Pakistan opener Nasir Jamshed has made the biggest move in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. The latest rankings were released today, a day after the conclusion of the three-ODI series between traditional rivals India and Pakistan.

Nasir has jumped 45 places to 31st spot, while India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has returned to the top five after putting up a consistent performance with the bat in the series, which was won by Pakistan by 2-1. In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, Pakistan’s duo of Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan have also made gains, while Mohammad Hafeez has now become the number-one ranked ODI all-rounder for the first time in his career.

India announced their squad for the first three matches of their 5-match ODI Series against England yesterday. Despite the call for heads to roll after a poor year of cricket from India, only one senior member of the team was axed, out of form opener Virender Sehwag. The Delhi run machine's place was taken by Cheteshwar Pujara with the selectors naming an otherwise unchanged side from the series against Pakistan.

Gautam Gambhir and Ajinkya Rahane will both proably open the batting for India. Gambhir’s form has also been deteriorating for quite a while, and he needs to pull up his socks or might find himself unceremoniously dropped like his opening partner.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday named four new caps in the Proteas squad for the three-match Momentum Cup ODI series against the New Zealand Black Caps. They are the bizhub Highveld Lions duo of Quinton de Kock and Aaron Phangiso, Farhaan Behardien of the Nashua Titans and Rory Kleinveldt. All four have represented the Proteas in the Proteas Blue Label Telecoms T20 squad while Kleinveldt has also been part of the Castle Lager Test squad.

The selectors have decided to rest Jacques Kallis as part of the process of managing his workload. JP Duminy remains on the long-term injury list.

The England selectors today announced a 14-man T20 squad and a 14-man ODI squad for February's tour of New Zealand as well as a 15-man England Lions squad for a limited overs tour of Australia also in February.

The T20 squad shows two changes from the squad selected for the series against India with Stuart Broad returning to captain the side after a heel injury forced him to miss out on the most recent T20 series and Steven Finn also returns. The New Zealand series comprises two fixtures against a New Zealand XI in preparation for a three match series starting on February 9 in Auckland.

The BCCI have announced that they will be preponing the timings of all ODIs between India and England in an attempt to negate any unfair advantage that may be brought about by the dew factor. While the ODIs were initially intended to be day-night matches, the fact that the dew would put the side fielding second at a severe disadvantage forced the BCCI to rethink the timings.

Pakistan has announced their ODI and T20 squads for their upcoming tour of India. With two T20s and three ODIs set to be played between the two nations, both teams will be looking to field their best possible sides in an attempt to get one up on their arch rivals.

Coming off their exit from the World T20 championships in the semis, a few players who did not deliver in the tournament have been axed. Opener Imran Nazir is one of the players to be dropped, his rather poor performance in domestic T20 matches has also contributed to this decision. Veteran allrounder Abdul Razzaq and Yasir Arafat have also been excluded.

Bangladesh's 3-2 series win over West Indies in the five-match ODI series, which ended on Saturday, has helped it move to eighth place in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table. Bangladesh is on 78 ratings points – six ahead of New Zealand and 10 behind sixth-ranked West Indies.

After taking a 2-0 lead in the series, Bangladesh had an opportunity to move ahead of the West Indies into seventh position on the Championship table if it had won the remaining three matches. But that was not to be and Bangladesh had to be content with a move up to the eighth place.