Pakistan and Lancashire pace bowler Junaid Khan WOn’t be fit for the Test series against New Zealand.
The 24-year old left armer, who has been Pakistan’s greatest fast bowler in recent months, continues to be counseled to get another six weeks of rehabilitation following his knee injury.
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Sussex have signed England Lions paceman Tymal Mills following his departure from Essex.
The left-armer, 22, has signed a two-year contract at Hove, with Sussex claiming to have defeated several opponents to his signature.
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Somerset all-rounder Peter Trego has signed a contract extension which will see him stay at the County Ground until at least the ending of the 2016 season.
Trego made his first class debut for Somerset in 2000 and has gone to develop into a vital performer for the Taunton-based team.
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Brian Lara has called for enormous changes inside the West Indies cricket board following a payment dispute pushed the tour of India to be cut short.
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The captain of England’s visually impaired cricket team says they head to South Africa next month appearing to win the World Cup.
Matt Dean will direct a 17-man squad for the fourth One-day International Blind Cricket World Cup.
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Former Zimbabwe skipper Dave Houghton would be to step down as the batting coach for Somerset.
The county’s new manager of cricket Matthew Maynard has chosen to take accountability for the job himself.
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Jonathan Trott will come back to international cricket this winter using the England Lions in the tour of South Africa.
Trott hasn’t played for England since making last winter’s Ashes tour with a pressure-associated sickness.
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Pakistan trainer Waqar Younis has warned his team to brace themselves for a backlash from Australia in the 2nd Test on Thursday.
The Aussies endured a jolt 221-run defeat in the very first Test in Dubai on Sunday.
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South Africa are back along with the ICC ODI Team Standings for the very first time in 5 years.
The Proteas’ 72-run success inside their second ODI against New Zealand on Friday was sufficient to see them recover top spot, despite the third and final ODI being washed out on Monday.
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Durham seam bowler Graham Onions has been granted a benefit year by the county in 2015.
The 32-year old came through the academy at Chester Le Street prior to making his first class introduction in April 2004.
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Organisers are assured West Indies will take part in the World Cup early next year regardless of the disaster due to their withdrawal in the tour of India earlier this month.
Caribbean cricket was plunged into chaos on October 17 after the show in India was aborted over a protracted payment dispute involving the players as well as the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
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Former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones has joined Gloucestershire on a two-year contract and been named the club’s captain.
Jones, who arrives after leaving Kent by the end of last season, will replace the Australian opener Michael Klinger – who will not arrive until June next season – as skipper in the Tournament.
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Pakistan have kept the same 16-man squad for the 2nd Test against Australia after winning the first by a whopping 221 runs.
Chief selector Moin Khan said the team has given an excellent operation and deserved to be kept for the next Test, which begins in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
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A ‘cordial, positive and profitable’ assembly has taken place involving the warring parties endangering West Indies cricket.
The future of the sport in the Caribbean has been in question because the squad left their tour of India earlier this month in a dispute over player contracts.
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Leicestershire bowlers Charlie Shreck and Ben Raine and Derbyshire opener Billy Godleman happen to be given penalty points below the England and Wales Cricket Board’s disciplinary code.
Quick bowler Shreck was guilty of a degree two show of serious dissent against an umpire’s choice in the County Championship match against Essex,
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England Women’s vice captain Heather Knight reflects on playing cricket at 5,752m…
The time’s 2am, the temperature’s somewhere between minus 15 and minus 20 degrees as well as the closing 1,000m of the tallest free standing mountain in the world stands dauntingly in front of me… Welcome to the longest day of my life, welcome to Mt Kili Madness.
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Leicestershire have made Wasim Khan as their new Chief Executive Officer.
Wasim replaces Mike Siddall, who left his place by the end of the season after four years in the job.
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South Africa all rounder Robin Peterson continues to be called up for the Australian leg of the limited overs tour Down Under.
The allrounder replaces injured left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso who suffered a sprained finger in a national match before the team’s departure for New Zealand.
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Worcestershire seamer Jack Shantry has signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at New Road till 2017.
Shantry’s preceding deal still had a year to run but the 26-year old has been rewarded for playing a vital function in assisting the side get promoted to Division One.
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Middlesex County Cricket Club’s one day side have switched their name from Middlesex Panthers to Middlesex CCC.
Known as the Panthers for the past five years, Middlesex have reverted to the name used by their four-day County Championship side to ensure brand consistency across all structures of the match.
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Somerset fast bowler Alfonso Thomas has had surgery on a busted ankle.
The South African, who had been likely to play cricket in his home country this winter, is recovering after slipping on wet steps while playing golf in Devon.
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Jonathan Trott has signed a fresh three-year contract extension with Warwickshire, keeping him at the county before the conclusion of the 2017 season.
Trott scored 1,156 runs across all three formats last season – including five centuries – as Warwickshire finished runners up in the County Championship and the Royal London One Day Cup.
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Jesse Ryder has enhanced his opportunities earning a worldwide recall by smashing a century off just 39 balls within a limited overs match against Ireland in New Zealand.
Starting the innings for Otago, the 30-year old from Wellington reached his half century off just 16 deliveries and went to make 136 as the hosts won by three wickets at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln.
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England allrounder Moeen Ali has insisted he is not going to permit the “haters” to get to him and he attempts to create his way in international cricket.
Birmingham-created Moeen, whose family is of Pakistani tradition, was booed by Indian supporters at Edgbaston throughout summer time.
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India have left captain MS Dhoni from the squad to face Sri Lanka in the forthcoming ODI show.
it’s not clear whether the 33-year old is unfit or has been purposely rested by selectors but Wriddhiman Saha is the wicketkeeper named in the 15-man party.
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The Indian cricket board has declared that they are going to freeze future tours to the Caribbean after the West Indies left their visit to India.
As Well As the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) will also take legal action from the West Indies Cricket Board.
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Kent head coach Jimmy Adams has prolonged his contract with all the county.
And Kent have also re-named Rob Key as captain for the 2015 season.
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Kent have supported the signing of batsman Joe Denly who returns to his home county following a three-year bout at Middlesex.
Canterbury-produced Denly, 28, had a year left on his contract at Lord’s but has made a decision to create the move back to his home town.
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South Africa captain AB de Villiers anchored his side into a six-wicket triumph over New Zealand in the opening one-day international in the Bay Oval.
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Ben Dunk and Nathan Reardon have been included in Australia’s squad for the Twenty20 series against South Africa in November.
The duo are named in a 13-man party that also contains Shane Watson, with the all-rounder set to make his international comeback from injury having not featured for his country since April.
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All-rounder Jimmy Neesham will open for New Zealand in their opening one-day international with South Africa at Bay Oval, which starts on Monday night, UK time.
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Australian cricketers will be given an amnesty ‘window’ until the end of November to report any previous corruption-related information.
Under Cricket Australia’s (CA) anti-corruption code, players and officials can be sanctioned for failing to report a corrupt approach promptly or for failing to disclose information or evidence of a breach by a third party.
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Bangladesh have included uncapped leg-spinner Jubair Hossain in their 14-man squad for the first home Test match against Zimbabwe.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returned to the Test side after he missed the West Indies tour in September because of suspension, while batsman Marshall Ayub and medium-pacer Shahadat Hossain have also been recalled.
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood does not believe Twenty20 cricket is a threat to Test and one-day cricket.
The 39-year-old, speaking at the launch of the International Cricket Council’s nine-day camp in the United Arab Emirates for emerging players to learn how to play the shortest format of the game, feels it is not harming the youngsters’ batting techniques.
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