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ESPNcricinfo previews the first CB series ODI between Australia and India in Melbourne

MS Dhoni has said that the two Twenty20 internationals against Australia will not be used as glorified nets for the bigger triangular ODI series that follows

Muttiah Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in Test and ODI cricket, will be back at Gloucestershire this year to play a part in the county’s Friends Life t20 campaign

Australia’s wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has said he feels like he has been dropped from the ODI side rather than rested

Shaun Marsh has been dropped on form, Peter Forrest elevated to national duty for the first time and Ryan Harris given the chance to resume his ODI career

Brad Haddin is set to be stood down from the first bracket of the triangular ODI series against India and Sri Lanka

Brendon McCullum will lead a New Zealand squad featuring a host of uncapped players in the home ODI and Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe.

Jos Buttler hammered a 56-ball hundred as England Lions won the 1st unofficial ODI against Sri Lanka A by 68 runs

Essex wicketkeeper Ben Foakes struck a century as England Under-19s claimed victory in the third youth ODI in Chittagong by three wickets

WHILE some cricket fans are still talking about how much they enjoyed Saturday’s sec ond one day international (ODI) between the Proteas and Sri Lanka, a Buffalo City Metro firefighter cannot say the same.