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Jonathan Trott has been named captain for the first-class leg of the England Lions tour of South Africa

Trott named England Lions captain

A round-up of the Dhaka Premier Division matches on December 20, 2014

Old DOHS relegated after another loss

Gary Ballance is the player to benefit from Alastair Cook's sacking as one-day captain after he was named in England's World Cup squad. Ben Stokes and Harry Gurney have also been omitted from the team that was recently in Sri Lanka

Ballance recalled, Stokes dropped for World Cup

Eoin Morgan has replaced Alastair Cook as England's one-day captain, with immediate effect

Eoin Morgan named England one-day captain

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on December 20, 2014

Southee routs Wellington for 58

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has said his side needs to improve its fielding and batting against the short ball to be competitive at the 2015 World Cup

Waqar urges fielding improvement

Nottinghamshire have secured two overseas signings for 2015 with Vernon Philander and Ben Hilfenhaus set for stints at Trent Bridge next season.

Notts secure Philander, Hilfenhaus

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From Somerset to Lord's

ESPNcricinfo charts the career of ECB chairman Giles Clarke

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Bracewell leaves Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire have announced that John Bracewell, the director of cricket, will leave the club at the end of January as part of a "restructure of cricket operations" at the club

Jacques Rudolph has been named Glamorgan captain for 2015, replacing Mark Wallace who has been club captain for the last three seasons and Jim Allenby, who led the T20 side last season but has signed for Somerset

Glamorgan name Rudolph as captain

A multitude of issues for England

Assad Fudadin, the West Indies batsman, has been ruled out of the South Africa Tests with a finger injury

Fudadin out of South Africa Tests

Abdur Razzak's five-wicket haul sent Old DOHS Sports Club crashing to an eight-wicket defeat against Kalabagan Krira Chakra at the BKSP-4 Ground in the first of the three relegation league play-off matches

Razzak five-for crushes Old DOHS

Pakistan and Sri Lanka Women announce their squads for the limited-overs matches in January in the UAE

Two new names in SL Women squad

Warwickshire and Old Trafford are the big winners from the latest allocation of major matches with both counties allocated an Ashes Test in 2019.

Edgbaston, Old Trafford get Ashes Tests

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group C matches played on December 17, 2014

Andhra move to third with big win

A round-up of the fourth day's play from the Ranji Trophy Group A second round matches played on December 17, 2014

Vinay six-for sets up Karnataka win

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group B matches on December 17, 2014

Rush Kalaria 12 sinks Odisha

The Supreme Court reserved its final order on the 2013 IPL corruption case with reference to the role of sidelined BCCI president N Srinivasan

BCCI cites Ganguly, Gavaskar, Shastri related to clause change