The shrapnel wound is in the toddler's left side. The boy needs "a proper hospital," the doctor says, not the makeshift clinic in the Syrian city of Homs where he's being treated.

Adam Voges, the Australian batsman, is expected to return as Nottinghamshire’s overseas players for 2012. The signing is expected to be announced at the county’s AGM on February 27.

Western Australian cricket officials have sought permission from Cricket New South Wales to speak to Simon Katich about ending his first-class career in his home state