Pakistan vice-captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is to undergo heel surgery in a bid to ensure he is fit to play in next year's World Cup.
Batsman Inzamam was unable to play in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament, which is currently taking place in Sri Lanka.
He will also miss the forthcoming Test series against Australia, which will be played at neutral venues.
The operation will be performed in Australia and he will travel there at the end of the month.
He will then need to recuperate for up to two months.
Former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath claimed four wickets in seven balls, including a hat-trick, on the second day of Leicestershire's first division county championship match against already crowned county champions Surrey at The Oval.
Surrey seemed set for a score in excess of 500 when Srinath, 33, reduced the hosts from 6-493 to 494 all out.
First England leg-spinner Ian Salisbury was bowled for a fourth ball duck.
Then England medium-fast bowler Jimmy Ormond (nought), formerly of Leicestershire, faced the same number of balls before being caught by second slip Darren Stevens off the last ball of the over.
Srinath bowled Surrey captain Adam Hollioake (20) with the first ball of his next over before completing his hat-trick when last man Philip Sampson's stumps were knocked over with the batsman playing no stroke.
Srinath finished with figures of 5-114 off 26.2 overs, an analysis all the more impressive after his first day's work had seen him take just 1-70 off 18 overs.
At stumps, Leicestershire were 5-303 with England discard Darren Maddy 109 not out.
Jagmohan Dalmiya has been re-elected unopposed as president of the BCCI.
And Dalmiya took complete control of the board for the first time after one of his supporters, S.K. Nair, defeated Niranjan Shah by 18 votes to 12 to become the board's new secretary.
"I want to continue what I've been doing over the last year," said Dalmiya.
Formerly president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), he has crossed swords on several occasions with the game's governing body since taking power in a closely-fought contest 12 months ago.
He threatened to cancel the national side's tour of South Africa after a disputed ruling by match referee Mike Denness, resulting in a Test match being deemed unofficial.
Kenya's cricket tour of India was canceled on Thursday after the hosts failed to confirm an itinerary, a Kenyan cricket official said.
"The tour has been canceled because we haven't had any definite response from the Board of Control of Cricket in India. It was getting too late," Jasmer Singh, a senior official of the Kenya Cricket Board said.
The Kenyan team which is currently playing in the 12-nation ICC Champions Trophy in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo was to tour India next month to play against state teams and leading clubs.
Kenya wants to become a Test playing nation soon and its captain Steve Tikolo has said his team needs more exposure against top teams to develop their skills and qualify to become the 11th country to get Test status.
India's new chairman of selectors Brijesh Patel he hoped to persuade retired pace spearhead Javagal Srinath to play in the upcoming home series against the West Indies.
"I will definitely be speaking to Srinath about playing Test matches again," Patel said a day after taking over as head of a revamped five-member selection panel.
Srinath, 33, retired from Test cricket after the West Indies tour in June, saying he wanted to concentrate on next year's limited-overs World Cup in South Africa.
He spurned repeated requests by captain Sourav Ganguly to make himself available for the recent tour of England where his experience could have helped India win its first Test series outside the sub-continent since 1986.
