Gayle gonna play for Western Australia.....

Chris Gayle has signed with Western Australia and Tasmania is close to securing the services ofLasith Malinga for next season's domestic Twenty20 tournament. The high-profile moves come as Cricket Australia announced plans to expand the Big Bash competition - including the possible adoption of a city-based franchise model - after talks with South Africa and New Zealand on the proposed Southern Premier League stalled.

Gayle will join West Indies teammate Dwayne Bravo, who has already signed with Victoria, in next season's Big Bash. The domestic tournament falls between West Indies' Test and one-day series in Australia, and has been made possible by CA's move to provide states with an additional $50,000 for the sole purpose of luring overseas stars for the Twenty20 tournament

ICL player in IPL team!!!!!

Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, the Bengal batsman who recently cut ties with the ICL, could become the first player from the rebel league to take up an IPL contract. Cricinfo has learnt that Jhunjhunwala has been asked by Rajasthan Royals to represent them in the exhibition match against Middlesex at Lord's on Monday which could be followed by a permanent deal with the franchise.

Jhunjhunwala was among the 79 ICL players who accepted the BCCI's amnesty offer which allowed them to return to the domestic fold. After the November ICL tournament was scrapped due to the non availability of Pakistan players in the league, Jhunjhunwala headed to England to play for the Essex leagues. He was called by Rajasthan to attend a training camp in Jaipur which began on Sunday for the benefit of the England-bound players for the exhibition match. The camp was conducted under the supervision of Darren Berry, the team's coach, and former Indian team physio John Gloster.

Jhunjhunwala will stay back in England to finish his league stint and then return to India to attend the Ranji camp for Bengal, his former state team. He joined the ICL during its inception in 2007 and represented the Royal Bengal Tigers.

The best bowling figures in Twenty20 internationals

The best bowling analysis in a Twenty20 international is 5 for 6, by Pakistan's Umar Gul in last week's World Twenty20 match against New Zealand at The Oval. That broke the New Zealander Mark Gillespie's previous record, 4 for 7 against Kenya in Durban during the inaugural World Twenty20.

the oldest and youngest players in the 2009 World Twenty20 championship

The oldest was Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya, who was born in June , 1969 . And the youngest was Pakistan's left-arm fast bowler Mohammed Aamer, who was born in April 1992 (more than two years after Jayasuriya played his first one-day international).

West Indies don't have a national anthem. So what tune was played at the beginning of their games in the World Twenty20 championship?

The song played for the West Indies before their matches is called "Rally Round the West Indies". It was written and originally performed by the Trinidadian calypso artist David Rudder.

Yuvraj beats de Silva's record

Sri Lanka's Aravinda De Silva hit 10 of his 11 one-day international centuries from No. 4 in the batting order, while the Pakistan pair of Javed Miandad and Mohammed Yusuf made seven each. de Silva also made more runs (6870) at No. 4 than anyone else (Miandad is second with 5678). The most hundreds scored from No. 5 is seven, by Yuvraj Singh of India, while Australia's Andrew Symonds is second with five. The most runs from No. 5 in ODIs is 4675 (including two centuries), by Sri Lanka's Arjuna Ranatunga, while Steve Waugh of Australia is second with 4117. Putting Nos 4 and 5 together, Yuvraj overtook de Silva's record of 10 centuries with his 131 against West Indies in Kingston last week. Yousuf follows them with nine.

2009 SA Cricket Awards

Full list of awards

South Africa team

SA Cricketer of the Year: Graeme Smith
SA Newcomer of the Year: Roelof van der Merwe
Standard Bank One-Day International Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers
Standard Bank International Pro20 Cricketer of the Year: JP Duminy
Castle Test Cricketer of the Year: Graeme Smith
KFC Taste the Action Performance: JP Duminy
SA Players' Player of the Year: JP Duminy
SuperSport Fans' Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers

Domestic

MTN Domestic Championship Cricketer of the Year: Roelof van der Merwe
Standard Bank Pro20 Cricketer of the Year: Charl Langeveldt
SuperSport Series Cricketer of the Year: Imraan Khan
Domestic Newcomer of the Year: Dane Vilas
SACA Most Valuable Player: Claude Henderson
Domestic Players' Player of the Year: Claude Henderson

Operations

Coach of the Year: Richard Pybus
Groundsman of the Year: Louis Kruger
Scorers' Association of the Year: Gauteng
Umpire of the Year: Marais Erasmus