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New Zealand coach Mike Hesson knows they have a tough task on their hands in the Pakistan series in the UAE next month

New Zealand prepare for UAE heat

Gloucestershire have applied to Bristol council for planning permission to erect floodlights at the county ground

Gloucestershire submit floodlight plans

Karnataka batsman KL Rahul has scored plenty of runs over the past year, but he says a place on the Australia tour isn't on his mind

I have learnt a lot from AB de Villiers - KL Rahul

A round-up of the final day of matches at the ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Kuala Lumpur

Nepal claim title despite Mukasa's all-round show

It has been more than six months since Yuvraj Singh turned out for India and he accepts that he might have played his last match for the national team

'I may never play for India again' - Yuvraj

A round-up of the WCL Division Three matches played on October 29, 2014

Nepal, Uganda secure promotions

SLC will launch an "initial investigation" into allegations that members of Sri Lanka's women team were compelled to perform sexual favours in order to earn or keep their place in the national side

SLC investigating abuse allegations

Doug Bracewell took eight wickets and scored a half-century to play a starring role in Central Districts' victory over Otago by an innings and 94 runs in Napier

Bracewell and Smith crush Otago

Spin duo Nathan Lyon and Xavier Doherty have been left out while Josh Hazlewood's sizzling form in the Matador Cup has earned him a recall into Australia's 13-man squad for the first two ODIs of a five-match series against South Africa

Lyon dropped, Hazlewood earns recall for SA ODIs

West Indies A drew the third unofficial Test with Sri Lanka A but not before collapsing from 217 for 3 to 234 all out in their second innings

Kaushal takes ten in drawn game

In the Guardian Russell Jackson looks at six memorable tours of Australia in Pakistan - from the 1982 tour when Australia failed to win a single game, to the 1998 tour that was the setting for Mark Taylor's 334

Kim's calamity, and a case of soured relations

Pakistan fast bowler Junaid Khan has been dealt another big setback after being diagnosed with a Grade-3 osteochondral fracture in his knee which will keep him sidelined from cricket for a while

Junaid suffers injury setback

Rob Walter, the Titans coach, has signed a three-year extension with the franchise that will keep him with the team until 2017

Titans coach Walter gets three-year extension

Former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones has signed a two-year contract with Gloucestershire and will captain the side in first-class cricket next season

Jones signs as Gloucs four-day captain

A round-up of the World Cricket League Division 3 matches played on October 28, 2014

Nepal climb to top with win in rain-hit game

Stephen Murdoch's sixth first-class century helped Wellington gun down 307 to secure a remarkable four-wicket victory against Canterbury in Christchurch

Murdoch ton seals 307 chase for Wellington