After senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar turned down their offer, English county club Middlesex are now trying to sign his explosive team mate Yuvraj Singh for the domestic Twenty20 Cup later this year.
The Board, however, did not clarify the reason behind granting leave to the veteran cricketer.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has been chosen as the 'ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for the 2000s' by a 38-strong panel of experts, including current and former players.
Flamboyant New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has been struck off from the IPL auction list because of a match-fixing slur against his name during his stint with the rebel Indian Cricket League. Cairns's name figured in the original list for the January 19 auction, but Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi said the Kiwi's name was removed because of the match-fixing taint.
Despite turning down an offer to coach England, John Buchanan could be seen in a consultancy role with Andrew Strauss' team at the forthcoming Ashes series against Australia.
Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath made it to Cricinfo's all-time Australian XI but Ricky Ponting was deemed good enough only for the 12th man's slot.
Lala Amarnath was sent back from India's tour of England by the erstwhile captain Maharaja of Vijianagaram or 'Vizzy' for alleged insubordination during a first-class game.
Inexperience cost England, feels Morgan
Former England coach Duncan Fletcher said that he is "keen" on taking over as the coach of New Zealand, following the exit of Andy Moles. Fletcher, who works as an advisor with South Africa, has not coached full time since leaving England after the 2007 World Cup, The Dominion Post reported.
Former Australia cricket coach John Buchanan is to take up a short-term consultancy role with the England and Wales Cricket Board later this month.
Amit Varma, who publishes the popular India Uncut blog, speaks to rediff.com about his debut novel, My Friend Sancho.
S Sreesanth has not backed his aggressive temperament with good bowling and the speedster needs to change his habits to have any chance of playing for the national team again, feels former South African pacer Allan Donald.
India coach Gary Kirsten quashed British media speculation that he is a front-runner among the candidates for the job of England cricket coach. 'I am not a candidate,' he was quoted as saying by cricinfo on the sidelines of Indian team's practice session in Wellington on Thursday, ahead of the third Test against New Zealand.
Hardik Pandya could take a cue from Ben Stokes' bowling during the ongoing series
Central Districts medium pacer Willem Ludick earned an unwanted place in the record books on Wednesday when Northern Districts took 43 runs off one of his overs in a domestic one-day cricket match in New Zealand.
The ECB will take up the matter with the BCCI as well as the local authorities.
They may be numero uno for now but former Australian captain Ian Chappell says India do not have the bowling strength to stay at the top of International Cricket Council's Test rankings on a long-term basis.
Western Australia coach Tom Moody said on Thursday he had rejected an offer to apply for the job of England head coach.
The deadlock between the media and the Indian Premier League ended, at least in part, following a meeting between IPL organizers and editors from leading newspapers in Mumbai on Monday. While the print media got relief on the use of images and the number of reporters and photographers allowed, top cricket websites like Rediff.com and Cricinfo have been banned from covering the IPL.
After Imtiaz Patel turned down the offer to take over as International Cricket Council's next chief executive officer, South Africa's former selection committee convenor Haroon Lorgat leads the race for the job, according to reports.
The Indian Cricket Board on Wednesday rejected the holding of the Champions Trophy in October 2009 becuase of clash of date with the home ODI series against Australia.
BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi said two or three Australian players have already signed up with IPL and more are likely in the next 24 hours.
India's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara's contentious dismissal in an English County Championship match between Yorkshire and Warwickshire created a mini-controversy as some of the home team fans booed the umpires at the end of the day's play.
The last-over suspense in the first ODI between India and Pakistan cost an Indian fan his life after he suffered a heart attack.
Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi are a spin-bowling unit the equal of any in the world
A civil court has fined Wasim Akram after he failed to appear to defend charges of hurting religious sentiments by modelling in an Indian liquor advertisement.
Indian batting star Sachin Tendulkar has no worries about safety ahead of the tour to Pakistan.
"I'm not God. I have a right to fail," said Sachin Tendulkar replying to if he would get a triple or quadruple century.
India's poor sporting relations with neighboring Pakistan damaged cricket in the region, a top Indian cricket official said.
There is likely to be a windfall for the Indian domestic cricketers as the BCCI has decided to give them a ten-fold hike and pay upto Rs 52,000 for each match.
Former captain Javed Miandad has been credited with giving Pakistan their recent cricket dominance over bitter rivals India.
Following the 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka, vice-captain Adam Gilchrist now feels Australia is ready to conquer the final frontier: a series win in India.
The experienced vice-captain suffered a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka's tour match in Adelaide and is doubtful for the Test starting on November 8 in Brisbane.
Varma, a one-time correspondent for Cricinfo, quit to set up his own website, indiauncut.com and through it, and his weekly columns for The Mint on Thursdays, has been at the cutting edge of commentary on the issues of the day.
If any one bowler has impressed enough in this Under-19 World Cup to generate thoughts about future stardom, it has to be Pakistan off-spinner Tariq Mahmood.
Describing S Sreesanth as an "accident waiting to happen", former Australia captain Ian Chappell has urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to discipline the Kerala pacer before he becomes another Shoaib Akhtar.
The long-serving coach pointed out that Indian bowlers were still learning and were not unplayable. "In contrast, our bowlers are match-winners and that gives us the edge in this series."
The PCB, by ensuring that both Karachi and Peshawar will host the Indians for a day, has opted for the only path it could have chosen in what had become a no-win situation.
So you thought the sight of Shoaib Akhtar bowling to Sachin Tendulkar was all that Pakistan was thinking about this season? We have news for you.
The injured pace bowler wants the national cricket selectors to take him at his word if he says he's fit enough to tour Sri Lanka next month.
