Ricky Ponting and the Australian team have again dominated the ICC Awards with the Aussies taking home five of the eight awards.

The ECB have released the list of 12 English cricketers who have been awarded contracts until the end of the 2008 domestic season.

Nottinghamshire spin bowler Graeme Swann has been recalled for England’s one-day international tour of Sri Lanka in October.

Twenty20 World Cup favourites Australia fell to home side South Africa in the second day of warm ups ahead of the Championship on Tues.

India and Pakistan will both be looking to edge through group D of the World Twenty20, but it’ll be tight.

Rawalpindi allrounder Sohail Tanvir has been named as the replacement for Shoaib Akhtar after Akhtar was sent home for bad behaviour.

Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the West Indies were all successful in their warm up games ahead of the Twenty20 WC.

The England selectors have opted to replace the injured Ryan Sidebottom with Dimitri Mascarenhas for the Twenty20 World Cup.

England won the ODI series with India after an easy victory in the deciding game at Lord’s, bowling the tourists out for just 187.

Michael Clarke is in the doubt for the opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup after suffering a lower abdominal strain.