Mahela Jayawardene is to step down as captain of Sri Lanka, the 31-year-old announced on Wednesday.
'Ishant has a slight ankle niggle and he would not like to aggravate his injury before the South Africa series'
The ace off-spinner, who was picked in the 15-man team for the South Africa series despite not undergoing a fitness test, declared he is full fit and raring to go.
A round-up of all the first day's action Ranji Trophy Super League action on Sunday.
'Let's see. You are the first one to tell me this. I need to see why they have not picked me. I don't know what the plan is now that I am not there in the team. Probably, I will be playing the Ranji Trophy'
Australia will take the same 12-man squad to Perth for the third Ashes Test this week after humbling England by 218 runs to win the second match in Adelaide on Monday.
Pace bowler Billy , who stands 2.04 metres tall and has been in fine form in the Big Bash League (BBL) for the Adelaide Strikers, is likely to make his debut if Australia opt to play three pacemen at the Gabba.
Pandurang Salgaonkar has a definite chance to redeem himself following the controversial incidents that took place in the last two and a half years.
Shoaib Akhtar is set to earn a place in Pakistan squad for their tour of India having completed a 13-match suspension.
The national selectors made just one change to the Indian squad for the next two one-dayers against Australia, bringing in Murali Kartik for Ramesh Powar.
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The 15-member squad that beat Sri Lanka 6-1 was retained for the first three matches against South Africa.
A call-up for the West Indies tour for two Tests was inevitable for Yashasvi Jaiswal after proving himself across formats.
The retired AB de Villiers will be considered for a place in the South African T20 World Cup squad only if he shows good form and proves himself to be the "best man for the job", says the team's head coach Mark Boucher. Soon after taking charge as South Africa's head coach in December last year, Boucher said he may try to persuade a few recent retirees, including de Villiers, to return to the South Africa squad ahead of the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in October-November.
His fans burnt an effigy of Sourav Ganguly, who they blamed for the Allahabad player not playing in the Test series.
The selectors announced a list of 30 Indian probables, which included out-of-favour players like Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh.
Sachin Tendulkar opted out of the two-Test series in Zimbabwe, commencing on September 13.
The chairman of national selection committee MSK Prasad on Thursday hailed Mahendra Singh Dhoni's sense of 'perfect timing' to quit as captain of limited overs formats and hinted at the mantle going to Virat Kohli.
The legendary Kapil Dev heaped praise on India's current pace battery, saying the fast bowlers have changed the face of Indian cricket in the last four to five years.
Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage asked Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board to appoint an investigative committee, led by a retired female judge, to probe into allegations that officials in women's cricket administration demanded sexual bribes to give places in the national team.
Experienced batsman Muhammad Hafeez has dismissed reports that he had failed a bowling assessment test at the Pakistan Cricket Board's biomechanics laboratory in a university in Lahore. Hafeez also made it clear that he had informed the PCB two weeks back that he was ready to take the ICC's bowling assessment test to confirm whether his bowling action could be cleared for international cricket. "I don't know from where these stories have come but I never gave any official test at the biomechanics lab in LUMs and I just went there with the PCB's analysts to see how my modified bowling action worked under different 3D cameras and angles," Hafeez said on 'Geo Super' channel.
Pakistan cricket has got more bad news ahead of the World Cup after all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez failed to clear the informal bio-mechanics test in Chennai.
A summary of Ranji matches played on Tuesday.
Pakistan's veteran batsman Younis Khan has announced his retirement from one-day international cricket, saying the first day-night game against England in Abu Dhabi will be his last match.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting wants in-form fast bowler Shaun Tait for the first Test against India.
The left-hander admitted Australia is having problems containing teams when bowling second.
Paceman Munaf Patel could also make a comeback in Team India if declared fit by the Board.
It remains to be seen whether Virender Sehwag and Irfan Pathan too get a recall to the Indian squad for the three-Test series against Pakistan.
Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Mohammad Kaif were left out of the first two one-day internationals against the West Indies.
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The former India leg-spinner announced his retirement from first class cricket after a career of nearly 23 years.
BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya and vice-presidents Kamal Morarka and Ranbir Singh Mahendra will meet on December 11.
Mohammad Asif may miss the last two ODIs against South Africa to be in prime shape for the tour to India.
The two national selectors have been asked by Inquiry Commissioner D V Subba Rao to elaborate their charges against Abhijit Kale.
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The veteran has sought some time to make up his mind on whether to accept the job for a third stint.
Former Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh has died eight days after suffering a heart attack.
Many seniors including captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are all set to be rested for the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa, with an eye on the marquee tour of England in July.
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