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Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), first edition will kick off on February 9, 2012 and final to be played on 29 February. Six teams will play each other twice in the 20-day tournament over 33 matches to be played in Chittagong and Dhaka. five foreign players to be allowed in their XIs Adam Gilchrist, Kieron Pollard, Mathew Hayden, Dwayne Bravo, James Anderson and Kamran Akmal are among foreign players who are available for the tournament so far.

Graham Gooch (British) and his team taking a stunning and amazing catch

Pakistan Cricket Board ( PCB ) has appointed former fast bowler Aaqib Javed as the bowling coach of the team just before the test series against England in UAE starts in January. Javed has been added in the nine-man support staff for the series. The former Pakistan batsman, Ijaz Ahmed , has been named as the fielding coach, while Mohsin Khan continue as the interim head coach.

Sri Lankan Experienced batsman Mahela Jayawardene became first batsman of his team and ninth batsman in the world to score 10,000 runs in Test Cricket history. 34-year-old batsman, Jayawardene achieved 10,000 runs milestone on the first day of the second Test against South Africa in Durban on Monday. Record of Fastest 10,000 runs is named to Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar. They both achieved their milestone in 195 innings. Ricky ponting achieved in 196 innings and Rahul dravid with 206 innings Other Batsmen with 10,000 runs or more: Sachin Tendulkar (15183) Rahul Dravid (13094) Ricky Ponting (12718) Jacques Kallis (12036) Brian Lara (11953) Allan Border (11174) Steve Waugh (10927) Sunil Gavaskar (10122)

Pakistan recall Umar Akmal to test squad, while former captain Shoaib Malik has not been selected for test series against England in the United Arab Emirates starting from 17 Jan in Dubai. In addition, Left arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz and Junaid Khan have been selected for the test series. Test Squad : M Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Taufeeq Umar, Younus Khan, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Misbahul Haq (capt), Adnan Akmal, Umar Akmal, Aizaz Cheema, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Abdur Rehman and M Talha

Pakistan Cricket Board said Dav Whatmore , former World Cup winning Sri Lanka coach has been finalise his appointment as head coach of Pakistan team. Pakistan team was without a full time coach since when Waqar Younis left the position of coach in September. Subhan Ahmed , PCB chief operating officer said to local media " We are in the process of finalising the appointment and in this regard are in discussions with Whatmore ". Whatmore will reach Pakistan in second week of January , he added. Mohsin Khan has been retained for next month series against England in the UAE as an interim coach .

England cricket team coach Andy Flower named Coach of the Year, while England named Team of the Year award at the BBC's Sports Personality awards England completed their: 3-1 Ashes victory in Sydney early in January 4-0 whitewash against India at home test series

Australia has announced 13-member squad for the first test against india at the Melbourne Cricket Ground starting from Boxing Day on 26th December. Squad - Michael Clarke (captain), Ed Cowan, David Warner, Brad Haddin, Ricky Ponting, Shaun Marsh, Dan Christian, Mike Hussey, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.

Australian spin legend Shane Warne's bronze statue will be unveiled on Thursday at outside the MCG by Melbourne Cricket Club, for his contribution to the cricket and his achievements. ' Herald Sun ' reported: Warne, will join his fellow cricketers Dennis Lillee, Don Bradman, Keith Miller and Bill Ponsford at the MCG. In test match career, Warne took 708 wickets and 293 in ODIs. In 2007, he retired from international cricket after Ashes series victory by 5-0.

Former Australian great opener batsman Matthew Hayden has revealed that he will quit all formats of cricket after the KFC Big Bash Twenty20 League to focus on family. Hayden said in The Courier Mail : " I don't think I'll play again next year. This will be it for me. There's just so much happening in my life, you can never wind back the clock..I'm a father of three firstly and I have a lot of work to do off the field. I probably won't face Warnie again - hopefully I will be the winner." "It is like walking down memory lane for me. In future, I'd like to be part of building on this Twenty20 competition." Matthew Hayden in his Test career, scored 8625 runs with an average of 50.73 including 30 centuries and 29 half-centuries. In ODIs, He scored 6133 runs with an average of 43.80 including 10 hundreds and 36 fifties.

The coach of South Australia, Darren Berry believes that the after the serious injury in finger, wicketkeeper batsman Tim Paine now maybe ever would not play cricket again. Berry said his meeting with the Paine was in Hobart, in the meantime he saw the injury in his finger. He wrote in his column in the Sun Herald newspaper " I could tell by watching him trying to make a fist he was a mile away from competitive cricket. " Paine, played four Tests for Australia, his finger broke during the pre-season training with Tasmania

The great leg-spinner, 42, Shane Warne is fit to play in KFC Big Bash Twenty20 League for the Melbourne Stars against the Sydney Thunder in an opening game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .

Melbourne, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 All rounder Shane Watson becomes the richest Australian cricketer with the Indian Premier League (IPL) money. According to the Business Review Weekly magazine , cricket has now emerged to the list of Top 50 Sports Earners of 2011. Shane watson is at 11th place in the rich list of Australian sports persons by earning USD 4 million. Watson earned USD 1.8 million in IPL, playing for Rajasthan Royals . He is one of the few players to play Test matches, ODI and T20 cricket.

Shaun Marsh has been ruled out from the first  test against india starting from 26 December at Melbourne as he is yet to recover from his lower back injury and Shane Watson has been recalled to assess his fitness.

Australian left-hander batsman, Phillip Hughes will join Worcestershire in June 2012 in county cricket . Hughes has had played with Middlesex in 2009 and Hampshire in 2010. Hughes said " I'm absolutely thrilled to be heading back to England, Worcestershire is a quality organisation and I can't wait to meet my new team-mates and re-acquaint myself with English conditions. My previous stint in England helped my batting enormously and I have high expectations that spending the 2012 Australian winter in the UK will do the same. "

Phillip Hughes , Australia's Test opener has withdrawn his name from the Sydney Thunder in the KFC T20 Big Bash League in order to focus on his longer format game.

New Zealand's all rounder player Daniel Vettori has been away from New Zealand cricket for a month due to his hamstring injury. New Zealand team Physio Paul Close said in a statement " Dan sustained a recurrence of his left hamstring injury that's been problematic for him over the last few years. " " We expect him to be rehabbing the injury and back to full fitness within three to four weeks. We are confident he will be back to play some cricket at some stage in the New Year ," He added.

Pakistan Cricket Board ( PCB ) once again supported the use of the review system ( UDRS ). Announced that the UDRS will be used in ODI and test series against England in next month. Pakistan to play three test and ODI series against England in UAE starting from 17th Jan.

Indian Premier League for the fifth tournament, auctions will be start at the end of January or at the beginning of February. For each IPL franchises get cap of $2 million to spend on players. The players of the Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise will be part of the auction, which was terminated by BCCI earlier in this year. The IPL Governing council increased the number of players from 30 to 33 in each team. In IPL-5, foreign players will be 11 instead of 10 for each team. However, two more Indian players can be included to each team's roster. The IPL-5 season will start on April 4 in Chennai and the final will also be played in Chennai on May 27, 2012. There will be an additional four play-off matches, in Bangalore and Chennai.

Indian all rounder Yuvraj Singh , who is recovering from tumour in his lung, said his aim to return to the one-day international triangular series in next year, February in Australia. Yuvraj Singh, told reporters " I'm getting ready to play again. I am targeting the ODI series in Australia "

Test Match Mon Dec 26 - Fri Dec 30 1st Test - Australia vs India Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Tue Jan 3 - Sat Jan 7 2nd Test - Australia vs India Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Fri Jan 13 - Tue Jan 17 3rd Test - Australia vs India W.A.C.A., Perth Tue Jan 24 - Sat Jan 28 4th Test - Australia vs India Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Twenty20 Internationals Wed Feb 1 (D/N) 1st T20 - Australia vs India ANZ Stadium, Sydney Fri Feb 3 (D/N) 2nd T20 - Australia vs India Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Injured fast bowler Varun Aaron has been replaced by Vinay Kumar in Indian team for the Australia tour. Due to a  rib injury during a Ranji Trophy match, Praveen Kumar also been replaced by Abhimanyu Mithun . The 27-year-old Vinay Kumar has played many ODI but didn't get a chance to play test match.

England's Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar named in a 16-man squad for Test series against Pakistan in UAE. Due to security concerns in Pakistan, Test series will be played in the UAE. England will announce one-day and Twenty20 squads later date. PAKISTAN Vs ENGLAND 2012 17 Jan: First Test, Dubai 25 Jan: Second Test, Abu Dhabi 3 Feb: Third Test, Dubai 13 Feb: First ODI, Abu Dhabi 15 Feb: Second ODI, Abu Dhabi 18 Feb: Third ODI, Dubai 21 Feb: Fourth ODI, Dubai 23 Feb: First T20, Dubai 25 Feb: Second T20, Dubai 27 Feb: Third T20, Abu Dhabi England Test squad : Andrew Strauss (capt), Jonathan Trott, Eoin Morgan, Alastair Cook, Matt Prior (wkt), Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett, Tim Bresnan, Steven Davies, Monty Panesar, Ravi Bopara and Steven Finn

Indian Captain Virender sehwag here on Thursday against the West Indies in fourth one-day innings scored 219 runs highest individual score in one day international cricket. Sehwag scored 219 runs including 7 sixes and 25 fours in just 149 balls.

Bangladesh former captain Mohammad Ashraful have been recalled to a 15-man squad for upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan. The first test begins on Friday in Chittagong. The second Test will start from December 17 to 21 in Dhaka. Bangladesh Test Squad : Mushfiqur Rahim (Capt.), Shahriar Nafees, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Ashraful, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Naeem Islam, Shahadat Hossain, Elias Sunny, Nazmul Hossain, Robiul Islam, Sohrawordi Shuvo and Nazimuddin.

Cape Town, Tuesday, 6 December, 2011 South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange has been included in the 13-member team for the first test against Sri Lanka starting from 15 December. South African Test squad : Graeme Smith (capt), Jacques Rudolph, AB de Villiers (vice-capt), Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher (wkt), Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Alviro Petersen, Imran Tahir and Marchant de Lange.

Experienced batsman Rahul dravid has created a new captain of the Rajasthan Royals team in Indian Premier League on Saturday. The Rajasthan Royals bought Dravid for $500,000 at auction. In the first three sessions dravid had played for the Royal Challengers Bangalore . Dravid said, " I am honoured to lead the Rajasthan Royals. I hope to live up to the confidence shown in me by the franchise and give our fans an exciting season of cricket. I look forward to the valuable inputs from my team mates who are already leading their national sides and clubs. " Shane Warne congratulated dravid on his appointment, shane warne said, " I would like to congratulate Rahul Dravid on his appointment as the captain of the Royals. He is not only one of the world's best batsmen, but a leader par excellence. " The fifth season of the IPL Twenty20 league will begin from April 4 to May 27 2012.

Australian former leg spinner Stuart MacGill announced that he was coming out of retirement to play for the Sydney Sixer s in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Tournament. In 2008 MacGill, has retired from international cricket with 208 Test wickets at an average of 29.02

England's great all-rounder, Tim Bresnan has undergone elbow surgery and expected to be fit for the Test series against Pakistan in UAE in next month January.

Australian fast bowler, Mitchell Johnson has been ruled out of all formats of cricket for five to six months due to undergoing surgery of his left foot on the toe at Melbourne . Doctor Trefor James of Cricket Australia said, " I would expect Mitchell to be able to return to cricket in five to six months. "