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A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group B matches played on December 22, 2014

Chand, Sehwag lead Delhi with fifties

Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been handed a Grade A contract by the BCCI for the 2014-15 season, a promotion from the Grade B contract he had last season

Bhuvneshwar handed Grade A contract

Akshar Patel, the Gujarat left-arm spinner, has been picked to replace Ravindra Jadeja in India's squad for the remainder of the Test series in Australia

Akshar to replace injured Jadeja in Test squad

A round-up of the Sunfoil Series matches that ended on December 21, 2014

De Lange's six-for takes Titans to win

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group C matches played on December 21, 2014

Dutta routs Jharkhand for 142

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group B matches played on December 21, 2014

Awana, Saini fold Rajasthan for 141

Australia have asserted their dominance over India perhaps earlier than some expected in this series and now they are perfectly placed to carry their form into the final two Tests. 6/5 is a skinny price about a 4-0 series win but Australia are now on a ro

Aussies 6/5 to rumble on to 4-0

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group A matches played on December 21, 2014

Jalaj Saxena ton drives Madhya Pradesh

Shahid Afridi has said that he will retire from ODIs after the 2015 World Cup

Afridi to quit ODIs after World Cup

Sri Lankans were reduced to 173 for 9 on their first day of competitive cricket in New Zealand, but had struck back through their own seamers before the close of play, in the two-day warm-up encounter in Queenstown

Sri Lankans struggle on seamers' day

Left-arm seamer Kenroy Peters has been called up to replace Kemar Roach in the West Indies Test squad

Uncapped Kenroy Peters replaces Roach

Australia's debutant captain, Steven Smith' century in the first innings helped his side beat India by four wickets in the second Test that ended in Brisbane on Saturday.

Steven Smith guides Australia to second win of series

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on December 21, 2014

Smith, Young set up massive Central Districts win

Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy and Kieron Pollard have been left out of the West Indies side for the five-match series against South Africa

Bravo, Sammy, Pollard out of ODI side

New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson will miss the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka due to a groin strain he suffered in the UAE

Corey Anderson out of first Test

Jason Holder has replaced Dwayne Bravo as West Indies' ODI captain and will lead the team in the five-match ODI series against South Africa, which starts from January 16, 2015

Holder appointed West Indies ODI captain

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