Alagappan Muthu

Rain kept Australia nervous during a two-hour delay, more nervous than Scotland who's innings lasted only half an hour longer

AB de Villiers' rapid 99 and Farhaan Behardien unbeaten 64 off 31 balls took South Africa to 341 for 6 and thumped UAE by 146 runs

New Zealand bowled Afghanistan out for 186, becoming the first team to dismiss five opposition teams in the World Cup

David Warner cruised to 178, Steven Smith collected 95 and Glenn Maxwell clobbered 88 to propel Australia to a World Cup record 417 for 8 in Perth, paving the way for a 275-run win, the second largest in ODI history

Roger Harper remembers West Indies' one-wicket defeat to Pakistan at the 1987 World Cup

David Miller and JP Duminy lifted South Africa from 83 for 4 to 339 for 4 with a world-record fifth-wicket partnership, which proved too much despite Zimbabwe's batsmen rallying impressively

Set a daunting 288, Karnataka looked to be crashing towards their first defeat in 23 matches before an 85-run partnership between CM Gautam and Shreyas Gopal steered the team to safety

If there was a jukebox that teams could use to pick the kind of day they were going to have, Baroda hit the wrong number

The dismissal of KL Rahul for 89 shifted the balance towards Baroda and the visitors were eyeing the lead against the defending champions

Deepak Hooda's second first-class hundred lifted Baroda to 320 for 8 on the first day of their Ranji clash against Karnataka in Mysore

Undefeated and top of the table, Karnataka will be further buoyed by the return of KL Rahul for their Ranji clash against Baroda on a batting-friendly wicket in Mysore

The threat of Tim Southee and Trent Boult confirmed Brendon McCullum's Boxing Day assault as match-winning. Christchurch witnessed New Zealand's fifth victory in 2014, marking it their best year in Test history

Dimuth Karunaratne's maiden Test century redressed a poor start to the day for Sri Lanka as they kept the threat of New Zealand's seamers at bay

Trent Boult took three wickets and Tim Southee took two as Sri Lanka slumped to 138 all out, in reply to New Zealand's 441, and were asked to follow-on

Brendon McCullum KO-ed Sri Lanka on Boxing Day with the fastest century in New Zealand Test history

New Zealand and Pakistan have managed something special over the last week and a half - a bilateral one-day series that does not want for context

Everything that could go wrong for New Zealand went wrong in Sharjah and with the series on the line, they will need to pick themselves up pretty quickly

Plays of the day from the third ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand in Sharjah

A firm century from Ahmed Shehzad was supplemented by a stroke-filled fifty from Shahid Afridi to lift Pakistan to 364 for 7 - their third highest total in 50-over cricket and the highest in Sharjah in 218 matches - and beat New Zealand by 147 runs

New Zealand are carrying an unwelcome passenger on their trip to the UAE - rust. It has been over three months since they have stepped into the Test arena and and first up on their docket is a red-hot Pakistan