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Richard Pybus has been named head coach of Bangladesh for the next two years. Chief executive officer of BCB, Nizamuddin Chowdhury said, " We have just received his confirmation. Hopefully he will join us by the first week of June. "

Former New Zealand captain and the coach of Chennai Super Kings, Stephen Fleming has refused to become the national head coach of New Zealand team. Recently, John Wright had resigned as the coach of New Zealand team. Fleming said " I've got a young family that I love spending time. " He told to Live Sport radio, " I enjoy these two months (IPL) because it's my cricket fix and it's done and dusted, whereas with the national side you've got constant development and requirements with travel - not dissimilar to when you're playing and I'm still, I guess, weaning my way off playing for 15 or 20 years. " Fleming retired from international cricket in 2008.

England captain Andrew Strauss and his team mate Alastair Cook became the fifth partnership in Test history, by putting more than 5,000 runs together. 5,000 runs as partners in Tests: S Tendulkar/R Dravid (IND): 6,920 D Haynes/G Greenidge (WIS): 6,482 J Langer/M Hayden (AUS): 6,081 K Sangakkara/M Jayawardene (SRI): 5,444 A Strauss/A Cook (ENG): 5,085

IPL 2012 Winners| DLF IPL 2012 Champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – (Rs 10 crores) ================================== IPL 2012 Runners Up (2ND Place) Chennai Super Kings (CSK)- (Rs 7 crores and 50 lakhs) ================================== IPL 2012 Third Place Delhi Daredevils (DD) ================================== IPL 2012 Golden Player of the Tournament Sunil Narine ( Rs. 10 lakhs) ================================== IPL 2012 Rising Star of the Tournament Mandeep Singh ( Rs. 10 lakhs) ================================== IPL 2012 Best Individual Performance| Best inning in IPL5 AB de Villiers (Vento) ================================== DLF Maximum Winner| DLF IPL 2012 Most Sixes Chris Gayle (RCB) – 59 Sixes ================================== IPL 2012 Orange Cap Award Winner Chris Gayle (RCB) – 733 Runs ( Rs. 10 lakhs) ================================== IPL 2012 Purple Cap Award Winner Morne Morkel (DD) – 25 Wickets ( Rs. 10 lakhs) =========...

Ijaz Butt , Former PCB chairman has said that the BCCI's has assured him that the Pakistan players will participate in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League in 2013. Butt said, " With the consent of the incumbent PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf, I met Rajiv Shukla and Sharad Pawar, and discussed the progress on the Indo-Pak cricketing relations. "

Australia captain Michael Clarke has stated that he will take retrirement from all forms of cricket before he passed his mid-30s. Clarke said, " I am enjoying playing now but in time I won't be the guy playing at 38, 39, 40." "I hope I can have my impact in a short space of time and then be finished. I would love to see the team have success, achieve what it can achieve, " he added.

Sri Lanka announced his Twenty20 International and ODI squads for the home series against Pakistan . The Sri Lankan test squad for the three-Test series against pakistan will be announced later. Sri Lanka Twenty20 squad: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Sachithra Senanayake, Nuwan Kulasekera, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedera, Lasith Malinga and Isuru Udana. Sri Lanka One-day squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Jeevan Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekera, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Thirimanne, Upul Tharanga, Lasith Malinga and Dilhara Fernando.

India will host 10 Tests, five one-dayers and four Twenty20 Internationals from August 2012 to March next year. BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said, " The AIRTEL series between India and New Zealand will be played in August-September and will feature two Tests and two T20 Internationals. " In February-March 2013 next year, India to play a series of four tests. The schedule of the series is yet to be finalised. India vs New Zealand 1st Test at Hyderabad, Aug 23-27 2nd Test at Bangalore, Sept 31-Oct 4 1st Twenty20 at Vizag, Sept 8 2nd Twenty20 at Chennai, Sept 11 India vs England 1st Test at Ahmedabad, Nov 15-19 2nd Test at Mumbai, Nov 23-27 3rd Test at Kolkata, Dec 5-9 4th Test at Nagpur, Dec 13-17 1st Twenty20 at Pune, Dec 20 2nd Twenty20 Mumbai, Dec 22 1st ODI at Rajkot, Jan 11 2nd ODI at Kochi, Jan 15 3rd ODI at Ranchi, Jan 19 4th ODI at Dharamsala, Jan 23 5th ODI at Mohali, Jan 27

Herschelle Gibbs from South Africa, has confirmed that he will participate in the upcoming Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) T20 tournament. Currently, Gibbs is playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Gibbs wrote on Twitter, " From here (IPL) to the UK T20 for Durham then to the Sri Lanka Premier League. "

Somerset signed South Africa batsman Richard Levi for their domestic English county Twenty20 campaign. Levi has create the record for the fastest century in Twenty 20 international smashing 117 not out in just 51 balls against New Zealand. Currently, Levi is playing in the Indian Premier League for  Mumbai Indians and will join Somerset soon at the conclusion of the campaign.