Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra will miss the final of the Champions Trophy. He split the webbing between his fingers while fielding in the semi-final against South Africa. The injury required five stiches and will keep him out of the final.
ICC Champions Trophy semi-final
India 261-9 (50 overs) beat South Africa 251-6 (50 overs) by 10 runs
South Africa inexplicably handed India victory in the Champions Trophy, crumbling to a 10-run defeat despite being in total charge of the match.
The South Africans had reached 192 for one with 13 overs to spare, chasing India's 261 for nine, when Herschelle Gibbs, unbeaten after a brilliant century, was forced to retire.
South Africa captain Shaun Pollock laid the blame for the Champions trophy defeat to India firmly with his own team.
"We threw the game away," said Pollock. "We have got ourselves to blame. We have to make sure this doesn't happen."
"It was unfortunate for us," said Pollock. "He couldn't grip the bat with either hand. We can't have a go at him."
Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore believes the first 15 overs of each innings of Friday's second ICC Champions Trophy semi-final will decide whether his side can defeat Australia.
"Their openers with bat and ball have been the catalysts for easy victories," said Whatmore.
"Jason Gillespie looks well on top of his game at the moment, then there's Glenn McGrath, and Brett Lee's bowling quick and fairly straight.
"Then at the other end, when they bat, both left-handers are capable of getting big hundreds and breaking the game open."
The winners will go on to face India in the final on Sunday after a 10-run victory for Sourav Ganguly's side over South Africa.
Damien Martyn is expected to win a recall to the Australian side for Friday’s Champions Trophy semi-final against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Martyn missed the final preliminary game against Bangladesh due to a hip injury, but has made a full recovery.
Australia-Pakistan Test series
Australia Test captain Steve Waugh says he is ready to take on Pakistan despite a six-month lay-off from international cricket.
Waugh was dropped from the one-day side last January, and replacement Ricky Ponting has led the side to an ICC Champions Trophy semi-final date with Sri Lanka on Friday.
"Preparations are not ideal, but realistically you don't get ideal situations these days," said Waugh as he arrived in Colombo, where the first Test begins on 3 October.
"There was no cricket for six months, so I went to Kent for five weeks. I have been looking forward to the series."
Ashes series
Craig White is to play club cricket in Australia this winter in the hope of regaining his place in the England side.
If his form in Adelaide is good enough, the 32-year-old all-rounder could even play first-class cricket for the state side, South Australia.
White has been told that he has to prove his fitness before being considered for a call-up after he suffered a side strain during the second Test against India in August.
Bangladesh tour of South Africa
The Bangladesh cricket team arrive in South Africa on Thursday and will kick-off their tour with the traditional charity game against the NFO XI on Friday.
The tradition of the Nicky Oppenheimer XI or NFO XI International match stems back to South Africa's readmission into International Cricket in 1992.
Miscellaneous
Cricket World Cup organisers are to use a ballot system to sell individual tickets in an attempt to avoid the chaos that accompanied early sales.
So far tickets have only been available in packages to see all matches at a single stadium or involving an individual team.
But, between 8 October and 8 November, fans will be able to put their names into a random draw for single match tickets.
Hopefuls will find out by 2 December whether they have been successful and have a further month to hand over their money.
England will use their Academy to develop more bowling depth for the Test ranks.
Five specialist pace bowlers have been included in the 14-man group, who will spend the winter in Adelaide.
Spin all-rounders Gareth Batty and Ian Blackwell join them, as well as Northants left-armer Monty Panesar.
Academy director Rod Marsh admitted that the disparity was intentional.
"England are desperate to find some quality back-up in the spin-bowling department," he said.
"And you can never have too many fast bowlers."
"At the moment England are scoring more runs than they are taking wickets."
