Board President's XI v South Africans, Nagpur, 2nd day

Kepler Wessels satisfied with preparation

Feb 3, 2010: Kepler Wessels, South Africa's batting consultant, was satisfied with what his team achieved during the two-day game against Board President's XI, their only warm-up match on the tour

Indian Premier League 2010

Australia players union says it's close to getting IPL security plan

Feb 3, 2010: The participation of Australian players in the third edition of the IPL took a positive step forward with their players union, the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA), stating that they're close to receiving the security report from the IPL authoritie

West Indies in Australia 2009-10

Watson and Bollinger return for West Indies ODIs

Feb 3, 2010: Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger will return to Australia's one-day side to take on West Indies after resting from the final two matches against Pakistan

Regional Four Day Competition 2009-10

Daren Powell withdraws from Jamaica squad

Feb 3, 2010: The West Indies fast bowler has withdrawn from the Jamaica squad for the remainder of the regional first-class season

West Indies in Australia 2009-10

Australians are beatable, says Gayle

Feb 3, 2010: The West Indies captain has said he is fully motivated for the upcoming limited-overs series against Australia

Indian cricket

Indian board to extend Kirsten's contract

Feb 3, 2010: The Indian board (BCCI) has confirmed that it will extend the contract of Gary Kirsten after his term runs out next month

Australian injury news

Peter Siddle out for the season with back injury

Feb 3, 2010: Peter Siddle has been ruled out of Australia's tour of New Zealand in March with a stress fracture of the back

West Indies in Australia 2009-10

West Indies sweat on Dwayne Bravo

Feb 3, 2010: An already depleted West Indies are waiting to learn whether their star allrounder Dwayne Bravo will participate in the upcoming limited-overs series against Australia

Australian news

Hilditch backs Clarke as Twenty20 captain

Feb 3, 2010: Australia's chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch has defended Michael Clarke's position in the Twenty20 team and said he brings plenty to the side despite a disappointing record in internationals

Australian news

Back injury forces Brett Geeves out for season

Feb 3, 2010: The fast bowler Brett Geeves will not be adding to his three appearances for Australia this summer after being ruled out for the season with a stress fracture in his lower back

Day-night Tests

Mixed reactions after pink-ball trials

Feb 3, 2010: Cricket Australia's plans for day-night Test cricket have hit a snag after the first day of their pink-ball trials resulted in mixed reviews from players

West Indies appoint new head coach

Richardson welcomes scope of Gibson's role

Feb 2, 2010: The former West Indies captain, Richie Richardson, has welcomed the appointment of Ottis Gibson as the new head coach of the WICB,

ICL news

Pakistan players file legal notice against ICL

Feb 2, 2010: The Pakistani players who participated in the unauthorised Indian Cricket League (ICL) have filed a legal notice to the league's management over outstanding payments due since December 2008

English domestic season 2010

Middlesex look to Yuvraj for Twenty20 Cup

Feb 2, 2010: Middlesex have confirmed that they are in talks to sign Yuvraj Singh as their second overseas player for this year's Twenty20 Cup, after their original target, Sachin Tendulkar, turned down an offer in a bid to prolong his international career

England news

ECB begin search for bowling coach

Feb 2, 2010: The ECB will begin their search for a replacement bowling coach after Ottis Gibson was released from his contract to take up the head coach's role with West Indies

Canada news

Canada plan schools cricket expansion

Feb 2, 2010: Ranjit Saini, Cricket Canada's interim president, has told Cricinfo of his board's plans to expand cricket across schools to reduce the senior side's current reliance on ex-pats

Indian Premier League 2010

Players want access to security details - SACA

Feb 2, 2010: Players from South Africa have written to their IPL franchises asking for access to security reports for the 2010 tournament, according to Tony Irish

New Zealand news

My role limited to events on the field - Vettori

Feb 2, 2010: Daniel Vettori may have several responsibilities within the New Zealand team's set-up, but believes that his role is not very different from that of other international captains

Pakistan news

Latif, city government join hands for Karachi Champions League

Feb 2, 2010: Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif and the Karachi city government have come together to launch, from next week, what might be the most lucrative club tournament to have been played in Pakistan

Pakistan news

Butt 'too old' to be PCB chairman - Miandad

Feb 2, 2010: Javed Miandad has written a letter to the president, Asif Ali Zardari, in which he has criticised Ijaz Butt as being "too old" to hold a position of such importance