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A fighting century from Mark Vermeulen looked to have put Zimbabwe A in a comfortable position, but a couple of late strikes from Mirwais Ashraf set up a tense final day in Harare

Vermeulen ton sets up tense finish

Northamptonshire's veteran batsman David Sales is to retire at the end of the season due to recurrent injury problems

Sales announces retirement

Fifties from Kedar Jadhav and Sanju Samson lifted India A to a three-wicket win over the National Performance Squad after their 235-run chase had stumbled to 5 for 63

Jadhav, Samson lift India A to win

South Africa have retained their victorious Test squad for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare starting August 9

South Africa retain winning Test squad for Zimbabwe

Phillip Hughes became the first Australian player to score a List A double-century, a six from the last ball of Australia A's innings blasting him past the previous record set by David Warner

Hughes blasts Australian one-day record

The PCB has accepted the plea of the banned former Pakistan captain Saleem Malik that a lower court has declared him innocent of match-fixing charges and agreed to release his outstanding money due with the board for years now

PCB to release Saleem Malik's overdue funds

Five-wicket hauls from the seamers Yamin Ahmadzai and Fareed Ahmad, followed by an unbeaten 98 from Najibullah Zadran helped Afghanistan wrest the advantage on the second day in Harare

Zadran, Fareed give Afghanistan edge

The ICC has arranged a familiarisation tour in Australia for the four qualifying teams to aid their preparation for the 2015 World Cup

ICC arranges World Cup prep for Qualifiers

The story behind Luke Wright's record T20 score is just one highlight in the countdown of the things that mattered in the NatWest T20 Blast

Wright's record needed no knock-up

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Pietersen joins Melbourne Stars

Kevin Pietersen will make his BBL debut this season after signing a two-year deal with the Melbourne Stars

Former Test opener Phil Jaques has joined Cricket New South Wales as an assistant coach

Jaques joins NSW as assistant coach

There is no cricket at the Commonwealth Games this year, but Mitchell Starc's attention is firmly on the Glasgow event all the same. His 20-year-old brother Brandon Starc is competing for Australia in the high jump

Which brother will rule House Starc?

Evin Lewis and Kevin O'Brien flayed a hapless St Lucia Zouks bowling unit as the Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel recorded a nine-wicket win at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain.

Red Steel romp to nine-wicket win over Zouks

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Maxwell's brutal assault sets records galore

Glenn Maxwell struck his career-best one-day score as Hampshire relished a record-breaking day against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the Royal London Cup

Adam Rossington's highest score in limited-overs cricket led Northamptonshire to a four-wicket victory against Gloucestershire in the Royal London Cup game at Cheltenham

Rossington leads Northants home

Will Bragg received a last-minute summons to Guildford via his fiancée's phone and responded with a career-best score as Glamorgan saw off a daunting Surrey target

Bragg answers emergency call in style

Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen struck his second successive Royal London Cup century to lead the Falcons to a seven-wicket victory against Leicestershire

Derbs ride on another Madsen ton

An undefeated 102 by Mark Pettini guided Essex to a winning start against Worcestershire as two rusty teams re-embraced the concept of 50-over cricket

Pettini ton sets up Essex victory

Jonathan Trott's good form continued as Middlesex completed a disappointing start to their Royal London One-Day Cup campaign after suffering an agonising four-run defeat to Warwickshire at Lord's.

More runs for Trott in narrow win