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The Indians needed a pair of half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Manish Pandey to patch up an underwhelming batting performance, but their bowlers had little trouble defending 249 against Western Australia XI in the warm-up one-dayer at the WACA

Rohit and Manish fifties buoy Indians

Knights chased down a target of 253 in just over 50 overs against table-toppers Titans on the third day in Bloemfontein, despite being shot out for 76 on the first day

Rossouw, Olivier lead Knights to dramatic win

India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the Australia tour with a hamstring injury, the BCCI medical team has confirmed

Injured Shami out of Australia tour, Bhuvneshwar named replacement

Fifties from Peter Fulton and Henry Nicholls stretched Canterbury's unbeaten run in this season's Ford Trophy to five

Fulton, Nicholls steer Canterbury to bonus-point win

West Indies' Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy has not been contracted by the WICB for 2015-2016, along with allrounder Andre Russell and spinner Sulieman Benn

Sammy, Russell cut from WICB contracts list

Dhawan, Kohli among the runs before spinners prove too hot to handle for Western Australia XI in Perth

Dhawan, Kohli hit form before spinners dismantle WA XI

India Women pick only three pacers in squads led by Mithali Raj for the limited-overs tour of Australia starting on January 26

Sushma Verma back in ODI squad, Deepti Sharma dropped

Ireland have announced a full-strength squad for the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, with three players coming into the group that finished as runners-up at the ICC Qualifier in October

Ireland at full strength despite late call

A local court in Andhra Pradesh's district of Anantapur has issued a non-bailable warrant against India's limited-overs captain MS Dhoni

Non-bailable warrant issued against Dhoni

Worcestershire have signed Matt Henry, the New Zealand fast bowler, for the first half of the 2016 season

Henry joins Worcs for first half of season

A round-up of the opening day's matches from the 2016 Nagico Super50

Barbados, T&T start off with wins

The BCB could hold back Mustafizur Rahman from playing in the forthcoming PSL

BCB mulls holding Mustafizur back from PSL

Leicestershire have been granted planning permission to install floodlights at Grace Road, a development that has been viewed as vital to the club's survival

Leicestershire get floodlights green light

Guptill, bowlers hand NZ three-run win

Mohammad Amir has been granted a visa by Immigration New Zealand (INZ), paving the way for the pacer's return to international cricket after serving a five-year ban for spot fixing

Mohammad Amir granted New Zealand visa

Tom Allin, the former Warwickshire fast bowler, has died at the age of 28

Former Warwickshire player Tom Allin dies at 28