London, Jan. 1: England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen has called for crisis talks with the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, over what he sees as irreconcilable differences between him and head coach Peter Moores.

Telegraph Sport understands that the meeting with Giles Clarke, which follows a troubled start to England''s winter, has been called for early January once Pietersen concludes his safari holiday in Africa.

Sydney, Jan. 1: Embattled Australian opener Matthew Hayden says he is not thinking about hanging up his gloves just yet, and warned that if he has to go, it will be on a winning note.

Battling to extend his international cricket career despite having averaging just 21 in his last ten Tests, Hayden says he is looking forward to taking on the South Africans in the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), which starts on Saturday.

Sydney, Jan. 1: Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds is set to miss the start of Australia''s back-to-back one-day series against South Africa and New Zealand after undergoing arthroscopy knee surgery.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Symonds had the surgery yesterday after battling right knee pain in the opening two Test losses against the Proteas and being ruled out of the third Test at the SCG starting on Saturday.

Cricket Australia today said Symonds developed the pain during the first Test at the WACA.

Sydney, Jan. 1 : South African captain Graeme Smith will miss this month''s one-day series against Australia because of an ongoing elbow injury, coach Mickey Arthur has said.

The Courier Mail quoted Arthur as saying that Smith had batted in enormous pain in the first two Tests of the three-match series against Australia, getting through on cortisone injections and scoring 48, 108, 62 and 75 to lead his side to an unbeatable 2-0 series lead.

Melbourne, Jan. 1 (ANI): Australian batsman Michael Hussey has been forced out of the top 10 in the world Test batting rankings for the first time in nearly three years.

After making just 10 runs in his last four innings, Hussey is ranked 11th in the latest ICC list.

According to the Courier Mail, Hussey goes into the third Test against South Africa on Saturday with scores of 0, 8, 0 and 2 in the first two Tests and finds himself outside the top 10 rankings for the first time since March, 2006.

His embattled teammate Matthew Hayden has also dropped further in the rankings, down two spots to 18th.

Master-blaster batsman Sachin Tendulkar and left-arm medium pacer Zaheer Khan have been included in the 15 member Mumbai team for the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Saurashtra to be played at Chennai from January 4 to 7. With the inclusion of these experienced players in the team, Mumbai's march towards their 38th Ranji Trophy crown has been bolstered manifold. The match against Saurashtra would be his 36th for Mumbai.