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Cricket Australia announced, paceman Ryan Harris has been sidelined for up to eight weeks with a hamstring injury. Harris is the australia's leading wicket-taker in the recent Ashes test series in England. Harris got the injury during the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval in London to his right hamstring. The 33-year-old Harris has took 71 wickets in 16 Tests at 22.26 since his debut against New Zealand in Wellington in March 2010.

England have announced 14-man squad for the five-match one-day international series against Australia starting from next month. Eoin Morgan will be the captain in Cook's absence, while for the first time pace bowlers Chris Jordan and Jamie Overton are included in an England squad. " Following a very intense period of cricket this summer we have decided to rest a number of senior players which will allow them to recover from a heavy workload over the last three months and to prepare for the tour of Australia which begins in eight weeks, " national selector Geoff Miller said in a statement. The first ODI will take place on Sept. 6 at Headingley. England Squad : Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Steven Finn, Chris Jordan, Jos Buttler, Michael Carberry, Boyd Rankin, Joe Root, Jamie Overton, Kevin Pietersen, Ben Stokes, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright.

DRS controversy Right from the first Test. The Decision Review System created a lot of controversies from both teams. Broad staying The decision made by Stuart Broad not to walk after clearly edging the ball in the first Test created a lot hype between the two teams. Lehmann comments for Broad Australian coach Darren Lehmann comments at Broad saying the pacer would not be spared by the Aussies when England travel Down Under for the return series. Lehmann had accused Broad of "blatant cheating". Monty's Pee Monty Panesar incident peeing on a bouncer following a heated argument in a pub. He was subsequently fined and issued an apology through his spokesperson. 

Once again, there is a huge controversy in ashes , with the three top England players were allegedly urinated on the Oval pitch after the fifth and final Test ended on Monday.  The allegations originated from Australian journalists who were present at the media box in the stadium as darkness enveloped the ground. According to reports, several England players including Stuart Broad , Kevin Pietersen and Jimmy Anderson took turns to urinate on The Oval pitch to the cheers of their teammates. According to an Australian journalist, Three english players are alleged urinate on the pitch after they sat on the ground with their post-match drinks, as the England players celebrated the victory. England wicketkeeper Matt Prior post a picture on a micro-blogging site twitter, of the players drinking beer on the Oval pitch in darkness, calling it the "best moment of the Ashes". Britain's Sports Minister, Robertson said, "If it happened it is not good behaviour&qu

Opener batsman Tino Mawoyo has been recalled to Zimbabwe's 20-man squad for the upcoming series against Pakistan . Wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva and all-rounder Tinashe Panyangare both are back in the squad. Zimbabwe to play two tests, three ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals against pakistan. The series starts on Friday with the first T20 encounter in Harare. Zimbabwe Squad : Brendan Taylor (captain), Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Chamu Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Michael Chinouya, Graeme Cremer, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Shingi Masakadza, Tino Mawoyo, Natsai M'shangwe, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Tinashe Panyangara, Vusi Sibanda, Sikandar Raza, Prosper Utseya, Brian Vitori, Malcolm Waller, Sean Williams.

Zimbabwe fast bowler Kyle Jarvis , who recently announced his retirement from international cricket , has now signed Lancashire on a three-year-deal. " I am delighted to be joining Lancashire on a three-year contract, as playing county cricket has been an ambition of mine for a number of years and the opportunity to forge a career in England was one that was too good to miss, " Jarvis said. The 24-year-old, Jarvis made his international debut in 2009, played 24 ODIs, took 27 wickets at an average of 45.22.

England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar has joined Essex for the remainder of the season. Panesar was fined by police for being drunk and disorderly earlier this month after urinating on bouncers following a night out in Brighton and has not played for Sussex since. He was left out of England's squad for the final Ashes Test at The Oval when, under normal circumstances, he would have been expected to be included with England naming two spinners. "I have endured a challenging time this year off the field and my frustrations have sometimes got the better of me professionally," Panesar said in statement. "I apologise for letting the club, my colleagues and my fans down. "I am grateful to Sussex for allowing me to be released from my contract for 2014 and 2015 in order to explore other opportunities to further develop my cricket. I want to give myself the best chance of playing all forms of the game at the highest level. "I would like to thank Suss

Hampshire left-handed opening batsman, Michael Carberry has been added to the England's T20 squad to play Australia on August 29 and 31. England T20 Squad: Stuart Broad (capt) Ravi Bopara Danny Briggs Jos Buttler Michael Carberry Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Alex Hales Michael Lumb Eoin Morgan Boyd Rankin Joe Root* James Tredwell Luke Wright

New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder has been banned for six months after failing a drug test in March. The 29-year-old underwent a routine drug test during a Ford Trophy match in March, for which he returned a positive test. Ryder was informed of the result on April 12 and attended a hearing in front of the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand earlier this month, where the ban was handed down. The batsman will not contest the decision of the tribunal.

England have announced 14-man squad for the finale ashes test against Australia at The Oval starts on Wednesday. The uncapped duo all-rounder Chris Woakes from Warwickshire and left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan from Lancashire have been included to the squad. All-rounder Tim Bresnan was ruled out for the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his lower back. Kerrigan was added as an extra spin option in addition to off-break bowler Graeme Swann . England squad:  Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Matt Prior (Sussex, wkt), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Chris Tremlett (Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire)

Zimbabwe fast bowler Kyle Jarvis the taken retirement from international cricket. Jarvis has accepted a county offer and opted out of the upcoming series against Pakistan. A statement issued by Jarvis said: " I have held off a few opportunities over the last few months but my decision was made about a week ago when the pay disputes arose and I felt my time to leave had come. "I have retired from international cricket to pursue a county and global T20 career. We have had a few teams interested but me and my agents have agreed on a three-year deal at a top English county. "I really hope the fans and public can understand my reasons for leaving, as job security is the main factor. I informed my team-mates yesterday that I would be leaving and they were supportive and fully understood why I was doing this. I then sat with the managing director and explained my position and we both left on good terms. "Zimbabwe will always be my home, and I would just lik

County club, Essex have signed Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir for the remainder of the season of County Championship . The 31-year-old opener batsman will replace the New Zealand opener Hamish Rutherford, who will be heading home to prepare for New Zealand's domestic and international season. Gambhir is expected to play match against Northamptonshire in Colchester, on August 20. "We are delighted with the signing of Gautam Gambhir, " Essex head coach Paul Grayson said. "He is a player with pedigree, which has been showcased on the biggest stages. He will no doubt bring his experience to the squad during an important stage of the season for us." Gambhir is the first Indian player, who signed for a county in this season. Last year, Harbhajan Singh represented Essex .

The Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene is set to join the Trinidad & Tobago in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League . The 36-year-old will replace South Africa's Davy Jacobs, who was ruled out following an injury. He will be the second Sri Lanka player to play in the CPL, with Muttiah Muralitharan turning out for the Jamaica Tallawahs. Jawayardene joins Ross Taylor and Kevin O'Brien as one of the franchise's overseas players.

Surrey have announced the signing of the South Africa batsman Hashim Amla for the final six championship games. Amla to replace his national team-mate JP Duminy, who will be play in the Champions League T20 to be held in India during September. " The Oval holds a lot of fond memories for me personally, " said Amla, " I look forward to returning there this year and hopefully enjoying similar success. " The 30-year-old Amla is became the fourth South African to be linked with Surrey in this year. " The dressing room was very, very happy, " Stewart said " We've had two high-class batters already in Smith and in Ponting and now we've got a third one. But we can't just rely on the one man, we've got to make sure the whole team performs so that we get some wins on the board . " Amla will make his debut with Surrey on August 22 against Durham at Chester-le-Street.

Australia have announced their 18-man squad for the limited-overs series starting from Aug 29. Right-arm leg spinner, Fawad Ahmed has been included to the squad and likely to debut for Australia. Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has also been included and should play his first ODIs in three years, while Doherty and the allrounder Mitchell Marsh were dropped from the squad. The 18-man Aussie squad to play two Twenty20s against England then the squad be trimmed to 15 for the one-off ODI against Scotland and five against England in September. Australia Squad : Michael Clarke (ODI capt), George Bailey (T20 capt), James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Nathan Coulter-Nile,  Josh Hazlewood, Fawad Ahmed, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Shane Watson.

Yorkshire have confirmed the signing of New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson for the last five games of the County Championship . Williamson is likely to be available for the match against Nottinghamshire on August 21 at Trent Bridge, and will remain with the team until the end of the season. Yorkshire are currently leading Division One with 158 points from 11 games. Williamson, a regular player in New Zealand's Test side over the past three years, has played 25 Tests and scored 1385 runs at an average of 31.47. He also has previous county experience with Gloucestershire as an overseas player in 2011 and 2012. Jason Gillespie , Yorkshire's head coach, said: " Once we knew that Gary was unavailable, because of his international call-up, we made a conscious effort to bring in a proven international batsman to help bolster the squad, The decision was made in consultation with Martyn Moxon, Andrew Gale, and Michael Vaughan, representing the board on cricketing m

Former left-handed opener Bruce Edgar have been appointed national selector by the New Zealand Cricket on Tuesday. Edgar, 56, will join head coach Mike Hesson to select teams for all formats of the game. " Bruce is highly respected within the cricket fraternity and he was a very successful player both on and off the field, " NZC chief executive David White said in a statement. " He is considered, methodical and logical with exceptionally good attention to detail. " A veteran of 39 tests and 64 one-dayers, Edgar said he was looking forward to working with Hesson ahead of the 2015 World Cup. " Players need to be given opportunities to bridge the gap between first class cricket and the international stage. I would like to see players given experience in the sub-continent and with local conditions in other countries, " said Edgar.

Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid said that cricket made him a better person. " One and half years after my retirement I have realised that cricket has made me a better human. I learnt from successes and failures, " Dravid said. " After Australia tour I felt it is time to make way for the next generation. Now I am back to the little boy listening to cricket commentary in my father's studio, " said Dravid, who dubbed himself as a boy from a middle-class family. There were millions of ways to be successful, he said. "You don't have to be number one in the world, you have to be number one to yourself by achieving all the height which you always aimed," Dravid said, receiving a huge applause from the students."

Australian left-handed opening batsman, Chris Rogers feels relieved after putting a maiden Test century on board in the fourth Ashes match against England at Chester-le-Street. Australia were 222 for five on Saturday's second day, only 16 runs behind Host's first innings 238, with Rogers 101 not out and Brad Haddin unbeaten on 12. Prior to this series, The 35-year-old Rogers, who had spent five years in the international wilderness following his debut in 2008. Rogers made his first-class debut in 1998/99, said this innings meant he'd proved to himself he belonged at Test level. "I wanted to believe I was good enough but never knew. To get a hundred that's something that no one can take away from me." "It was emotional out there...It was my day today. There were so many things that went my way. You've just got to make the most of it and fortunately I did."

Former Australian batsman, Stuart Law has been appointed the new coach of Queensland Bulls and Brisbane Heat for the next three seasons. Law, 44, who took his retirement in 2009, since then he has built up plenty of coaching experience with the Bangladesh national team and for a short term period with Sri Lanka after the 2011 World Cup. He was also coach of the Australia Under-19 side and batting coach of the senior team last year, and was assistant coach of the women's team that won the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. "I've very excited to again be involved with cricket in Queensland, which is where I got my start,'' Law said. "Hopefully I can help the next generation to achieve all they can in the game and play it at the highest level possible." The Champions League starting from the next month in India will be his first assignment and he is confident he has enough time to prepare the Heat for the tournament. "We'll pull things to

England left-arm spinner, Monty Panesar has been dropped from the England squad for the fourth Ashes Test after urinating on nightclub bouncers. According to the Daily Express, the Sussex county player, who relieved himself on the bouncers after being thrown out of the popular Shooshh club at Brighton following a harassment complaint, now faces the prospect of sanctions from his county club Sussex. The 31-year-old had to pay a £90 fine to the police after the incident, for which he has reportedly apologised, with Sussex confirming that they had launched an investigation into the incident. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday morning as Panesar's colleagues were taking rest before the final day of the third Ashes, although Panesar had been included in the 14-man squad but did not play in the Old Trafford match . Panesar is not new to controversies, he was also arrested and interviewed by the police in 2011 after a heated argument with his wife in a pub car pa

Pakistan have announced their Test, ODI and T20 Squad for the tour of Zimbabwe , starting from August 23, 2013 in Harare. Nasir Jamshed, Taufeeq Umar and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed have been excluded from the Test squad, whereas Adnan Akmal and Khurram Manzoor both have been earned their place to the squad. Test squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Asad Shafiq, Khurram Manzoor, Adnan Akmal(wk), Faisal Iqbal, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Junaid Khan, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Rahat Ali, Ehsan Adil ODI squad : Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad, Asad Shafiq, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Abdul Rehman, Asad Ali, Anwar Ali, Haris Sohail T20 squad : Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Zulfiqar Babar, Asad Ali, Anwar Ali, Haris Sohail

Old Trafford's rainy day helped England to retain the Ashes and destroying Australia's slim hopes of winning the series. The rain runied the last day of the third test on Monday for Aussies, As the hosts were in trouble at 37 for three when play was suspended after lunch and steady rain continued to fall until the end of the day. The fourth test will be held at Chester-le-Street in Durham from Friday. England eye to win the Ashes , while Australia will at least look to make it 2-2 Currently, England lead the five-match encounter 2-0. Australia : 527 for 7 dec (Clarke 187, Smith 89, Rogers 84, Swann 5-159) and 172 for 7 dec (Warner 41) England : 368 (Pietersen 113, Cook 62, Bell 60, Siddle 4-63) and 37 for 3

Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf has announced his retirement from all forms of umpiring duties due to his personal commitments. As per the report mention on 'Express' newspaper read: " Rauf had made up his mind to retire from all forms of umpiring. " Rauf wanted to give quality time to his family and for his private business. The 57-year-old, featured in 48 Tests, 98 ODIs and 23 T20 matches as an international umpire.

Pakistan to play against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between December 2013 and January 2014 in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. The series includes three Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20s. " The tour itinerary has been approved after consultation between Pakistan Cricket Board and its counterpart Sri Lanka, " the PCB said in a statement Schedule: 1st T20I: December 11, Dubai 2nd T20I: December 13, Dubai 1st ODI: December 18, Sharjah 2nd ODI: December 20, Dubai 3rd ODI: December 22, Sharjah 4th ODI: December 25, Abu Dhabi 5th ODI: December 27, Abu Dhabi 1st Test: December 31-January 4, Dubai 2nd Test: January 8-12, Abu Dhabi 3rd Test: January 16-20, Sharjah

Cricket Australia called on the ICC to clarify why Usman Khawaja was given out on first day of third Ashes Test. The use of the Decision Review System by the third umpires has been heavily criticised by both teams during the Ashes, Earlier Jonathan Trott was given out in the first Test. The Hosts were frustrated when third umpire Marais Erasmus ruled Ashton Agar not out at Trent Bridge. Now this time Aussies , after Khawaja was given out, caught behind off the bowling of Graeme Swann. Cricket Australia’s chief executive, James Sutherland has now called on the ICC to explain why Khawaja was given out. “Cricket Australia has sought an explanation from the ICC on the dismissal of Usman Khawaja. In our view, the on-field decision and referred decision using DRS were both incorrect, ” said Sutherland. “CA remains a strong supporter of DRS and believes it is important that cricket continues to improve and build confidence in the DRS. “We understand and accept that fro

Nuwan Kulasekara, Right arm fast-medium bowler has been included in the Sri Lanka squad for the Twenty20 series against South Africa , starting on Friday at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Jeevan Mendis has also been included in the squad, after his poor form in the recent ODI assignments. Dinesh Chandimal will play the T20 skipper role with Lasith Malinga as his deputy. Sri Lanka T20 squad: Dinesh Chandimal (capt), Lasith Malinga (vice capt), Kusal Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Sachithra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis