Speculation that the ICC and ECB have asked the PCB to drop the tainted players could mean that the PCB may choose to neither suspend nor select the four

South Africa's AB de Villiers has displaced MS Dhoni as the top ODI batsman in the world according to the latest ICC ratings

Chris Rogers, the Australian batsman, will not return to Derbyshire in 2011 after accepting an offer from Middlesex

Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has said he is concerned about the long-term repercussions the match-fixing crisis could have on the country's cricketing establishment

John Dyson, the former West Indies and Sri Lanka coach, has replaced Brian Taber as New South Wales' chairman of selectors

Gloucestershire captain Alex Gidman hit his first century of the season as his team kept alive their hopes of a place in the semi-finals with a nine-wicket victory over the Netherlands at Bristol

Somerset crashed to only their second Clydesdale Bank 40 defeat of the season despite a century from England one-day wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter against Worcestershire at New Road

Warwickshire stayed on top of their Clydesdale Bank 40 group after trumping an 82-ball century by Scotland's overseas player, George Bailey, at Edgbaston

Kent kept alive their hopes of reaching the Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-finals with a comfortable victory over Leicestershire in their Group C clash at Grace Road.

Graham Wagg's last home game as a Derbyshire player ended in defeat after an impressive allround display by James Middlebrook took Northamptonshire to a five-wicket Clydesdale Bank 40 victory

Lancashire survived a major scare to secure a thrilling last-ball Clydesdale Bank 40 win over the Unicorns at Colwyn Bay on Monday

Pakistan's former captain, Ramiz Raja, and the former coach, Geoff Lawson, have both spoken out in defence of Mohammad Amir

Half-centuries from Samit Patel and Chris Read helped Nottinghamshire Outlaws to a three-run victory over Durham Dynamos

Sussex remained on course for an immediate return to County Championship Division One after comfortably securing a draw against Glamorgan at Hove

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, has promised "prompt and decisive" action if any players are found guilty of spot fixing

Mazhar Majeed, the man at the centre of the spot-fixing scandal, has been released on bail without charge by Scotland Yard but will be questioned further at a later date

The damaging contractual dispute between Cricket Kenya and the national squad appears to have been resolved, and it was announced on Monday that an agreement had been reached over new contracts

The ICC's anti-corruption code, which lays out a very specific procedure that must be followed in the case of spot or match-fixing, leaves scope for leniency depending on the situation

An allocation of $65 million for grassroots funding is one of the salient features of an eight-year agreement between the New Zealand board, the players association and the six major domestic associations

Salman Butt was seen saying his prayers as he walked from the Pavilion to the media conference in the Thomas Lord Suite