INDIAN T20 SQUAD FOR ONE-OFF MATCH AGAINST PROTEAS

Indian squad for the only T20 match in South Africa had been announced

1- MS Dhoni (c/wk)

2- Virat Kohli (vc)

3- Ravichandran Ashwin

4- Ashok Dinda

5- Gautam Gambhir

6- Ravindra Jadeja

7- Praveen Kumar

8- Irfan Pathan

9- Yusuf Pathan

10- Suresh Raina

11- Rahul Sharma

12- Rohit Sharma

13- Manoj Tiwary

14- Robin Uthappa

15- Vinay Kumar

WEST INDIES NAMED SQUAD FOR TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS

West Indies named a 14-man squad on Saturday for the two Twenty20 internationals against Kangaroos.

Fidel Edwards, Krishmar Santokie, Dwayne Smith, Nkrumah Bonner and Garey Mathurin who were not in the ODI squad, have been named in the T20 squad.

1- Darren Sammy (c)

2- Dwayne Bravo

3- Carlton Baugh (wk)

4- Nkrumah Bonner

5- Darren Bravo

6- Johnson Charles

7- Fidel Edwards

8- Garey Mathurin

9- Sunil Narine

10- Kieron Pollard

11- Andre Russel

12- Marlon Samuels

13- Krishmar Santokie

14- Dwayne Smith

PROTEAS SQUAD FOR THE T20 MATCH AGAINST INDIA

South African squad for the T20 match against India have been announce.

1- Johan Botha (c)

2- Farhaan Behardien

3- Faf du Plessis

4- Jacques Kallis

5- Colin Ingram

6- Richard Levi

7- Albie Morkal

8- Justin Ontong

9- Wayne Parnell

10- Rusty Theron

11- Lonwabo Tsotsobe

12- Morne van Wyk

13- Dane Vilas

SRILANKAN SQUAD FOR THEIR HOME TEST SERIES

Srilankan longest format squad had been announced, Randiv is recalled while Chamara Silva is dropped.

1- Mahela Jayawardene (c)

2- Angelo Mathews

3- Tilakaratne Dilshan

4- Tharanga Paranavitana

5- Lahiru Thirimanne

6- Kumar Sangakkara

7- Thilan Samaraweera

8- Dinesh Chandimal

9- Prasanna Jayawardene

10- Suranga Lakmal

11- Dhammika Prasad

12- Chanaka Welegedara

13- Suraj Randiv

14- Rangana Herath

NEW ZEALAND SQUAD FOR THE THIRD TEST

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has announced 14-player squad for the third test of the series against South Africa beginning on 23 March in Wellington.

1- Ross Taylor (c)
2- Trent Boult
3- Doug Bracewell
4- Dean Brownlie
5- Andrew Ellis
6- Danial Flynn
7- Mark Gillespie
8- Martin Guptill
9- Chris Martin
10- Brendon Mccullum
11- Tarun Nethula
12- Kruger van Wyk
13- Danial Vettori
14- Kane Williamson

Brownlie & Flynn have been added while Nicol & Arnel miss out on selection.

ENGLISH TEST SQUAD FOR SRILANKAN TOUR 2012

Here is England's test squad for their another tough spin test in Srilanka


1- Andrew Strauss (c)
2- James Anderson
3- Ian Bell
4- Ravi Bopara
5- Tim Bresnan
6- Stuart Broad
7- Alastair Cook
8- Steve Davies (wk)
9- Steven Finn
10- Monty Panesar
11- Samit Patel
12- Kevin Pieterson
13- Matt Prior (wk)
14- Graeme Swann
15- James Tredwell
16- Jonathan Trott

Morgan, Tremlett are dropped with the inclusion of Bresnan, Tredwell & Samit Patel.

AUSTRALIAN TEST SQUAD FOR CARRIBEAN

The National Selection Panel ( NSP) of Australia has decided on a squad for the test series

against Australia. They believed that five fast bowlers, two spinners and two wicket keepers will provide flexibility to the side.

1- Michael Clarke (c)
2- Shane Watson (vc)
3- Michael Beer

4- Ed Cowan
5- Peter Forrest
6- Brad Haddin (wk)
7- Matthew Wade (wk)
8- Ryan Harris
9- Ban Hilfenhaus
10- Michael Hussey
11- Nathan Lyon
12- James Pattinson
13- Ricky Ponting
14- Mitchell Starc
15- David Warnar
16- Peter Siddle

Watson, Beer and Pattinson returned, Forrest named for the first time and Marsh omitted while Cummins was not considered for the series in Carribeans.

AUSTRALIAN T20 SQUAD

With their relatively new T20 captian Bailey, kangaroos will look for their first t20 series victory under him as series with India was drawn, in Windies they are having a good chance as they also were finalist in previous edition of so called T20 worldcup hosted in Carribean.

1- George Bailey (c)

2- Shane Watson (vc)

3- Daniel Christian

4- Xavier Doherty

5- Peter Forrest

6- David Hussey

7- Michael Hussey

8- Brett Lee

9- Nathan Lyon

10- Clint Mckay

11- James Pattinson

12- Matthew Wade (wk)

13- David Warner

WEST INDIAN ODI SQUAD FOR THE HOME SERIES AGAINST AUSSIES

West Indies selectors have selected this 13-man squad for their big test on their home soil against top ODI dog i.e. Australia 

1) Darren Sammy (c)

2) Danesh Ramdin (wk)

3) Tino Best

4) Davendra Bishoo

5) Darren Bravo

6) Dwayne Bravo

7) Johnson Charles

8) Sunil Narine

9) Kieron Pollard

10) Kieran Powell

11) Kemar Roach

12) Andre Russell

13) Marlon Samuels

Uncapped Johnson Charles have been picked while Best, Bishoo, Dwayne Bravo are recalled & Barath, Hyatt, Martin, Jason, Rampaul & Simmons are dropped from the side that toured India last year.

AUSTRILIAN ODI SQUAD FOR WEST INDIES TOUR 2012

Here is Australian squad for the ODI series against West Indies in West Indies starting from 16 March at Kingstown

1- Michael Clarke (c)

2- Shane Watson

3- George Bailey

4- Daniel Christian

5- Xavier Doherty

6- Peter Forrest

7- Brad Haddin (wk)

8- Ben Hilfenhaus

9- David Hussey

10- Michael Hussey

11- Brett Lee

12- Nathan Lyon

13- Clint Mckay

14- James Pattinson

15- Mathew Wade (wk)

16- David Warner

KIWI SQUAD FOR THE SECOND TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA

New Zealand's 14 man squad has been selected for 2nd test match against South Africa in Hamilton starting from Thursday

1) Ross Taylor (c)

2) Brendon Mcculum

3) Martin Guptill

4) Kane Williamson

5) Rob Nicol

6) Andrew Ellis

7) Danial Vettori     

8) Mark Gillespie

9) Chris Martin

10) BJ Watling

11) Tarun Nethula

12) Trent Boult

13) Doug Bracewell

14) Brent Arnel

First test was drawn as the fifth day was washed out due to rain and Proteas hopes were shattered to be no.1 test side on the cut off date i.e.1st April.

SRILANKAN SQUAD FOR ASIA CUP

     With Srilanka in the finals of CB series, it will fancy its chances to win the Asia cup as the South Asian Islanders have excellent record in this tournament & have played final of Asia cup more than the other two Asian giants. 14 member squad have been selected for this purpose which include the returning of seekkuge prasanna and Lakmal.

Rangara Herath and two other fast bowlers Parera and Welegedara have been rested as test series against England will be played soon after the Asia cup.

1-Mahela Jayawardene (c)

2-Tillakaratne Dilshan

3-Upul Tharanga

4-Kumar Sangakara (w/k)

5-Dinesh Chandimal (w/k)

6-Lahiru Thirimanne

7-Angelo Mathews (vc)

8-Farveez Maharoof

9-Thisara Parera

10-Nuwan Kulasekara

11-Suranga Lakmal

12-Lasith Malinga

13-Seekkuge Prasanna

14-Sachithra Senanayake

INDIAN SQUAD FOR ASIA CUP 2012

After disappointing tour down under, Indian selectors have believed in these 15 players to defend their Asia cup title beginning from 11 March in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

1-Gautam Gambhir

2-Sachin Tendulkar

3-Virat Kohli (vc)
4-Rohit Sharma

5-Manoj Tiwary

6-Suresh Raina

7-Yusuf Pathan

8-Ravindra Jadeja

9-Irfan Pathan
10-MS Dhoni (c/wk)

11-Ravichandran Ashwin

12-Ashok Dinda

13-Rahul Sharma

14-Vinay Kumar

15-Parveen Kumar

Sehwag, Zaheer and Yadav have been given rest. While Tendulkar will search for his 100th hundred as India looks forward to another title under Dhoni’s captaincy.

PAKISTAN SQUAD FOR ASIA CUP 2012

After disappointing performance against England in ODI’s and T20’s, Pakistan looks forward to another limited over competition in Bangladesh having new coaching staff and squad selected by newly formed team of selectors.

Following are the members of  national team for the event starting from 11 march with the opening match between host Bangladesh and Pakistan

1- Mohammad Hafeez

2- Nasir Jamshed

3- Azhar Ali

4- Younis Khan

5- Misbah ul Haq

6- Asad Shafiq

7- Umer Akmal

8- Hammad Azam

9- Shahid Afridi

10- Sarfaraz Ahmed

11- Umer Gul       

12- Saeed Ajmal

13- Abdur Rehman

14- Wahab Riaz

15- Aizaz Cheema

Shoaib Malik, Adnan Akmal and Imran Farhat are dropped and Junaid Khan is injured so he is not available for selection. Nasir Jamshed alongwith wicket keeper Sarfaraz have been recalled. Other members remain the same from the series whitewash against England.