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Hyderabad Hawks made a strong start to the semi-final stage of the President's Silver Cup tournament with a seven-wicket win over Water and Power Development Authority

Hawks start semis stage with win

Kevin Pietersen has been signed up by the BBC as a guest summariser for the knockout stages of the World Cup

Pietersen to commentate at World Cup

A round-up of the NCL matches that ended on February 4, 2015

Kayes-Ziaur blitz lifts Khulna to win

In 1987, More understood what it felt like to be favourites for the World Cup

Kiran More: 'Everyone wanted us to win and nothing else'

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has signed a contract with Karachi-based Omar Associates to play grade-II cricket from March 9

Amir signs up to play grade-II cricket

Fast bowlers Jason Behrendorff and Chadd Sayers have both been ruled out of the remainder of the Sheffield Shield season due to injuries

Behrendorff, Sayers out for season

Allrounder James Faulkner will receive "intensive treatment" over the next two weeks after scans revealed he suffered a side strain during Australia's win over England in the tri-series final in Perth on Sunday

Scans show side strain for Faulkner

Former India captain Rahul Dravid believes the lack of "big ticket players and game changers" will hamper Pakistan's progress at the 2015 World Cup

'Pakistan missing big-ticket players'

In the eighth episode of Contenders, a special ten-part buildup to the 2015 World Cup, Rahul Dravid and Graeme Smith discuss Pakistan's chances of replicating their 1992 World Cup triumph

'Pakistan need to find best XI early'

James Pattinson will play his first Sheffield Shield match for more than two years when he returns to first-class action for Victoria on Saturday

Pattinson ready for Sheffield Shield comeback

Emerging batsman Travis Head will become South Australia's youngest captain of all time after being handed the position following the resignation of Johan Botha

Head named South Australia captain

Hugh Morris, the former ECB managing director and now overseeing operations at Glamorgan, has waved aside criticism of the NatWest Blast

Morris waves aside Blast critics

Surrey have appointed Gareth Batty as their permanent captain

Batty named Surrey captain

Ben Stokes struck an unbeaten 151 from 86 balls and then took three wickets to help the Lions to an 89-run win that wrapped up their series against South Africa A

Stokes hits 15 sixes in World Cup retort

Pakistan fast bowler Junaid Khan has been ruled out of the World Cup after marginally failing a fitness test

Junaid Khan out of World Cup

Michael Clarke has said he would be prepared to play on under Steven Smith's captaincy if the selectors decided to hand the job to Smith on a full-time basis

Clarke would play under captain Smith