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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.