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A round-up of the Syed Mushaq Ali Trophy Super League matches played on April 12 2014

Baroda in final despite loss, Goa fall just short

Rohit Sharma has said he hopes to pick up the skills of consistent cricket from Michael Hussey, who will be joining Mumbai Indians for IPL 2014

Rohit looks forward to Hussey masterclass

Ishant Sharma has revealed he nearly quit ODIs after he was left out of the World T20 side following average series against Australia, South Africa and New Zealand

Ishant Sharma nearly quit ODIs

India A will play two four-day games against Australia A and a limited-overs quadrangular series on its tour to Australia which begins on July 6

India A to tour Australia in July

Deepak Parekh, the chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation, India's leading housing finance company, has been named special advisor to Sunil Gavaskar

HDFC chairman named special advisor to IPL

Afghanistan will prepare for the 2015 World Cup with a two-week camp in Pakistan, coach Kabir Khan has said

Afghanistan team to train in Pakistan

Shasikala Siriwardene has relinquished captaincy of the Sri Lanka Women's team

Siriwardene steps down from captaincy

A round-up of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches played on April 11, 2014

UP flattened by Panchal show

Gareth Hopkins, the former New Zealand wicketkeeper, has retired from cricket. The 37-year-old, played four Tests, 25 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 internationals

Gareth Hopkins retires from cricket

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has decided to set up a new unit called the Sports Frauds Investigation Unit (SFIO) to specifically investigate corruption in sports, including match-fixing, the Hindustan Times has reported

CBI to set up special sports-fraud unit

In only his second match after being sidelined for six months by a knee injury, Kieron Pollard struck form with a match-winning century for Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean first-class competition

Pollard hits form ahead of IPL

Shanan Stewart, who represented New Zealand in four ODIs, has called time on his career in top-flight cricket with the record of making the second-most appearances for Canterbury

Shanan Stewart retires from cricket

Kevin Pietersen, the new captain of Delhi Daredevils, has rated Gary Kirsten as the No.1 coach at the moment, and said the franchise is lucky to have the South African in its coaching staff

'A privilege to work with Kirsten' - Pietersen

Lonwabo Tsotsobe, the South Africa left-arm seamer, has been ruled out of the tour to Sri Lanka in July to facilitate his recovery from ankle surgery scheduled on April 16

Tsotsobe out of Sri Lanka tour

A first-innings lead in the drawn sent Saracens Sports Club to next year's first-class tournament, while Panadura Sports Club finished a dispiriting season by moving down into the Emerging Trophy

Saracens into next SL Premier League Tournament

Associate teams will have the opportunity to play Test cricket, with the ICC Board approving an ICC Test Challenge, which will take place every four years between the lowest-ranked Test team and the winner of the ICC Intercontinental Cup

Associates to get a shot at Test cricket

South Africa will travel to Zimbabwe in August for a month-long tour that includes one Test as well as a triangular ODI series featuring Australia

Zimbabwe to host SA, Australia in August