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South Africa captain Graeme Smith will rejoin his squad in england for the second Test after attending the birth of his first child. JP Duminy said, " It's always good to have him back, the leader of our team. We're looking forward to having him here again. "

West Indies all-rounder cricketer Dwayne Bravo has sustained minor injuries following his is white Jaguar sports car accident at central Trinidad. Bravo's both hands has injured. police said, " No one was injured and Bravo's front-seat passenger also escaped unhurt ."

The 36-year-old Jacques Kallis has been rested from one-day squad for the ODI series against England. Kallis was replaced by new cap Dean Elgar . The first match between England-South Africa ODI series will be played in Cardiff on Aug 24. South Africa ODI squad : AB de Villiers (captain), Hashim Amla, Dean Elgar, Imran Tahir, Ryan McLaren, Francois du Plessis, Albie Morkel, JP Duminy, Morne Morkel, Robin Peterson, Graeme Smith, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Justin Ontong, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Explosive batsman from West Indies Chris Gayle and Pakistan's all-rounder Shahid Afridi have signed for the Sydney Thunder in Twenty20 Big Bash league this summer. In last season, Gayle scored 252 runs at an average of 42 for the Thunder. Shane Duff , Coach of Sydney said, " along with (Australian test opener) David Warner, Chris Gayle is the best T20 player in the world. "

West Indies explosive batsman Chris Gayle has been named for the first Test against New Zealand starting on Wednesday. Gayle played his last Test cricket in December 2010 in Sri Lanka. Shivnarine Chanderpaul has also made the comeback in the 13-man squad. West Indies Test squad : Darren Sammy (Capt.), Kieran Powell, Assad Fudadin, Chris Gayle, Adrian Barath, Marlon Samuels, Narsingh Deonarine, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach, Ravi Rampaul, Tino Best, Sunil Narine.

Mike Hesson has been announced the head coach of the New Zealand Cricket team by replacing John Wright . His contract runs through the end of 2015 ICC World Cup. Former Australia coach and The director of New Zealand's cricket John Buchanan said, " We were impressed with the way Mike presented himself and he was the stand-out applicant from a strong field of candidates. Mike has been a successful first-class coach with the Otago team in recent years and has also had valuable experience working with New Zealand A sides. " Hesson said " it was an honour and a privilege to coach New Zealand. "

Jacques Kallis has made a comeback to South Africa's 30-man preliminary squad for world T20 in Sri Lanka this September. Graeme Smith has also been included in the 30-man preliminary squad. Squad : AB de Villiers (capt), Hashim Amla, Marchant de Lange, JP Duminy, Farhaan Behardien, Johan Botha, Imran Tahir, Colin Ingram, Robin Peterson, Aaron Phangiso, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Roelof van der Merwe, Morne van Wyk, Faf du Plessis, Reeza Hendricks, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Chris Morris, Justin Ontong, Richard Levi, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Dane Vilas, Wayne Parnell, Alviro Petersen, Graeme Smith.

Bangladesh Fast bowler Rubel Hossain has not been added to Bangladesh's 30-man preliminary squad for the World Twenty20. Bangladesh Provisional World Twenty20 squad : Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan, Jahurul Islam, Anamul Haque, Shuvagata Hom, Mominul Haque, Abdur Razzak, Enamul Haque jrn, Raqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sohag Gazi, Mashrafe Mortaza, Ziaur Rahman, Abul Hasan, Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Elias Sunny, Farhad Reza, Tamim Iqbal, Alok Kapali, Nazmul Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Alauddin Babu, Shafiul Islam, Kazi Kamrul Islam.

Sulieman Benn has been added to the West Indies 30-man preliminary squad for the ICC World Twenty20. West Indies Provisional World Twenty20 squad : Christopher Barnwell, Carlton Baugh, Devendra Bishoo, Nkrumah Bonner, Chris Gayle, Danza Hyatt, Krishmar Santokie, Shane Shillingford, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn, Tino Best, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Garey Mathurin, Nikita Miller, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Marlon Samuels, Devon Thomas, Dwayne Bravo, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin.

England All-rounder Kevin Pietersen has not been added to a 30-man provisional World Twenty20 squad announced on Wednesday. England Provisional World Twenty20 squad : Stuart Broad, (capt), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Jonathan Bairstow, Gareth Batty, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter (wkt), Samit Patel, Matt Prior (wkt), Scott Borthwick, Jos Buttler, Steven Croft, Steven Davies (wkt), Eoin Morgan, Graham Onions, Graeme Swann, James Taylor, Michael Lumb, Stuart Meaker, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes, Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes, Luke Wright, Joe Root