James Tredwell is delighted to have switched India for South Africa as he contemplates the possibility of making his senior England debut at Centurion.

South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is to miss the entire one-day series against England because of a fractured rib. It is thought he suffered the injury during the Champions League Twenty20 in India.

When ECB chairman Giles Clarke offered to help Pakistan stage their home matches in England next summer, he was motivated by protecting the Test future of a great cricket-playing nation.

Great Australia fast bowler Dennis Lillee has backed Test cricket to continue to function and thrive as the pinnacle of the game despite the explosion of interest in Twenty20 in recent years.

Liam Plunkett is itching to show England just how much he has progressed since his last appearance in 2007. He will have to wait after the first one-day international at the Wanderers was washed out.

Relieved after his batsmen eked out a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka, India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said it was just a matter of seeing through the early overs and the team never panicked.

Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara does not believe his side holds a psychological edge going into the second Test of the three-match series starting at Kanpur next week after dominating India in the drawn opener in Ahmedabad.

Images from Day 5 in the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, in Ahmedabad, on Friday.

Statistical highlights on the fifth and

Riding on fine performances from veteran Ajit Agarkar and left-arm spinners Iqbal Abdulla and Harmeet Singh, Mumbai staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Himachal Pradesh by 85 runs in a Group A Super League Ranji Trophy match in Mumbai on

India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni described the Motera featherbed as a bowler-hostile track even as his Sri Lanka counterpart Kumar Sangakkara had no issues with the strip, calling it a 'true' wicket.

Centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir helped India escape with a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, on Friday. India, in their second innings, amassed 412 for four in 129 overs after which both captains

Former Australian captain and coach Greg Chappell has warned that 50-over cricket would be the best way to measure all cricketing nations, but Twenty20 is the best format for ensuring the growth of the game.

Middlesex have signed Australian Adam Gilchrist for next year's Twenty20 campaign and hope to recruit Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar as well, the English county side said on Thursday.

Cricket Australia has picked Doug Bollinger ahead of fellow pacer Stuart Clark for a spot in the 12-man squad for the first Test against West Indies at the Gabba starting next week.

Australian vice captain Michael Clarke is being forced to receive daily treatment on his troublesome back to be ready in time for next week's opening Test against the West Indies at Gabba.

Australian pace legend Jeff Thomson believes Shane Watson's surprise role as a Test opener is an insult to opening batsmen across the country.

On Thursday, 15 days short of his 32nd birthday, Ajit Agarkar ensured himself a perfect gift -- an unbeaten 102 against Himachal Pradesh, in the Ranji Trophy Group A match. It not only ensured his side a defendable total (after

Veteran pacer Ajit Agarkar's maiden century (102 not out) rescued Mumbai from a precarious position and enabled them set Himachal Pradesh a target of 252 runs on the third day of the Super League Group A Ranji

Uncapped off-spinner James Tredwell was called into the England squad as cover on Thursday after Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad were ruled out of the first two One-Day Internationals through injury. Spinner Swann has a side strain and pace bowler