Pakistan wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider, who made an impressive international debut during the second Test against England at Edgbaston, is to return home having fractured a finger.

Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has been ruled out of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo with the same knee injury that kept out of the second game.

Christchurch: New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder was on Wednesday ruled out of next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka, also involving India, as he failed to fully recover from his nagging elbow injury.

Former skipper Shoaib Malik is set to replace Shahid Afridi in Pakistan playing eleven for the second Test against Australia at Headingley, which is also likely to see the return of off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. Sources said Pakistan will mak

Colombo: India's already depleted pace attack may further get weakened as a knee inujry on Sunday rendered pacer S Sreesanth doubtful for the first Test against Sri Lanka, starting July 18 at Galle.

England vice-captain Alastair Cook has been sidelined with a back injury and he will miss the next game in a triangular series involving England Lions, West Indies A and India A.

Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin was, on Wednesday, ruled out of next month's cricket series against Pakistan due to an elbow injury, prompting the selectors to bring in Tim Paine as his replacement.

Wicket-keeper Tim Paine will replace Brad Haddin for Australia's two-Test series against Pakistan in England as Brad Haddin has not yet fully recovered from an elbow injury.

FAST bowler Mitchell Johnson's elbow injury has flared up and he will not leave with the team tomorrow for Australia's tour of England. The left-armer is the second player to miss the plane after Brad Haddin pulled out of the series against England and Pakistan with an elbow injury.

Bulawayo: R Vinay Kumar was on Sunday ruled out of the ongoing tri-series in Zimbabwe because of a knee injury and his Karnataka new-ball partner Abhimanyu Mithun will replace him in the Indian squad there.