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Stand-in Twenty20 captain Graeme Swann said England still have plenty to work on despite finishing a dismal tour with a six-wicket victory over India.
After losing the one-day series 5-0, England won the Twenty20 international in Kolkata with eight balls to spare. "It's been a very tough month, we have played some abjectly horrible cricket until today," said Swann.
Former Test batsman John Inverarity has been named as Australia cricket's full-time national selector.
The 67-year-old replaces Andrew Hilditch, who lost his job in Augustafter a review which followed the Test team's 3-1 Ashes defeat at home. "John's been an outstanding contributor to cricket as a captain, player, coach, selector and mentor," said Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed that the national cricketers have not been paid their salaries for months.
About 100 contracted players are not paid since Sri Lanka co-hosted the World Cup together with India and Bangladesh. The capital expenditure on the recent World Cup left the country's richest sports body facing a sizeable debt.
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The International Cricket Council knows that there is huge expectation ahead of this World Cup.
England batsman Ian Bell says his team cannot use fatigue as an excuse for their poor form in the one-day internationals against Australia.
Having retained the Ashes, England trail 2-0 in the seven-match series, which is a prelude to the World Cup.
Australia's Nathan Hauritz is likely to miss the rest of the one-day series against England and could be out of the World Cup with a dislocated shoulder.
The spinner will see a specialist to determine the extent of the injury after he fell awkwardly in the field in Friday's second one-day international.
England captain Andrew Strauss offered no excuses as his side slumped to a 46-run defeat by Australia to go 2-0 down in the seven-match one-day series.
Shaun Marsh's superb century rescued the hosts from 142-8 to 230 all out, a total England rarely looked like chasing as they were skittled for 184.
