Gloveman Brad Haddin seems to have run out of favour as lack of performance during the Test series might cost him the one day spot for the first three ODIs.

But quashes reports that he's decided to retire saying he will always take it a series at a time and not look too far ahead.

A Rehman picked up 6 wickets while Ajmal took 3 as England were bowled out for 72 while chasing a modest 145 to win.

Henriques hit 70 off just 41 balls while Steve O'Keefe scored 48 off 46 to help Sydney chase down 157 and win the Big Bash.

Zimbabwe collapsed twice on Day 3 to hand over the one-off Test against New Zealand by a mammoth innings and 301 runs.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said that India should bounce back and be "back in their elements" after he 4-0 whitewash Down Under.

The Indian and Australian players went opposite ways in the new ICC Test rankings. Peter Siddle (4th) and Abdur Rehman (9th) climbed to their career best ranking.

After the impressive show of Mohsin Khan as the interim coach, the Pakistan Cricket board is toying with the idea of making him a full time coach.

The ICC announced that the Executive Board will meet in Dubai starting on January 31st and ending on February 1st 2012

The legendary opener feels that now that selectors are paid handsomely, they should be ready to travel across the country and watch domestic matches.

Ricky Ponting was awarded the Order of Australia for service to the sport of cricket as a leading player, and to the community through the establishment of the Ponting Foundation.

The 21 year old pace sensation declared that he had fully recovered from his foot injury due to which he was ruled out of the ongoing Test series mid-way.

South Africa have named batsman Justin Ontong for their ODI and T20 squad for their tour of New Zealand starting in Feb

Yuvraj Singh could be out of the fifth edition of IPL while recovering from injury and could be out of the game till August

Graham Ford will replace Geoff Marsh, under whom the team had struggled to make an impact in both ODIs and Tests.

India had lost second place to the Proteas after they won the first three ODIs against Sri Lanka, however, the reversal in the fourth and fifth match helped India regain its position.