Sydney, Feb 18 : Senior umpires, Daryl Harper and his South African colleague Rudi Koertzen, have embraced the move to allow players to challenge decisions, as Australian players prepare to exercise the right for the first time during the Test series against the Proteas.

The results of the trial will determine whether the review system is adopted permanently, although England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke has already indicated he does not want it used for the Ashes series.

The domestic cricket bans on Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Humayun Farhat, Riaz Afridi, Arshad Khan and Taufiq Umar has been suspended.

In a major relief to these players, the Sindh High Court on Monday has allowed them to play in the domestic matches in Pakistan.

With this, the Court, has so far cleared the names of 17 players in total in the local tournaments.

Melbourne, Feb 18 : Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been assured that his career is not at risk with a knee injury, which flared again last week.

Symonds visited a Melbourne specialist after spending long periods off the field during Queensland's Sheffield Shield loss to South Australia in Adelaide.

There were fears that Symonds could need further surgery to the right knee he that had been surgically repaired on New Year's Eve after Australia's MCG Test loss to South Africa, FOX Sports reported.

London, Feb 18 : The England and Wales Cricket Board has suspended relations with Antigua-based billionaire Sir Allen Stanford after US authorities have charged him with fraud.

A Dallas Federal court was asked to freeze Stanford's assets and his company was put in the hand of receivers after the Securities and Exchange Commission took drastic action following days of intense speculation about his company as US Marshals raided Stanford's office in Houston, The Telegraph reported.

Melbourne, Feb 18 : One of the greatest sports commentators and the voice of cricket in Australia for nearly half a century, Richie Benaud, has revealed his intention to retire from all television commentary.

Benaud let the revelation slip in a radio interview with 2GB's Chris Smith today.

"I'll be doing Australian cricket next year - 2010, but I don't do any television at all anywhere else now and when I finish next year, then I'll be doing other things," the Daily Telegraph quoted Benaud, as saying.

Johannesburg (South Africa), Feb. 17: Australian cricket skipper Ricky Ponting believes that leg-spinner Bryce McGain could make the difference between Australia winning or losing the forthcoming series to South Africa.