Batsman Joe Burns is a surprise addition to Australia’s squad for next week’s Third Test which starts on Boxing Day in Melbourne.
The 25-year-old Queensland right-hander was named as a replacement for injured Mitchell Marsh with in-form Australia already holding a 2-0 lead in the series.
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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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Alex Hales must replace Alastair Cook at the top of England’s ODI batting order for the World Cup, says Sir Ian Botham.
Cook has been removed as captain and left out of England’s 15-man squad for next year’s tournament following a barren run of form with the bat that has seen him pass fifty just once in 20 ODI innings in 2014.
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Jonathan Trott has been named as captain of an England Lions squad to tour South Africa early next year.
Trott was named in a provisional touring party back in October less than a year after a stress-related illness caused him to quit the senior England side’s Ashes series.
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Gary Ballance has been recalled to a 15-man England World Cup squad that includes neither Ben Stokes nor outgoing captain Alastair Cook.
Cook’s fate was sealed once Eoin Morgan’s appointment as the new one-day skipper was decided at Friday’s selection meeting, while all-rounder Stokes pays the price for a recent record of four wickets and 84 runs in eight games.
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Gary Ballance is set for a recall to England’s one-day squad this morning as the Eoin Morgan era begins.
Morgan will be confirmed as the replacement for outgoing captain Alastair Cook when a 15-man squad is named for January’s three-team series against Australia and India.
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It’s crunch time for England’s selectors as they meet to pick their one-day squad for the Tri- Series against Australia and India and the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
But our expert panel of Sir Ian Botham, Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton have already decided who should be on the plane come January 6 when the 15-man party flies out.
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Kevin Pietersen has been left without an Indian Premier League side – and an estimated £880,000 contract – after being dropped by Delhi Daredevils.
The Daredevils finished bottom of the IPL standings for the second straight year in 2014, and Delhi have decided to undergo a major overhaul of their squad.
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Sam Billings has replaced Craig Kieswetter in England’s provisional World Cup squad.
Kent’s uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman is a part of an organization of 30 which will probably be cut into a final 15-man squad in early January.
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England will apply to the ICC to name a replacement for Craig Kieswetter in their first squad for the 2015 World Cup.
Kieswetter disclosed on Thursday he’d suffered a setback in his recovery from a horrible eye injury he sustained playing for Somerset last summer.
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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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Somerset and England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter will probably miss the 2015 season after suffering a setback in his recovery from a critical eye injury.
Somerset said that Kieswetter, who had been recently named in England’s provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup that begins in February, has “fought to recover perfect eyesight”.
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Former skipper Kyle Coetzer will help captain Preston Mommsen in Scotland’s World Cup squad after head coach Grant Bradburn named his provisional 24-guy lineup.
Northamptonshire’s Coetzer is among five contracted county players lining up for the Scots, alongside Durham’s Calum MacLeod, Rob Taylor of Leicestershire, Sussex’s Matt Machan and Josh Davey of Somerset.
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The West Indies have contained off-spinner Sunil Narine in their provisional World Cup squad for Australia and New Zealand next year.
Narine was pulled in the ill fated tour of India in October after being reported for a suspect bowling action through the Champions League Twenty20 series.
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Suspended away-spinner Sachithra Senanayake continues to be contained in Sri Lanka’s provisional 30-man squad for next year’s cricket World Cup.
Senanayake is serving a suspension after his bowling action was deemed illegal. He’s taken restorative work and is expecting results of a different test that will discover if he could be permitted to bowl again in international games.
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Allrounder Jesse Ryder continues to be omitted from New Zealand’s first 30-man squad for next year’s Cricket World Cup.
Ryder, who last played for New Zealand in January, was seen with an outside potential for choice after powerful performances in national limited overs matches and for Essex near the close of the English summer.
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Sean Abbott continues to be named in the New South Wales squad for their Sheffield Shield battle with Queensland on Tuesday.
The quick bowler is a part of a 12-man squad for the four-day game at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the exact same place where his illfated bouncer hit Phillip Hughes to the neck on November 25 – Hughes expired in hospital two days after.
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Australia have added Shaun Marsh to their squad for the rescheduled first Test against India.
The Western Australia batsman – blown off to get some of ducks in the most recent of his nine Tests against South Africa in February – joins brother Mitch Marsh in the squad.
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Sri Lanka have added middle-order batsman Ashan Priyanjan to their 16-man squad for another two one-day internationals against England.
December 7, 2014, 4:15am
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Defending champs India have contained just four of their 2011 World Cup winners in their 30-man preliminary squad for next year’s tournament.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin are the sole survivors in the squad that beat Sri Lanka in the final in Mumbai.
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