heat in Tuesday's Twenty20 Big Bash League match against the Melbourne Stars as he aims to prove his fitness for the Boxing Day Test

Australia news

Kurtis Patterson turns down BBL deal

Dec 19, 2011: Kurtis Patterson, the New South Wales batting prodigy, has knocked back an offer to take Phillip Hughes' place on the roster of the Sydney Thunder in the Twenty20 Big Bash League, in order to build conventionally on his history-making state debut

Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011-12

'Tough for Sri Lanka to come back' - Donald

Dec 19, 2011: Allan Donald, South Africa's bowling coach, believes Sri Lanka will struggle to make a contest out of the remaining two Test matches in the series

Bangladesh v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Mirpur, 2nd day

'Had to work really hard for this century' - Shakib

Dec 18, 2011: It was ironical that a run-out ended Shakib Al Hasan's innings that was so solidly built on patience and thinking on his feet

Big Bash League 2011-12

Hilfenhaus spell leads Hurricanes to victory

Dec 18, 2011: With all eyes on Australian Test incumbents Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey it was Test-discard Ben Hilfenhaus who stole the show at the WACA

Ireland news

Dockrell relishing England contest

Dec 18, 2011: George Dockrell wants to put behind him a frustrating 2011 and begin the new year in style when he faces England in Dubai next month

Pakistan news

Pakistan players barred from Bangladesh club league

Dec 18, 2011: Some Pakistan players have been refused permission to play in Bangladesh's Dhaka Premier League in order to prepare for the England series

Caribbean T20

Hansra to lead Canada in Caribbean T20

Dec 18, 2011: Jimmy Hansra will lead Canada's 14-member squad for the Caribbean T20 in January

India in Australia 2011-12

Uncertainty remains over Ishant's fitness

Dec 18, 2011: The uncertainty around Ishant Sharma's ankle remained as he didn't bowl during India's training session on the eve of their three-day match against the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI

Bangladesh v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Mirpur, 1st day

Nafees responds to pressure

Dec 17, 2011: Shahriar Nafees's half-century on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan has put the other two Test fifties he made this year in the shade

South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Centurion, 3rd day

Kulasekara, Prasad added to SL squad

Dec 17, 2011: Sri Lanka have called up fast bowlers Nuwan Kulasekara and Dhammika Prasad to their Test squad for the remaining two matches against South Africa.

Bangladesh news

Bangladesh to tour Pakistan in April 2012

Dec 17, 2011: The Bangladesh Cricket Board will conduct a security inspection of Pakistan in January 2012 as a precursor to Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan in April the same year

Big Bash League 2011-12

Blood, thunder and ratings on opening night

Dec 17, 2011: The sight of a bleeding Brendon McCullum in its brutish way did far more for the BBL than any number of marketeer's schemes