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The Left-handed batsman Dan Redfern has signed a two-year contract with Leicestershire . The former Derbyshire batsman is the youngest batsman ever to play List A limited overs cricket. He averages 29.47, in 70 first-class matches. The 23-year-old said: " I am grateful to Phil Whitticase and his staff for this opportunity and look forward to the challenge ahead."

ICC T20 World Cup cricket Series will begin on 16th Mar 2014 in Bangladesh. The final match of this tournament will be held on 6th Apr 2014 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.  There are 16 national teams participating in ICC world Twenty20 tournament, there squad as follows: New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (capt), Corey Anderson, Martin Guptill, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Luke Ronchi (wk), Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Anton Devcich, Trent Boult, Ronnie Hira Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Junaid Khan, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Mohammad Talha, Kamran Akmal, Ahmed Shehzad Hong Kong: Jamie Atkinson (capt), Waqas Barkat (vice-capt), Mark Chapman, Irfan Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed, Haseeb Amjad, Tanwir Afzal, Babar Hayat, Nizakat Khan, Aizaz Khan, Najeeb Amar, Munir Dar, Ehsan Nawaz, Roy Lam...

India 's All-rounder Yuvraj Singh and medium-pacer Mohit Sharma both have been included for the World T20 Tournament in Bangladesh. All-rounder Stuart Binny has been added to the squad for his outstanding performance in Irani Cup, while fast Bowler Ishant Sharma has been dropped from the squad The World Twenty20  will be played from March 16 to April 6 in Bangladesh India Squad for World Twenty20 : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt.), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron.

Pakistan Cricket Board appointed the former Pakistan's wicketkeeper Moin Khan as a new head coach of Pakistan cricket team for the forthcoming two big tournaments - Asia Cup and World T20 to be held in Bangladesh. Moin is set to replace Dav Whatmore, whose current contract with PCB expires this month and recently been replaced by Zakir Khan. In addition, PCB appointed the former fast bowler Mohammad Akram as a team's bowling coach on a two-year contract. Pakistan is currently sit on fifth, sixth and fourth position at the ICC rankings for Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 respectively. Following with these two above appointments by PCB will boost the ranking of Pakistan cricket team.

Due to recent poor form, Left-handed middle-order batsman Suresh Raina and fast bowler Ishant Sharma both have been ruled out of Asia Cup squad starting on February 25 in Bangladesh. However, right-handed batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has been added to the Asia Cup squad. Pujara get his first ODI call since the tour to Zimbabwe on his ODI debut. There will be five teams participating in Asia Cup 2014: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Asia Cup 2014 Schedule Tue Feb 25 1st ODI - Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Wed Feb 26 2nd ODI - Bangladesh vs India, at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Thu Feb 27 3rd ODI - Afghanistan vs Pakistan, at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Fri Feb 28 4th ODI - India vs Sri Lanka, at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Sat Mar 1 5th ODI - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Sun Mar 2 6th ODI - India vs Pakistan, at Shere Bang...

The former South Africa coach Gary Kirsten has refused to become the new England team director for family reasons, according to report from the SkySports . The former World Cup winning coach of the Indian cricket team has been linked with the new role of England coach following with the resignation of Andy Flower . Kirsten was appointed coach of the South Africa in June 2011 and took the Proteas to number one spot in the ICC Test rankings during his tenure till August 2013. Kirsten coaching careeer was started in March 2008 and currently he is appointed as the new head coach of Delhi Daredevils in IPL season-7 for a three year contract. The report claims, Ashley Giles could become the limited-overs coach for England cricket team.

The left-handed batsman Michael Yardy has signed a new one-year contract extension with Sussex that will keep him at the club for the next two seasons (2015), Sussex County Cricket Club announced on their website. Yardy told the club's website: "I'm really happy to have extended my contract with Sussex." The 33-year-old has played 167 games by scoring over 9,000 runs for Sussex, in addition he played 28 ODIs and 14 Twenty20's for England since his debut in 2006.

New Zealand have announced squad 13-man squad for the two Tests match series against India , starting on February 6 at Eden Park, Auckland. Test Schedule 1st Test on February 6 at Eden Park, Auckland. 2nd Test on February 14 at Wellington. New Zealand Test Squad : Brendon McCullum (c), Corey Anderson, Hamish Rutherford, Jesse Ryder, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Peter Fulton, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson.

Hampshire have completed the signing of South African bowler Kyle Abbott for the 2014 entire season. The 26-year-old, who has played only four matches for his country across all formats and will join the county side against Gloucestershire on April 13. "To have a bowler of Kyle's quality available for the entire 2014 campaign is a huge boost to the squad," Hampshire director of cricket Giles White said. "He comes highly recommended both as a player and a person and we look forward to him joining up with the squad in April." Abbott has sensational first-class record in which he too 165 wickets at 21.92. 

Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has been added to the 15-man squad for the two Test matches series against Bangladesh , starting next week. Sri Lanka to play two Tests, three ODIs and two Twenty20 games in Bangladesh tour. Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Tests Schedule 1st Test to be played at Mirpur on Jan 27 2nd Test to be played at Chittagong on February 4 The limited-overs squad will be finalised later. Sri Lanka's Test squad : Angelo Mathews (Capt.), Dinesh Chandimal (vice-Capt.), Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera, Prasanna Jayawardene, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Nuwan Pradeep, Vishwa Fernando, Suranga Lakmal, Shaminda Eranga, Ajantha Mendis.