Cricket

With Diageo's core business of spirits under pressure and underperforming, the company has revised its stance on the cricketing franchises

Bond, who replaces Daniel Vettori, played at Edgbaston for Warwickshire in 2002

Former England batter ends playing career at Somerset to forge new beginning in Bristol

Allrounders Deepti Sharma and Amelia Kerr have also been released by their respective franchises

The USA Cricket crisis and image-rights tensions between the ICC and the WCA will also be on the agenda

The squad includes 10 players from last year's campaign, including Sediqullah Atal, AM Ghazanfar and Qais Ahmad

Nishan Madushka, Nuwanidu Fernando and Milan Rathnayake are some of the other prominent names in the squad

Wicketkeeper-batter had returned to action with match-winning 90 for India A against South Africa A last week

Appointment made in lead-up to Test and T20I series against Ireland in November and December

The former captain was critical of George Bailey on the day the first Ashes squad was named