New Zealand v India, 3rd ODI, Christchurch

Vettori to miss Christchurch ODI

Mar 8, 2009: Daniel Vettori will miss the Christchurch ODI, as he has left for Auckland to be with his wife Mary. The Vettoris are expecting the birth of their first child later today. Brendon McCullum will lead the side in Vettori's absence, and offspinner Jeetan Pat

Allrounder's troubled summer

Symonds opens up on year from hell

Mar 7, 2009: Andrew Symonds has revealed the depth of his lows during a troubled year that involved twice being suspended from Australia's teams

West Indies v England, 5th Test, Trinidad, 2nd day

Prior finds comeback is child's play

Mar 7, 2009: Matt Prior won't score many easier Test centuries than his career-best 131 not out, during which he added 218 for the fifth wicket with Paul Collingwood

West Indies v England, 5th Test, Trinidad, 2nd day

Tiffin tonked

Mar 7, 2009: Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the second day in Trinidad

Bermuda axe Delyone Borden

'No excuses for undisciplined behaviour' - Logie

Mar 7, 2009: Offspinner Delyone Borden's decision to down tools in a dispute over pay let his team down and cost him his place in the squad for the ICC World Cup Qualifiers

County news

Legacy helps Sussex post profit

Mar 7, 2009: Sussex have announced a post-tax surplus of £203,534 for the year ended October 31, 2008

Deodhar Trophy 2008-09

Jaffer to lead West Zone in Deodhar Trophy

Mar 7, 2009: Wasim Jaffer, the Mumbai opener, has been made the captain of the West Zone squad for the Deodhar Trophy with Parthiv Patel as his deputy

Plays of the day

Slow death, and the mamba strikes

Mar 7, 2009: Brydon Coverdale presents the plays of the day from day two in Durban

South Africa v Australia, 2nd Test, Durban, 2nd day

Injured Smith unlikely for third Test

Mar 7, 2009: South Africa's captain Graeme Smith will almost certainly miss the third Test in Cape Town after suffering a fracture to his right hand during South Africa's first innings at Kingsmead

New Zealand v India, 3rd ODI, Christchurch

New Zealand brace for Sehwag storm

Mar 7, 2009: Three sixes off the first three balls in New Zealand. There could be no clearer statement of intent. Virender Sehwag was in form and wanted to impose himself on the hosts

Women's World Cup 2009

Abeywickrama approved as replacement for Seneviratna

Mar 7, 2009: Sanduni Abeywickrama, the middle-order batsman, has been approved by the event technical committee of the 2009 Women's World Cup as a replacement for allrounder Chamani Seneviratna in Sri Lanka's squad

West Indies v England, 5th Test, Trinidad, 1st day

Chanderpaul injury causes Windies concern

Mar 6, 2009: West Indies, who only need to draw the final Test in Trinidad to take the series against England, face an anxious wait to see how Shivnarine Chanderpaul pulls up after straining a groin muscle in the field on the opening day

West Indies v England, 5th Test, Trinidad, 1st day

Strauss savours the purplest of patches

Mar 6, 2009: It's a wonder there are any questions left to ask Andrew Strauss. His three first-day hundreds have meant he has never been far away from a camera or a notebook during the Tests in the Caribbean

West Indies v England, 5th Test, Trinidad, 1st day

A slow march

Mar 6, 2009: The dancing girls in the Trini Posse Stand tried their best, but even they struggled to inject much life into the opening day at the Queen's Park Oval

West Indies v England, 5th Test, Trinidad, 1st day

Seizing up when it matters

Mar 6, 2009: Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the first day in Trinidad

Kenya news

Inamdar set to be re-elected Cricket Kenya chairman

Mar 6, 2009: Samir Inamdar, Cricket Kenya's chairman, has been endorsed by the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association for re-election at the AGM which is due to be held on March 15. The backing of Kenya's largest province means that Inamdar will almost certainly be r

County news

Imran Arif cleared to play for Worcestershire

Mar 6, 2009: Fast bowler Imran Arif has been cleared to play for Worcestershire for the next two seasons after being granted a British passport

ICC World Cup Qualifiers

Bermuda drop Borden after pay dispute

Mar 6, 2009: Kevin Hurdle and Delyone Borden are the surprise absentees from Bermuda's squad to the ICC World Cup Qualifiers in South Africa next month

The fallout of the Lahore attacks

Morgan admits 'level of security was not as expected'

Mar 6, 2009: ICC president David Morgan has said that "it would seem the level of security was not as expected" at the time of the terrorist attack in Lahore on Tuesday

Deodhar Trophy 2008-09

Badrinath appointed South Zone captain

Mar 6, 2009: S Badrinath, the Tamil Nadu batsman, has been appointed captain of the South Zone side for the Deodhar Trophy, and Robin Uthappa, the Karnataka opener, has been made his deputy