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New Zealand great batsman Jesse Ryder will miss Test match against Zimbabwe start from November 1. He is out due to his injury in the warm-up match in Bulawayo against Zimbabwe-A and hence confirmed the strain. New Zealand test squad: Ross Taylor (capt), Doug Bracewell, Graeme Aldridge, Chris Martin, Dean Brownlie, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Jeetan Patel, Andy McKay, Daniel Vettori, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson and Reece Young.

Kolkata, Friday, October 28, 2011 National selectors has been finally excluded off-spinner Harbhajan Singh from Indian test team, Whereas, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh has been included in the test team squad. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, pragyan Ojha and young leg spinner Rahul Sharma has included in the team. However, leg spinner Amit Mishra has been discharged from the test team squad. Virender sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh have been out of his injuries and are included in the team. Selectors gave a new look to fast bowling Department Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron has been in for the test squad in place of Praveen Kumar and S. sreesanth Great performances against the England Ajinkya Rahane reserve a place in the team for opener. Virat Kohli has earned a place in team and replaces Suresh Raina . Indian Test Team : M S Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Drav

Team India opener batsman Gautam Gambhir tied the knot with Natasha Jain on Friday at Gurgaon.  

Cricket Australia has announced John Inverarity as a full-time national selector . Former Test player John Inverarity played 6 Tests in a first-class career. Inverarity will replace Andrew Hilditch

After India's 5-0 win over England, man of the series captain MS Dhoni is now ranked in third position in ICC ODI rankings . Off-spinner R Ashwin took ten wickets in the series and ranked in first top 20 bowlers in ICC Ranking. Ravinder jadeja ranked 12th position in All-rounder list. ViratKohli is in 5th place whereas Gautam Gambhir is in 13th place and Suresh Raina is in 26th rank in ODI Top ICC batsman ranking

Colombo, Thursday, October 27, 2011 Nearly 100 Sri Lankan cricketers have not been paid since the World Cup 2011 in April due to the huge debt that the Sri Lanka Cricket Board is facing. There are reports that the Sri Lanka Cricket Board may not be in a position to pay the players over the next couple of months. Sri Lanka cricket Chief Upali Dharmadasa said in a media report, " There is a truth in those media reports to a certain extent Sri Lanka Cricket is still awaiting payment from the ICC for co-hosting the World Cup 2011. The ICC still owes us $4-5 million ."

International Cricket Council ( ICC ) Twenty-20 world champion England is in the number one team in T20 ranking, while England's batsman Eoin Morgan is the number 1 in batting rating, Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is the top bowler and Shane Watson of Australia is the top all-rounder. England has 127 points and Sri Lanka with 126 points. If England win the Twenty-20 match against India on October 29 at Eden gardens then England would get four points, if England lose the match then they will slipped down from Sri Lanka. New Zealand (117) Thirdly, South Africa (113) the fourth, India (112) fifth and Australia (111) is in the sixth place. Pakistan (97) in seventh followed by West Indies, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe.

Johannesburg, October 23, 2011 Opener Jacques Rudolph has return to the South Africa test team after five-year long. South Africa to play two test series against Australia in next month. Rudolph has played last match in August 2006. The chairman of South Africa's selection committee, Andrew Hudson has said in a statement that the Rudolph will start the innings with the captain Graeme Smith . His experience and form would be useful to the team. South African test squad : Graeme Smith (captain), Jacques Rudolph, AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Paul Harris, Morne Morkel, Ashwell Prince, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Dubai, Friday, October 21, 2011 International Cricket Council (ICC) will now set to launch ranking system for international Twenty-20 matches just like in Test and ODI cricket. Ceremony will be held at ICC Headquarters in dubai on Monday October 24.

England fast bowler Tim Bresnan has been fined 7.5% match fees of the third ODI against India on Thursday due to the complications with umpire during the match. This event took place in 18th over during Indian innings after completing his fifth over, bresnan snatched his cap from  the hands of the umpire Sudhir asnani .

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has paid a fine of Rs 4.35 lakhs to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to achieve the occupation certificate for his five-storey bungalow at Bandra (West). Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said on Thursday that “ We have received all the required no-objection certificates from Tendulkar, who also paid the fine. So, the OC has issued to his new bungalow ."

Sydney, 19th October 2011 Shane Warne thinks Darren Lehmann would be the perfect coach for the team Australia , despite Cricket Australia has already started a search for the new coach Warne told reporters " I think Darren Lehmann is absolutely outstanding - as a coach or in some senior role involved in the team or as a selector, I think he's got a really good understanding of the young guys, he's got a great understanding of old school and what's required to perform. "

South Africa's former cricketer Jonty Rhodes thinks that Middle order batsman Virat Kohli has ability to achieve the performance like a Sachin Tendulkar . Rhodes said that "Kohli is 22 years of age, he demonstrated his ability with the bat. He showed he's a superstar."

Yuvraj Singh said that his finger injury is improved rapidly and he will soon return to the national team. When asked about his injury from the Yuvraj, he said "Injury is recovered faster and soon you'll know, when I return to the team." Yuvraj got injured during the test series against England.

BCCI has announced that West Indies will start tour to india with three test and five ODI series. 1st test will begin from November 6 in delhi. West Indies will head to India on November 2 after completing their tour of Bangladesh. The schedule: 1st Test, 6-10 November (Delhi) 2nd Test, 14-18 November (Kolkata) 3rd Test, 22-26 November (Mumbai) All ODI's will be Day and Night 1st ODI 29th November (Cuttack) 2nd ODI 2nd December (Vishakhapatnam) 3rd ODI 5th December (Ahmedabad) 4th ODI 8th December (Indore) 5th ODI 11th December (Chennai)

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi announced his retirement from cricket since five months ago and now he said that he was ready to return in the Pakistan team. Afridi told reporters in Karachi, "I decided that I would like to play for Pakistan, I have never been ever retired from Cricket, but I said I don't want to play in the previous administration of PCB and now there is a new Chairman, so I decided to play again." Afridi announced his retirement to cricket in may, when ODI team captaincy was taken away from him at the time of Coach Waqar Younis .

New Delhi, Tuesday, October 18, 201 National selectors retained the same team for the next three ODI against England. while Gautam Gambhir will not be able to play a T20 match because of his marriage. All rounder Yusuf Pathan and the explosive batsman Robin Uthappa has return in the Twenty-20 squad. parthiv Patel has been ruled out from the Twenty-20 match. ODI Squad : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Parthiv Patel, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Umesh Yadav, Rahul Sharma, Varun Aaron, Vinay Kumar and Sreenath Aravind. Twenty20 Squad : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yusuf Pathan, Robin Uthappa, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Manoj Tiwary, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav and Sreenath Aravind

Sydney, Monday, October 17, 2011 Young fast bowler Patrick Cummins has been selected in the Australian test squad against South Africa. 18 year-old Patrick has played only three first class matches from New South Wales side in which he achieved nine wickets. Selection Committee Chairman Andrew Hilditch said, at the age of just 18 Patrick has demonstrated his ability in international level. Australia to play two tests in South Africa that will begin first test in Cape Town on November 9 and the second test will be played from November 17 in Johannesburg. Test Squad: Michael Clarke (c), Michael Beer, Ricky Ponting, Trent Copeland, Shane Watson (vc), Brad Haddin, Patrick Cummins, Shaun Marsh, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Phil Hughes, Nathan Lyon, Usman Khawaja and Peter Siddle.

Melbourne, Friday, October 14, 2011 Australia's test and ODI Captain Michael Clarke says he is "very confident" none of his fellow players have been involved in spot-fixing matches . Clarke said, he was surprised by the claims against Australian cricketers. A Bookie named Mazhar Majeed claimed against the Australians during the hearing of the ICC spot fixing in London court. But dismissed by an ICC investigator and given clean chit to Australian cricketers.

These rules will implement into action from the England tour of India starting on October 14 five-match ODI series. The New Set of Rules are: *2 Balls Use in an innings – for only ODI’s *Field Obstruction – applicable in all 3 formats i.e. Test’s Odi’s and T20 *Powerplay Rule *Option of Runner has been removed *Penalty Time has been introduced *If the bowler fails to run out the Non-striker then Dead ball shall be given. *Extra Time in Tests shall be given before Lunch or Tea depending upon the position of the match only if requested by the captain *If batting team is 9 wickets down, then interval can be delayed for a max of 30 minutes. *The minimum interval for an uninterrupted ODI (one day international) match has been increased from 20 mins to 30 mins.

Melbourne, Thursday, October 13, 2011 Former Australian fast bowler Nathan bracken has taken Cricket Australia (CA) to the court, claiming that when he was struggling with his chronic knee injury then he did not receive any compensation for lost wages, damages and medical expenses from Cricket Australia. Bracken took his retirement in January and could not play the entire 2010 season last year due to injury. According to the report of Daily Telegraph Bracken is seeking about $1 million from CA. The hearing of the case in the court on November 30

Twenty20 series between Zimbabwe and New Zealand starting on October 15 and October 17. After the two T20 macthes, Zimbabwe will play three ODI matches against New Zealand, after that Test match will begins on November 1. Zimbabwe Twenty20 squad : Brendan Taylor (Captain), Tatenda Taibu , Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Charles Coventry, Keegan Meth, Natsai M'shangwe, Kyle Jarvis, Christopher Mpofu, Hamilton Masakadza, Raymond Price, Forster Mutizwa, Prosper Utseya, Vusimuzi Sibanda and Malcolm Waller.

Lahore, Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Asif Zardari, The President of Pakistan has appointed Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf as the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in place of former Test cricketer Ijaz Butt Statement issued on behalf of the President's Office said that the Zaka Ashraf has been appointed Board's new Chairman. He will replace Ijaz Butt, whose three-year tenure has been ended on October 8.

Sydney, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Australian great fast bowler Brett Lee has been ruled out of the ODI and Twenty-20 series against South Africa due to diagnosed with appendicitis. Cricket Australia said in a statement due to have an operation in Cape Town, Brett Lee will away from cricket for six to eight weeks. Alex Kountouris, Team physio said in a statement, " Brett Lee complained of some abdominal pain after arriving in Cape Town on Sunday. He will obviously be ruled out of the Twenty20 and ODI series in South Africa and is likely to return to cricket in six to eight weeks. " Australia will start their tour against South Africa with Twenty-20 match in Cape Town on Thursday.

"Man of the match" Harbhajan Singh (20 runs with 3 wickets) Mumbai Indians beat Royal challengers by 31 runs in the final match of Champions League twenty-20 cricket tournament. Mumbai has won 12 kg Silver Cup with 2.5 million dollars of prize money. Lasith Malinga has also won The Golden Ball Title. While David Warner awarded with The Golden Bat of the tournament.

Chennai, Monday, October 10, 2011 Mumbai Indians fast bowler Lasith Malinga , awarded The Golden Ball of the Champions League Twenty-20 Cricket Tournament with the most wicket taker in the entire series, Malinga also awarded with the title of Man of The Tournament . Malinga took 10 wickets in 6 matches in the tournament. Though, Caribbean team Trinidad Tobago fast bowler Ravi Rampaul took 12 wickets and his own team-mate Sunil Narayan took 10 wickets but these total wickets are including the qualifier matches. Malinga best performance in the tournament was 4 wickets with 20 runs against somerset in the semifinal, with an average of 11.70

Johannesburg, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Hashim Amla has been selected as the captain of the South African team in ODI and T20 series against Australia. Amla got the team command due to the fractured finger injury of Captain AB de Villiers , that is not available for the entire series. Amla has been assigned captain for two Twenty20 and three ODI matches against Australia. 38-year-old Amla has so far played only three Twenty-20 internationals. Wicketkeeper batsman Mark Boucher returns to the one-day squad, while 23-year-old batsman Richard levy is the only new face in the T20 squad. Former captain Graeme Smith got placed in both formats ODI and T20. the beginning of the series will be held in Cape Town on October 13 with Twenty20 match. Twenty20 squad: Hashim Amla (capt), Richard Levi, Graeme Smith, David Miller, Colin Ingram, Johan Botha, Heino Kuhn, JP Duminy, Morne Morkel, Albie Morkel, Robin Peterson, Juan Theron, Wayne Parnell and Lonwabo Tsotsobe. One-day squad

Karachi, Monday October 3, 2011  Pakistan recall fast bowler Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz to the pakistan test squad for Sri Lanka series starting from October 13 in the United Arab Emirates . Young batsman Umar Akmal has been dropped out for the three matches by the the national selectors. Pakistan Squad for Sri Lanka Test Series : Taufiq Umar, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Younus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Abdul Rehman, Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema and Junaid Khan

According to a Bangladesh Cricket Board, The Decision Review System (DRS) is not going to be used for the upcoming series between B angladesh-West Indies . There will be two Tests, three ODIs and a Twenty20 match starting from Oct 11, 2011

London, Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 Australian former cricketer Shane Warne and British actress Elizabeth Hurley during a trip to Scotland confirmed their engagement. Liz Hurley and Shane Warne at Scotland According to The Daily Mail reported  42-year-old Warne proposed to the 46-year-old Hurley, on the East coast located in Scotland in the St Andrews hotel after a dinner in a golf contest. Shane warne has sent a tweet to his fans:- @warne888" Thanks for all your congratulations. Here's a pic of us about to go to Dunhill dinner in St Andrews .” Hurley, before had married with the Indian businessman Arun Nayar.

New Delhi, October 1st, 2011 The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations ( FICA ) claimed that Australian batsman Simon katich and caribbean batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan including most numerous foreign players have not yet received their payments from Indian Premier League (IPL) for the third season. (FICA) chief executive Tim May said " A number of players whose contracts were 'subsidised' by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have recently contacted FICA to assist in recovering the amounts. " Katich and Sarwan both did not played in 2010 IPL. Although both the players had a three year agreement with King's XI Punjab that are valid from 2008. BCCI has not responded so far on the accusations of FICA.

Johannesburg,, Friday, September 30th, 2011 South Africa ODI and T-20 Captain Ab D'Villiers got injured during Champions League in India and has been ruled out from the australia series in coming next month. Cricket South Africa reported today that the doctors advised 27-year-old Ab D'Villiers that four to six week relaxation, for this reason he will not available for the upcoming series against australia. He will undergo immediate surgery and rehabilitation. Twenty-20 and ODI series against Australia will be begin from October 13.