The Indian pace bowler could not confirm his availability because of international commitments with the national team.\n\n
English county Surrey are awaiting BCCI approval before announcing the off-spinner as their overseas signing for 2005.
Paul Russel said his team was surprised at Andrew Flintoff's comments on Sourav Ganguly
Middlesex's Indian leg-spinner took the wicket that ensured his club remained among the top flight of English cricket.
Australia put up a convincing performance against Northamptonshire in the tour game to sound a warning to their Ashes opponent
International XI registered a comfortable six-wicket win over the Asian XI in their Twenty20 Tsunami relief match in London.
Murali Kartik's timely knock of 40 helped Lanacshire to a big first innings total against Hampshire.
After being sidelined from Pakistan's tour of West Indies, the fast bowler will have a stint with the English County.
The left-arm paceman is optimistic of earning a call-up for the premier one-day competition.
It remains to be seen if he gets a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the BCCI, which has maintained a tough stance in not allowing Indian cricketers to participate in T20 leagues such as BBL, CPL and BPL.
The Indian off-spinner will replace Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq, who has been plagued by knee problems, next year.
Cheteshwar Pujara says his stint with the English county side Yorkshire has helped him rectify the flaws in his batting and is ready to bat at any position when the Indian team square off with Bangaldesh in the one-off Test in Fatullah.
The right-arm bowler broke his left hand earlier this month while batting for English county side Hampshire.
Surrey fielders Moises Henriques and Rory Burns collided and were taken away in ambulances on Sunday.
"Essex gives me the best opportunity to show the selectors that I can also be an effective bowler in ODIs," Kaneria told on Friday.
He joined fellow Indian icons Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly on the prestigious list of MCC Honorary Life Members.
After a decade spent trying to woo back cricket's international elite, Pakistan is facing the prospect of being declared the game's no-go area again, and the anger is palpable.
The Australian leg spinner signed a two-year contract extension at English county Hampshire with an option of a further two years.
The India vice-captain couldn't prevent Scotland from crashing to a seven-wicket defeat against Hampshire in a National League one-day match.
Cheteshwar Pujara has made a comeback to India's Test team while youngsters Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh have received an India call-up as the selection committee on Sunday named the squad for the five-match T20I series against South African in June and the one-off Test against England in July.
Large photographs of West Indies captain Brian Lara arguing with his Australian counterpart Steve Waugh featured in Australia's newspapers.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid feels that it will require "three good days" to win the coveted World Cup cricket tournament for Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men.
Rafiq testified before a British parliamentary committee and spoke of the discrimination he faced while at Yorkshire
Australia batsman Adam Voges has copped a sickening blow to the head while batting for Western Australian on Thursday in the Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania. The right-handed batsman has been ruled out of the match in at the WACA Ground in Perth. Voges was on 16 when he was struck by a bouncer from fast bowler Cameron Stevenson on the opening day of the match.
The Australian skipper joined his family following the death of a relative.
The Indian fast bowler joined the English county as an amateur.
Out-of-favour opener Murali Vijay said he is under no pressure to get back to the Indian team and would look to contribute to whichever team he is playing for.
India have recalled Ajinkya Rahane to reinforce their batting line-up, which will have to be at its best to negate the Australian attack.
Leach was ruled out of the five-match series on Sunday due to a stress fracture in his back
'I learnt a lot from him, he helped me a lot,' said the Indian left-hander.
Australia handed James Faulkner a four-match suspension on Tuesday after the all-rounder was charged with drink-driving in Britain this month.
Bhandari's scalps helped India 'A' bundle out Glamorgan for 140 in their first innings.
'I played for South Africa with pride for eight years. I gave my all', said the all-rounder.
Leg-spinner Shane Warne has reiterated he will not return to the one-day squad ahead of the World Cup
Debutants Afghanistan were bowled out twice in a day to lose the one-off Test match against India by an innings and 262 runs, in Bengaluru, on Friday.
He expressed hope that it will also benefit a large number of Hindi-speaking umpires and those giving training in this field, to whom the rules in English are hard to understand.
Australia batsman Steven Smith revealed English county side Surrey once tried to push him into the country's national set-up by virtue of his mother's British heritage.
