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Shamsur Rahman and Shuvagata Hom both struck fifties as BCB XI kept Zimbabweans on the field the whole day and earned a 11-run lead on the second day in Fatullah

Shuvagata Hom guides BCB XI to lead

Cuttack, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad will be the venues for Sri Lanka's five-match ODI series in India early next month

BCCI finalises venues for SL tour

MS Dhoni has been rested from the first three ODIs against Sri Lanka in November, and Virat Kohli will stand in as captain

Dhoni opts out of first three Sri Lanka ODIs

The BCCI working committee has decided to suspend all bilateral tours to West Indies, in response to the visitors pulling out of their India tour

BCCI suspends all bilateral tours to West Indies

Christchurch's Hagley Oval, the venue for the opening game of the 2015 World Cup, has been passed fit by the ICC to host international cricket

Hagley Oval gets ICC accreditation

Joe Denly will return to his home county of Kent next season having been released from the final year of his contract at Middlesex following three difficult seasons.

Denly returns to Canterbury

Offspinner Tharindu Kaushal's 5 for 73 gave Sri Lanka A a slender lead of 15 runs in the first innings after they were bowled out for 166 by West Indies A in Matara

Kaushal five-for gives SL A slender lead

A round-up of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold League matches that ended on October 20, 2014

Wasim gives Leopards thrilling win

New Zealand are perennial dark horses at major tournaments and that tag is enhanced for next year's World Cup as they are the co-hosts. They begin their build-up against South Africa and are 6/4 to win the series.

New Zealand 5/1 to begin world cup preparation strongly

The Zimbabweans made a lacklustre start to their six-week tour of Bangladesh, being bowled out for 241 runs in their three-day tour match against the BCB XI

Zimbabweans bowled out for 241

A round-up of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Silver League matches that ended on October 20, 2014

Huge wins for PIA, HBL, Sui Gas

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has said that allrounder James Neesham will open the innings alongside Martin Guptill in the first ODI against South Africa in Mount Maunganui

Neesham set to open against SA

A round-up of Momentum One Day Cup matches played on October 19, 2014

Ontong blitz keeps Cobras unbeaten

Rain held sway for a second day in a row as Sri Lanka's A's innings - the only one of the match so far - was limited to 34 overs in the day

Rain limits play to 34 overs in Matara

Captain Chamari Atapattu's 63 steered Sri Lanka Women to a four-wicket win against South Africa Women to equalise the series 1-1 in Colombo, after the match was reduced to 27 overs a side

Atapattu fifty sets up Sri Lanka win

Undefeated Western Australia took firm grasp of a spot in the domestic limited-overs final with a grinding six-wicket victory over Victoria at Blacktown Oval

Voges, Coulter-Nile take Warriors towards final

Virat Kohli's 114-ball 127 helped hosts India beat West Indies by a 59-run margin in the fourth and final ODI at Dharamsala on Friday.

Virat Kohli hits ton, India thrash West Indies

Tim Southee has been declared fit for the ODI series against South Africa after missing the warm-up game due to a sore shoulder

Southee declared fit for SA ODIs