'I know that the current captain would love to have me in the England team'
Ahead of the World Twenty20 Championships in India between March and April, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has voiced his support for the winners of the inaugural edition.
West Indies have left out all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from their 15-man squad for the World Cup in February and March.
A floundering England will be looking to avoid a potential banana skin when they take on minnows Scotland in a crucial Pool A cricket World Cup match at the Hagley Oval, in Christchurch on Monday.
Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has been elected the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for a tenure of three years after winning an unopposed election.
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood has resigned from his position in order to spend more time with his family.
Cricket has been the driving force behind change in the sporting ecosystem in India but women's participation in other sports in the country still needs more support and platforms for exposure.
Twenty20 cricket came home with England's impressive World Cup win on Sunday and the game, which began as a crowd-pleasing thrash, really came of age over the past three weeks in the Caribbean.
South Africa batsman AB de Villiers has ruled himself out of the team's three-Test series in New Zealand in March, but insists he is not retiring from the longest format of the game.
West Indies' decline a long time coming, says Brathwaite
Promising a corruption-free World Cup, the International Cricket Council on Monday said it has struck partnerships with law enforcement agencies in Australia and New Zealand in its endeavour to prevent bookies from associating with the players.
Joe Root returned to England's one-day international squad for the first time since their ill-fated World Cup title defence in November
Nabi announced his decision to resign as the captain of the national team following their four-run loss to Australia
Banned Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal vowed to correct his illegal bowling action and return to cricket before next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga feels that his side will have a distinct advantage over other countries during next month's Twenty20 World Cup as most of the island nation's players have prepared well by competing in the Sri Lanka Premier League.
Danushka Gunathilaka will stand trial on a rape charge
Fast bowler Mitchell Starc has all but written off his chances of making a faster-than-expected recovery from ankle surgery and playing a part in Australia's bid for a first World Twenty20 title.
England's women's cricket team scripted history on Sunday by winning a World Cup double after a comprehensive six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the final of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup. England, who had won the ODI World Cup in Australia in March, produced a clinical bowling and batting performance against the Kiwis at Lord's to hold world titles of the two shorter formats of the game.
After what at one stage earlier this month looked like a vast game of musical chairs, reigning champions India ended up topping the world rankings when the five-month countdown to the 2015 World Cup started on Sunday.
Australia sauntered into the ICC Under-19 World Cup final by dashing Afghanistan's dream run with a six-wicket victory, built around Jack Edward's half-century after some splendid bowling, in Christchurch, on Monday.
Following David Warner's retirement from Tests, Steve Smith opened the batting for Australia in series against West Indies and New Zealand.
Ajinkya Rahane played the role of opener against Afghanistan, but the Indian batsman wants to perform well in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup while batting at number four, a position he finds more challenging.
Penpix of the West Indies squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Warner has already announced that he will end his Test career in January next year
Australia's scheduled one-day international series against Afghanistan in India has been postponed, the cricket boards of the competing countries said on Sunday, leaving players free to fulfil their Indian Premier League (IPL) commitments.
South Africa Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie said he supported calls for a boycott of Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan next month.
However, David Warner plans to continue playing white-ball cricket at least until the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has retired from international cricket at age 37.
England, who also won the 50-overs version three years ago, have failed to hit top gear in Australia and reached the last four with a scrappy win over Sri Lanka.
As Steve Smith and David Warner padded up at suburban Sydney cricket grounds over the weekend, the warm spring sunshine may have seemed fitting weather for the banned Australian cricketers to take a small but important step in their rehabilitation.
India secured their second Twenty20 World Cup title with a dramatic seven-run win over South Africa in the final in Barbados.
Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Australians Shaun Tait and Brett Lee are the only bowlers to have surpassed the 100 miles per hour (160.9 kph) mark.
Kohli dealt well with breach of privacy, says coach Rahul Dravid
De Silva and veteran Angelo Mathews were not included in the 16-man T20 squad but there was a place for Hasaranga.
India has now equalled South Africa's world record of most consecutive wins in Twenty20 Internationals.
Australia have never won the T20 World Cup with their best finish of runners-up coming in the 2010 edition in West Indies, when they lost to England in the final.
The ICC has begun the sale of tickets for the World T20 in India on its website from Wednesday. The delay in sale of tickets has affected the travel plans for fans from across the world. The first phase of ticket sales excluded matches featuring India, the semi-finals and the final. It featured matches from Bangalore, Chennai, Dharamsala, Kolkata and Mohali. Tickets for the high profile matches (4 India, 2 semi-finals and a final) will be sold online through a lottery system. In order to participate, customers need to register by filling up an online registration form, indicating their preferred match after which they will be automatically enrolled into the draw.
The 22-year-old leg-spinner said on social media that he was not consulted by the ACB, who earlier named an 18-member squad and two reserve players for the tournament in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Heinrich Klaasen will captain South Africa in three Twenty20 matches against Pakistan next week.
India and Pakistan will reprise the final of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in a practice match at The Oval on June 3.
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