Maling should have been treated the way of Pitersen - Arjuna

Arjuna Ranatunga’s journey has been coloured by a variety of strokes. By his own account, he has been a cricketer, politician, businessman, and an insurance broker. Yet, retiring from cricket was agonising. “It took me three days to decide,” he said, adding that it would have been tougher for Sachin Tendulkar.

Desperate to beat India - Mahela Jayawardene

The five-wicket defeat to India in a warm-up match ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy will have no significance when Sri Lanka square off against the same opponents in the semifinals, said Mahela Jayawardene. 

Alastair Cook expects Australia Ashes fightback after India loss

England captain Alastair Cook says Australia's Test whitewash by India will have no bearing on the Ashes.
Australia lost 4-0 in India on a tour that saw four players dropped for disciplinary reasons.
They will face England in 10 Tests over the next 10 months.

PCB ropes in sports psychologist to assist Shahid Afridi

The Pakistan Cricket Board has sought the help of a sports psychologist to help experienced all-rounder Shahid Afridi regain his confidence in bowling ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy.

Sehwag, Zaheer not among Champions Trophy probables, Pujara also left out

Indian selectors on Saturday left out dashing batsman Virender Sehwag from a 30-man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy in England in June.

Seasoned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and veteran seamer Zaheer Khan were also missing from the list, which has to be shortened to 15 players a month before the one-day tournament opens on June 5.

ICC introduces new 'No ball' playing condition

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced a new playing condition for Tests, One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20s) that instructs the umpires to call 'No ball' whenever a bowler breaks the non-striker's wicket during the act of delivery.

Ashes contenders miss out on central contracts

Australia have announced their list of centrally contracted players for 2013-14 - with several recent Test players omitted from the 20-strong list.
Jackson Bird, Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith were all in the Test squad in India last month, but have missed out on contracts.
Batsman Khawaja was one of four players controversially dropped for the third Test for a breach of discipline.

I'd love to play in the IPL in the future Dinesh Chandimal

Sri Lanka's T20 captain Dinesh Chandimal has clarified speculation over his non-participation in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year, and said that he has not ruled out participating in future tournaments.

Shakib Al Hasan joins Leicestershire for FL t20

Leicestershire have signed Shakib Al Hasan as their second overseas player for this summer's FL t20 competition.
The Bangladesh star, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm spin, is currently the world's top-ranked all-rounder in one-day internationals.

England name Chris Tremlett in performance squad

England have named their Performance Squad for the summer, with Surrey paceman Chris Tremlett the only player not to have featured in an England squad in the past 12 months.