Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Tuesday that they have called up Alviro Petersen of the bizhub Highveld Lions to replace injured Graeme Smith of the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras in the Proteas Castle Lager squad for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament to be played in England and Wales next month.

Peterson’s inclusion has been approved by the event technical committee in terms of ICC protocol governing the replacement of injured players in the originally selected squad.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers has admitted that the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy is a golden opportunity for the side to lay its hands on a piece of ICC silverware, a feat the country has not achieved since 1998.

“We are really looking forward to the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales. This is another opportunity for us to win that elusive ICC trophy and it will be a great test for our ODI squad looking ahead to the World Cup in two years,” admitted de Villiers.

The West Indies Cricket Board today announced Dwayne Bravo as West Indies One Day International captain. The Selection Panel recommended to the Board of Directors that Bravo be appointed captain as the West Indies One Day International Cricket Team and the Board of Directors approved the recommendation.

The Selection Panel has also indicated that Darren Sammy will be retained as West Indies Test and Twenty20 International captain.

With an eye on the 2015 World Cup, the Indian selection panel led by Sandeep Patil omitted the under-performing seniors - Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir from the 15 man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, slated to kick off in England and Wales in June. Gambhir' Ranji trophy team-mate, Virender Sehwag, who is now just a pale shadow of his former self continues to remain out of favor across all formats. Harbhajan Singh too has done little to force his way back in. Is this the end of the road for the seniors?

The winds have changed since that fairy-tale World Cup triumph on April 2nd 2013 in Mumbai. With Yuvi and Gauti getting the boot, only Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, his deputy Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina are still in the mix.