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Jonathan Trott is hoping his 87 at his first attempt as England opener will mean he is entrusted with the job permanently.

A "mentally-tougher" Mitchell Johnson has revealed the personal pain of his mother's attack on his fiancee sparked his Ashes meltdown in England.

Opener Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 167 as India piled up a record 2-417 on the first day of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle will return in time for the first Test against Australia starting in Brisbane on Thursday, after flying home last week to attend to his ill mother in Jamaica.

Herschelle Gibbs has been recalled to the South Africa squad for the remainder of the one-day series against England.

The Associated Press will suspend coverage of cricket in Australia for the second consecutive international season because of a dispute over conditions for accreditation imposed by Cricket Australia.

Following the nailbiting summer Ashes series, England are back in action against South Africa, the second best team in the world rankings, and you can follow all of the one-day internationals and the four Tests with Hawk-Eye, the computer software that answers some of the age-old questions in cricket.

Rather than lap up the spotlight again, Shane Warne just hopes he won't be an embarrassment on Sunday night.

Kanpur It's that time of the year when winter is creeping up on North India in stops and starts - chilly one day, temperate the next - making it hard to determine how many woollens one should wear before stepping out.

South Africa News.Net Thursday 19th November, 2009 London, Nov.19 : All-rounder Paul Collingwood has said that his best is yet to come despite becoming England's most capped one-day player today when he faces South Africa in his 171st one-day international.

New spin Tasmanian off-spinner Jason Krejza attempted several doosras against NSW last week, and got one to knock over Usman Khawaja.

DUBAI: South Africa's loss would be India's gain as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men stand to regain the second spot in ICC one-day rankings if England beat the Proteas in a five-match series starting tomorrow in Johannesburg.

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif is hoping to make an emphatic showing in the three-match Test series against New Zealand starting in Dunedin from Tuesday.

Denis Leamy seems certain to miss out on Ireland's final autumn international against South Africa after he was carried off with an ankle injury in the 41-6 victory over Fiji at the RDS in Dublin.

South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is to miss the entire one-day international series against England because of a fractured rib.

"Such pitches will kill Test cricket. It's a free ticket to batsmen and offer no contest," Harbhajan said.

England captain Andrew Strauss has reiterated his intent of not getting involved in Twenty20 cricket.

James Tredwell is delighted to have switched India for Africa as he contemplates the possibility of making his England debut at Centurion on Sunday.

Every time it appears impossible for things to get any worse for West Indies cricket, they do Tony Cozier November 21, 2009 A A Every time it appears impossible for things to get any worse for West Indies cricket, they do.

Photograph: Tom Jenkins Monty Panesar has said he left Northamptonshire to join Sussex because his former employers did not want him enough and were not interested in him furthering his international career.