Gloucestershire have released Steve Kirby from the final two years of his contract after he requested the chance to play Division One Championship cricket to push his England claims

Two Pakistan cricketers were issued notices by the ICC seeking information nearly a month before the spot-fixing scandal broke during the Lord's Test last month, ESPNcricinfo has learned

Morne van Wyk scored an unbeaten century to lead South Africa A to a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka A in the final of the triangular series

Matthew Hayden, the former Australian opening batsman, has said it is practically impossible to completely eradicate corruption from cricket.

The allrounder James Hopes has been awarded the Queensland captaincy after Chris Simpson stood down

Geoff Lawson, the former Pakistan coach, has criticised the PCB and its chairman for failing to provide the strong leadership that the country needs during one of its biggest challenges

Elton Chigumbura, the Zimbabwe and Mashonaland Eagles captain, was named the country's cricketer of the year at the CBZ Bank 2010 cricket awards in Harare on Friday

Kevin Pietersen has been fined for his outburst on Twitter following his omission from England's one-day squad

Cricket Kenya has announced an overhaul of its national selection process, suggesting it has backed down in the face of the recent player strike

A responsible yet attacking 93 from Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, and a surprise four-wicket haul from Hemang Badani gave India Cements a 25-run victory against Air India in the first semi-final of the Corporate Trophy

A responsible yet attacking 93 from Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, and a surprise four-wicket haul from Hemang Badani gave India Cements a 25-run victory against Air India in the first semi-final of the Corporate Trophy

Shafqat Rana, Pakistan's associate manager, has said that Mohammad Amir's age should have no bearing on possible punishment if the spot-fixing charges leveled against the 18-year old seamer are proved to be true

Stuart Broad believes that the same professionalism that helped England to victory in the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean back in May has enabled them to keep their focus amid a torrid week

England will want to sharpen their skills in the second match ahead of the five ODIs, but such is the confidence in the team it is hard to see past another home victory

Jamie How, the Central Stags captain, has said the Champions League Twenty20 is an opportunity for the youngsters in his side to stake claims for higher honours

The ten IPL franchises will be divided into two groups of five each for the fourth season of the competition in 2011

Chilaw Marians CC won the Under-23 Youth Division I title for a fifth time by virtue of the first innings lead against Nondescripts CC in the drawn three-day final at the SSC

Luke Sutton will return to Derbyshire, one of his former clubs, next season following his decision to leave Lancashire

Another day, another social media drama. To the names of Philip Hughes, Azeem Rafiq and Kevin Pietersen can now be added the name of the Hampshire and Rajasthan Royals allrounder, Dimitri Mascarenhas

Tasmania have signed Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate for the upcoming Australian Twenty20 Big Bash tournament