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Wellington held their nerve to win a high-scoring, see-sawing final against Auckland, thus booking their ticket to next year's Champions League T20

Wellington seal title in close higher-scorer

SLC will install four new turf pitches in former conflict-affected areas in the north and east of the island, board secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has said

SLC to improve facilities in conflict-affected areas

Mohammad Hafeez has been suspended from bowling in international cricket after he failed a test on his action conducted at an ICC accredited centre in Loughborough

Hafeez's action found to be illegal

Barbados batsman Omar Phillips, who was struck on the head by the ball at the non-striker's end on Friday in a West Indies first-class game, has been cleared of serious injury

Omar Phillips cleared of serious injury

For Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, the lead-up period to the World Cup is all about 'building confidence'

Misbah wants confident Pakistan

06-Dec-2014•Chandresh Narayanan

Soumya, Taskin continue Prime Bank dominance

A round-up of the Dhaka Premier Division matches on December 6

Kane Williamson hopes the ODI series against Pakistan will expose his players to the pressures of 50-over matches and help build a strong squad for the World Cup

Williamson wants hardened New Zealand

Auckland cruised into the Georgie Pie Super Smash final with a comfortable six-wicket win against Northern Knights, who had lost the first preliminary final as well

Cachopa, Bates steer Auckland into final

West Indies allrounder Andre Russell has signed for the Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming Big Bash League in Australia

Russell signs for Melbourne Renegades

With Corey Anderson sitting out the second T20, Jimmy Neesham said he had to assume greater responsibility, and that suited him fine

Neesham laps up added responsibility

A preview of the prospects of Jammu & Kashmir, Baroda and Gujarat ahead of the 2014-15 Ranji Trophy

Can J&K show they belong with the big boys?

A preview of the prospects of Mumbai, Odisha and Bengal ahead of the 2014-15 Ranji season

Mumbai look to regain mojo, and title

Michael Papps' 46-ball 65 powered Wellington into the final, enabling them to haul down their target of 125 with 23 balls remaining against Northern Districts in Hamilton

Papps propels Wellington into final

Following stand-in opener Sarfraz Ahmed's unbeaten 76 in the first T20 against New Zealand, Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has said the wicketkeeper-batsman has "started to come out of his shell", and that is showing in his batting of late

Sarfraz coming out of his shell - Waqar

Michael Clarke's hopes of leading Australia in the Adelaide Test will depend on how his hamstring holds up at training over the next few days

Australia wait on Clarke's fitness

Women's cricket has taken big strides towards a fully professional setup in the past few months and Surrey have got on board by appointing a director of women's cricket for the first time.

Surrey appoint women's director of cricket

Fifties from Andre Berenger and Shaiman Anwar, followed by three-wicket hauls from Kamran Shazad and Rohan Mustafa set up UAE's 30-run victory against Afghanistan in Dubai, enabling the team to take the series 3-1

All-round UAE clinch series 3-1

Bermuda's Allan Douglas Jr has been cleared to continue bowling in international cricket, after undergoing a home board analysis of his action

Douglas cleared to bowl in international cricket

A preview of the prospects of Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh ahead of the 2014-15 Ranji Trophy

Punjab look to break big-match jinx