Isa Guha, who helped England women win the World Cup and the World Twenty20 in 2009, is celebrating after being crowned Sports Personality of the Year at the British Asian Sports Awards.

The ECB has confirmed that Mark Benson has been offered a first-class umpire contract for the 2010 domestic season. He will return to the county game after a four-year spell at international level.

Hampshire have agreed to join Rajasthan Royals’ ambitious global franchise and have been included in plans for a Twenty20 tournament ‘festival’ that would add games to their fixture list this summer.

Sussex off-spinner Ollie Rayner will take part in Zimbabwe’s domestic Twenty20 competition with Mid-West Rhinos to gain limited-overs experience.

Fiery fast bowling from South Africa’s Dale Steyn induced a startling collapse which sent India hurtling towards defeat in the first Test in Nagpur. The hosts trail by 259 with eight wickets intact.

Michael Carberry will not be content with a Test debut this winter. He is determined to force his way into England’s limited-overs set-up too, starting with the Lions' tour of the United Arab Emirates.

Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has been dropped from the Pakistan squad for the two Twenty20 internationals against England in Dubai later this month. Shoaib Malik is retained as captain.

South Wilts became Wiltshire indoor champions with a comfortable 24-run win over Swindon Asians at the Croft Centre in Swindon.

Betteshanger CC took the Kent Indoor Six-a-Side county title for the first time in the finals at the Kent Cricket Academy, and now progress to the regional play-offs.

The Women’s Midlands League are currently looking for sponsorship for the 2010 season.

New Zealand wrapped up the three-match series against Bangladesh with a game to spare thanks to a five-wicket victory in the second one-day international. Ross Taylor flayed a 52-ball 78.

Ireland and Scotland gained partial revenge for setbacks in recent Twenty20 tournaments by winning their warm-up matches for the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.

Hashim Amla hit a battling double century as touring South Africa moved into a potentially match-winning position in Nagpur, in the first of two Tests between the world's two top-ranked sides.

Australia maintained their bid to go through their entire home summer unbeaten by comfortably beating West Indies by 113 runs in Melbourne.

South Africa have added seamer Charl Langeveldt to their original squad for the one-day series against India which follows the two Test matches.

Newly-appointed coach Mark Greatbatch has paid tribute to the way New Zealand recovered from pressure situations in the first one-day international against Bangladesh in Napier on Friday.

Leicestershire have recorded a small profit of £689 for the financial year ending September 2009, the first year they have been in the black since 2003.

Chris Gayle is confident West Indies head into their five-match one-day international series in Australia in fine shape after this week’s impressive warm-up victory over the Prime Minister’s XI.

England Lions arrive in Dubai with the motivation of fighting for a place in England’s World Twenty20 squad featuring prominently in their minds. Five Twenty20 matches await Andrew Gale's side.

Dominating centuries from Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla helped South Africa take a strong hold on the first Test on a slow day in Nagpur.