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South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is to miss the entire one-day international series against England because of a fractured rib.

Liam Plunkett traces his return to the England reckoning back to his call-up for last spring's Lions tour to New Zealand.

Legendary Australian batsman Don Bradman has been formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

GOING ON AND ON AND ON: Sachin Tendulkar continued his run-making journey as he scaled yet another batting peak on Friday.

Nov 20 - CCTV captures the moment right wing Shiv Sena activists launch an attack on the offices of television channel IBN Lokmat in India's western Mumbai.

DING dong, the summer of cricket is probably dead. Already. If the West Indies can't be competitive against a second-string Queensland outfit, there seems little doubt they will get flogged by Australia in the first Test at the Gabba next week.

All-round … Shoaib Akhtar in the nets last year showing the condition that led him to seek surgical intervention.

The former Australia captain said that the growth in the Twenty20 game and diminishing public interest in the traditional five-day game could see test cricket marginalized to the fringe of the sport.

Click here for Dave Tickner's Cricket365 blog Click here for latest cricket scorecards Click here for upcoming cricket fixtures Click here for more cricket news New Zealander Peter McGlashan took a world record 12 catches in the first-class match between Northern Districts and Central Districts which ended on Thursday.

Cricket Time to shine ... Clark picks up wickets in front of selectors. Phil Hillyard Stuart Clark still believes he is a 50-50 chance to earn Test spot November 18, 2009 Incumbent paceman Stuart Clark believes it is a toss of the coin between himself and NSW teammate Doug Bollinger for the last spot in Australia's Test squad.

Middlesex have signed Adam Gilchrist for the group matches of next season's Twenty20 Cup - and are confident of securing Sachin Tendulkar as well.

England's injury woes increased on Thursday when it was announced spinner Graeme Swann will miss the first two one-day internationals against South Africa due to a side strain.

Bangalore: Inspired by Rahul Dravid's glorious 177 in the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, former India captain Gundappa Viswanath has asked the ICC not to undermine Test cricket and promote the five-day game, which traces its inception back to 1877.

Younis Khan has dismissed suggestions he is being undermined by opting out of Pakistan's tour to New Zealand and is determined to make a Test return in 2010.

The umpire system has caused considerable controversy in many Test series. South Africa have chosen not to use the umpire referral system in the four-Test series with England starting on Dec 16, catching the tourists unaware.

On the outer Blues paceman Stuart Clark, who took two wickets for NSW at the SCG yesterday, is not likely to get a start in the first Test.

Test candidates Daniel Flynn and James Franklin flirted with half-centuries as a weakened Pakistan dominated their tour cricket match against a New Zealand Invitation 11 in Queenstown today.

WORCESTERSHIRE have snapped up the worlda s leading one-day international all-rounder as their overseas player for the second-half of the 2010 campaign.

The MCC have categorically denied selling the naming rights to Lord's is an option, maintaining proposed changes to the ground will be led by cricket, rather than commercial gains.

Cricket Mercy dash ... Gayle is in doubt for first Test. David Kapernick West Indies skipper Chris Gayle flies home to be with his seriously ill mother November 18, 2009 West Indies captain Chris Gayle is in doubt for the first cricket Test against Australia after deciding to fly home to Jamaica on Wednesday to be with his seriously ill mother.