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Middlesex right-arm seamer Robbie Williams joins Leicestershire on a one-year deal. The 25-year-old Williams, has played only nine first-class matches since 2009, with 23 first-class wickets at 32.82 Leicestershire chief executive, Mike Siddall , said: " Robbie impressed whilst playing for the second XI. He adds to the selection opportunities within the seam bowlers and we hope that he will make his mark at Grace Road. "

Chris Tremlett has signed a one-year deal with Surrey after lossing ECB central contract. Tremlett told " I've signed the new contract at the end of the season and I'm absolutely delighted to stay at Surrey for another year. "

Sialkot Stallions CLT20 Squad  Shoaib Malik (captain), Abdur Rehman, Shahid Yousaf, Sarfraz Ahmad, Shakeel Ansar, Qaisar Abbas, Muhammad Ayub, Raza Hasan, Umaid Asif, Imran Nazir, Bilawal Bhatti, Faisal Naveed, Rana Naveed, Haris Sohail, Ali Khan Sydney Sixers CLT20 Squad  Brad Haddin, Dominic Thornley, Shane Watson, Moises Henriques, Ian Moran, Nathan McCullum, Nic Maddinson, Josh Hazlewood, Ben Rohrer, Phil Nevill, Stephen O’Keefe, Michael Lumb, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Cummins Titans CLT20 Squad  Martin van Jaarsveld (captain), AB de Villiers, Mangaliso Mosehle, Henry Davids, Marchant de Lange, Farhaan Behardien, Heino Kuhn, Eden Links, Ethy Mbhalati, Paul Harris, Roelof van der Merwe, Rowan Richards, Jacques Rudolph, David Wiese, Alfonso Thomas Trinidad and Tobago CLT20 Squad  Denesh Ramdin (captain), Darren Bravo, Jason Mohammed, Adrian Barath, Kevon Cooper, Evin Lewis, Rayad Emrit, Shannon Gabriel, Sherwin Ganga, William Perkins, Lendl Simmons, Navin

Group 1: England West Indies Sri Lanka New Zealand Group 2: South Africa India Australia Pakistan T20 World Cup 2012 Super 8 Schedule Date and Time Match Details and Series Thu Sep 27 15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 :  13th T20 –  Sri Lanka v New Zealand   Thu Sep 27 19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 :  14th T20 –  England v West Indies Fri Sep 28 15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 :  15th T20 –  Pakistan v South Africa Fri Sep 28 19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 :  16th T20 –  Australia v India   Sat Sep 29 15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 :  17th T20 –  England v  New Zealand   Sat Sep 29 19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 :  18th T20 –  Sri Lanka v West Indies   Sun Sep 30 15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 :  19th T20 –     Australia  v  South Africa   Sun Sep 30 19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 :  20th T20

The former Lancashire right hander batsman, Harry Pilling has died at the age of 69. His career for the county from 1962 to 1980. In his first-class cricket career, in 333 matches Pilling made 15,279 runs with 25 hundred at 32.23 Jim Cumbes the Lancashire's outgoing chief executive said: " We are greatly saddened to hear about Harry's passing. He was a stalwart of the Lancashire side in the 1960s and 1970s and was a key member of the successful one-day teams from that era. "

England batsman Kevin Pietersen tweeted on Friday that he hopes to join England's tour to New Zealand in early next year. The 32-year-old, Pietersen is currently doing an expert commentator on TV in the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. His Twitter Id : http://twitter.com/kevinpp24

The chief of Melbourne Renegades is looking forward to sign England controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen for the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash League series. Renegades boss Stuart Coventry said " I'd like to (meet Pietersen) but I think I would want to get an indication first about his availability before talking further. " " We have three places left on our list and one of them is for an international. "If we can grab someone who stands up at the World Twenty20 that is our first priority, but now that Kevin Pietersen is back in the mix, there's no doubt we and the Sydney Sixers have been having some dialogue with his management. "If he is available we'd love to grab him but there's a lot of curve balls in play at the moment, about his availability, whether he wants to come to Australia, whether he wants to come to Melbourne or Sydney ." Australia's domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League begins on December 7.

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Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket and will not play in Australia's domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League (BBL) series this year. Hayden, 40, who already took retirement from Test cricket in 2009 said, " I will be pursuing my initial intention and agreement with the Heat of moving from the pitch to the boardroom, where I hope to continue to make a meaningful contribution to the Big Bash League and the Brisbane Heat . " In his 103 Tests career, Hayden scored 8,625 runs with 30 centuries. He also played 161 one-day internationals for Australia.

England's the controversial batsman, Kevin Pietersen has been dropped from the test squad for the tour of India. The Test series of four-match will starts on November 15 in Ahmedabad, before subsequent matches at Mumbai, Kolkata and Nagpur. England squad : Alastair Cook (capt), Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Steven Finn, Graham Onions, Stuart Broad, Nick Comptonn, Matt Prior (wkt), Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Monty Panesar, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel, Jonathan Trott

New Zealand to tour Sri Lanka to play two Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international in October-November. Schedule:  October 30: Twenty20 international, Pallekele November 1: First one-dayer, Pallekele November 4: Second one-dayer, Colombo November 6: Third one-dayer, Colombo November 10: Fourth one-dayer, Hambantota November 12: Fifth one-dayer, Hambantota November 17-21: First Test, Galle November 25-29: Second Test, Colombo.

New Zealand Fast bowler Daryl Tuffey has announced his retirement from cricket in all formats at the age of 34. In his 26 tests career, Tuffey took 77 wickets at an average of 31.75 and in 94 ODI, he claimed 110 wickets at 32.12 His best test bowling performance was six for 54 against England in Auckland in 2002.

England fast bowler James Anderson has signed a new two-year contract with Lancashire . The 30-year-old Anderson, made his Lancashire debut in 2002. Anderson said, " I always love coming back to play for the club when my England duties permit me to and I'm delighted to sign for another two years. "

Javed Miandad , will join the Pakistan squad as a consultant for a short period before the start of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. Miandad said " I have been asked to go to Sri Lanka and have sessions with the players ahead of the event, I don't think you can coach any player or change his batting technique during the ongoing series or any tournament. I will not be there for the entire tournament and my main priority is to tune-up the boys. " " My main priority is to have pep talks with the players, to raise their spirits and confidence, and work with the batsmen in the nets, advise them on batting issues, keeping in mind the requirements of the World Cup and conditions in Sri Lanka. "

The former Zimbabwe coach, Robin Brown has been temporarily named interim coach of Kenya for the ICC Intercontinental Cup and two one-dayers in Namibia. The matches against Namibia will be played in Windhoek due to security concerns. Brown said, " We have a very professional team of players, They just need to put their past problems behind them and we can start seeing the results. We can get back to the top if we can all get together." "The more cricket we play, the more we will improve. Unfortunately we have not been able to realise this because we have not hosted any visiting teams, as most of the players have been engaged in the East African Cricket League tournament. "

England recalls James Anderson as a replacement for Steven Finn , who has a stiff back for the three-match series against South Africa . Although, the 30-year-old fast bowler is not in England's squad for the World Twenty20 .

Former Australian fast bowler Craig McDermott has been appointed Ireland's bowling coach for the upcoming World Twenty20 tournament. McDermott said, " I am looking forward to working with Phil [Simmons] and his team at the World T20 in Sri Lanka, They have a well balance squad and I am looking forward to getting stuck into preparing them for the World T20 in our training camp in Colombo. "

Melbourne Renegade s have confirmed the signing of the fast bowler Brendan Drew for this season's Big Bash League . Last summer Drew had played with the Adelaide Strikers and the 28 year-old has also been a regular player for Tasmania. Simon Helmot , the Renegades coach, said, " Brendan is a handy T20 bowler and he proved as much with the Strikers last season. He's certainly been a consistent performer in the shortest form of the game at the domestic level, He's also shown he can handle the willow and has a T20 strike rate of 128 from his 19 games for the Strikers and Tasmania. "