Lasith Malinga is set to return to action for Sri Lanka next month after his lay-off following surgery on his left ankle in September.
The 31-year-old paceman, who spearheads the Sri Lanka attack, is recovering well from the operation that ruled him out of the one-day series against India and England.
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The West Indies have followed England in replacing their one-day captain less than two months before the World Cup after replacing Dwayne Bravo with Jason Holder.
Holder, who turned 23 last month, has been named to lead the squad in the five ODIs in South Africa next month.
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Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal made his return to competitive cricket on Friday and hopes to play in next year’s World Cup.
Ajmal has spent the last three months remodelling his action after being suspended by the International Cricket Council.
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Gloucestershire and director of cricket John Bracewell have agreed to go their separate ways at the end of next month.
New Zealander Bracewell will be replaced by a head coach, who Gloucestershire expect to be in place before the end of January.
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The Big Bash League kicks off again this week – and there will be plenty of English participation.
Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen will no doubt garner plenty of attention when they perform for Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Stars respectively over the next month or so.
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Michael Carberry was ready to board a plane to Perth this time 12 months ago. Not with England, but to join Scorchers for a season in the Big Bash League.
An agreement had been reached and a contract signed which Carberry ultimately couldn’t fulfil due to a dream call-up to the England Test side for the Ashes series against Australia.
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England captain Alastair Cook has reflected on a tumultuous 12 months for himself and his team, describing 2014 as a “hell of a year”.
Cook is under intense pressure as England’s one-day captain after the team’s latest series defeat by Sri Lanka, having come through a similar period of scrutiny as Test skipper in the summer.
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Nick Compton has rejoined Middlesex a month after leaving Somerset.
The England batsman has signed a three-year contract and returns to the county where he came through the positions and spent eight years before leaving in 2009.
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Sean Abbott, the Australian bowler whose bouncer fatally injured Phillip Hughes, claimed career-best figures of 6-14 as New South Wales defeat Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.
There had been worries the 22-year old paceman may have been too traumatised to play again after Hughes died from being hit by one among his ascending balls in the Sydney Cricket Ground last month.
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England allrounder Tim Bresnan has agreed a deal with Hobart Hurricanes ahead of the upcoming Big Bash.
The 29-year old, who continues to be included in England’s provisional 30-man squad for next year’s World Cup, will head out to Australia later this month, his county Yorkshire declared on Wednesday.
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Pakistan will start restorative work on Mohammad Hafeez’s bowling action promptly after it had been deemed illegal by the International Cricket Council.
The off-spinner was reported within a Test match against New Zealand last month, and following evaluations in England found his activity violated the ICC’s limitations on elbow extension.
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Pakistan batsman Younis Khan is set to warrant his return to limited overs cricket after being chosen for the five-match ODI series against New Zealand in the UAE.
Younis has played only one 50-overs match in August this year after a 17-month absence because of insufficient form but four Test hundreds against Australia and New Zealand since October have induced a change of heart in the Pakistan selectors.
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Pakistan all rounder Mohammad Hafeez continues to be suspended for an illegal bowling action from the International Cricket Council.
he’s the second Pakistan player after Saeed Ajmal to face sanction within the past three months.
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Jos Buttler says he intends to spend the the next couple of months, while touring foreign climes with England, learning new skills to improve his batting art in limited overs matches.
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New Zealand’s expert spinner Daniel Vettori believed it wasn’t proper to declare the conclusion of his Test career following the heartbreaking passing of Phillip Hughes.
The 35-year old stopped an lack of 28 months in the five-day format by helping New Zealand into a dominant win over Pakistan in the last Test in Sharjah, a match overshadowed by the Hughes disaster.
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Pakistan will sponsor their first official tour since the Lahore terror strikes in 2009, when Kenya play five ODIs against the nation’s second string side next month.
All five matches will occur in Lahore at Gaddafi Stadium, the exact same ground where the bus driving the Sri Lanka team was assaulted in March 2009.
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Australia skipper Michael Clarke insists he does not have any intention of retiring from Test or one-day cricket despite continuing injury issues.
Clarke is a doubt for the first Test against India next month as he battles to defeat a hamstring injury that kept him out of much of the recent one day series against South Africa, while he continues to get treatment for a chronic back ailment.
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Recall the collapses, the controversy as well as the astounding strokeplay? It’s not even six months since Sri Lanka secured a 3-2 triumph over England but here’s a refresher of the activity – and what our pundits made of it…
First ODI: Eng 247-6 bt SL 144 by 81 runs (D/L system)
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Michael Clarke continues to be named in a 12-man Australia squad for next month’s opening Test against India in Brisbane.
The Australia skipper is comprised subject into a fitness test in the left hamstring he injured in the recent one day series against South Africa in Perth, while he also continues to get treatment for a continuing back problem.
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Australia are hopeful captain Michael Clarke will overcome a hamstring injury to lead the team in their series against India which begins next month.
The Aussies stage four Tests against India before co-hosting the 50-over World Cup with New Zealand.
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