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George Bailey has defended Australia’s decision to tinker with their winning side as they begin to narrow their focus towards the World Twenty20 in September

England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones will return to international cricket aged 35 when he turns out for Papua Guinea, the country of is birth, at the World Twenty20 qualifying tournament in the United Arab Emirates in February.Jones,…

England are set to learn their first opponents in the defence of their World Twenty20 title on March 24 when the second of two teams will progress from a qualifying tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

Papua New Guinea have appointed former Australia cricketer Greg Campbell as their general manager. Campbell was previously operations manager at Cricket PNG and takes over from Bill Leane. Campbell, 47, played four Test matches for Australia from 1989-1990 and will be in the role for the next 12 months. His first priority is to oversee the World Twenty20 qualifying matches in Dubai in March. “The position was advertised globally and it is absolutely amazing that over 40 applicants expressed interest,” said the PNG chairman Mick Nades. “The board unanimously selected…

Since appearing at the 2007 World Cup, Bermuda’s cricket has slipped backwards. They failed to qualify for the 2011 World Cup, lost their ODI status and are now joint bottom of ICC World Cricket League Division 2. They are preparing for the start of the qualifying campaign in UAE for the 2012 World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka but face a tough task as only two teams will win a place in the main tournament. Janeiro Tucker has come out of retirement after quitting international cricket in 2009 due to a…

Pre-tournament favourites Afghanistan will open their ACC Twenty20 Cup campaign with a tough match against Hong Kong on December 3, according to fixtures announced by the Asian Cricket Council. Group A consists of Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman, Kuwait and Maldives, while Group B features the fancied Nepal side along with Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Bhutan and Saudi Arabia. The tournament forms part of the qualifying process for ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka. The top three teams from this competition, in addition to Afghanistan who have pre-qualified, join the…

England, the reigning World Twenty20 champions, have been unveiled as the top T20 side as the ICC launched their rankings for the shortest format of the game

Will the usage of two new balls in an ODI innings – among a series of changes made to on-field rules – force the ECB to switch to a 50-over format for its one-day competition on the domestic circuit? Steve James wonders in the Daily Telegraph. Our domestic one-day cricket is still played over 40 overs rather than the 50 used in ODIs. I may have mentioned this before. It is not unconnected to the fact that, while England might be the No 1 Test team and World Twenty20 champions,…

Denmark will go to the World Twenty20 qualifier as European Division One Championship winners thanks to a six-wicket victory over Italy in Jersey.

Denmark and Italy reached next year’s World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai by progressing to the final of the prior stage of qualifying, the European Division One Championship, in Guernsey.