London, Dec. 4: Though the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has sought a confirmation from players that they would travel to India next week, it is expecting a last minute defection from some of the team’s first-choice bowlers.

According to The Telegraph, a compromise has been reached that all players except injured fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom will travel to Abu Dhabi for a training schedule, but they will make a final decision on whether to tour or not to tour India only Sunday after receiving a security update from players'' representative Sean Morris.

Sydney, December 3 : Don Bradman’s baggy green cap is expected to cost bidders more than 1 million dollars at an auction of cricket memorabilia.

The cap, worn by the Aussie batsman during the 1948 Invincibles Ashes tour of England and initially estimated at 750,000, dollars, is set to fetch more than 1 million dollars with early interest.

London, Dec. 3 : At least six of England cricketers, who landed with the team in Mumbai last month, are likely to pull out of the tour to India, even as the ECB awaits an Indian Government assurance that the team will be guarded by crack commandos.

All rounder Andrew Flintoff and fast bowler Steve Harmison are thought to harbour major reservations about the trip. Fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom is out with an injury, and the other three who don’t want go, have not been named, former England fast bowler Dominic Cork says a majority of the team is pretty traumatized by last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai.

Melbourne, Dec. 3 : Australian spinner Jason Krejza has said that he will exploit South Africa''s "weakness" against spin during the first Test in Perth.

Krejza, who took 12 wickets in his debut Test against India in Ngapur last month was quoted by The Age as saying: "That is something I have obviously been looking at and I''m hoping to bring that weakness out if I get that opportunity."

The BCCI has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court directive to start criminal proceedings against its six top officials on the charge of filing false affidavits in the Jagmohan Dalmiya expulsion case.

A baggy green cap worn by late Sir Don Bradman during the 1948 'invincibles' Ashes Tour is all set to fetch a record-breaking 600,000 Australian dollars when it goes under the hammer at an auction here on December 15.

The cap was bought by one Tim Serisier after he won $250,000 in reality show ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’. Serisier now wants to auction the cap and though auctioneer Charles Leski says a better timing could have fetched a higher price, the piece of record can still invite a bulky bid in the range of $600,000 to 750,000.