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John Mooney took his second five-wicket haul of the match to help Ireland to their fourth Intercontinental Cup title, beating Afghanistan by 122 runs in Dubai

Mooney's ten gives Ireland title

It's not a good time to be following English cricket, and that's reflected in the odds for the 3rd Test in Perth with the visitors 9/2 to win, a remarkable price given what happened in the summer but not too appealing given the events in the first two Tes

11/2 Johnson to shine on adopted home ground

Michael Clarke has been named Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year, two of the most prestigious awards annually announced by the ICC

Michael Clarke gets top ICC honours

A round-up of the Logan cup matches that finished on December 12, 2013

Taylor, Chakabva score big in draw

A round-up of the sixth-round matches of the Premier Limited Overs tournament

Dickwella, Weerakkody sink SSC

Somerset have bolstered their squad with the signing of the experienced South African Johann Myburgh

Somerset turn to Myburgh

Tymal Mills briefly found himself presented in the media as a potential England Test debutant at the Waca after proving that Mitchell Johnson is not the only left-armer in Perth capable of bowling with express pace.

Mills form can be spur to greater things

12-Dec-2013•Charlie Talbot-Smith

Hossain delivers Bangladesh A's second win

Nasir Hossain produced an all-round display to lead the A team to their second victory over Bangladesh in successive matches in Mirpur

Ireland are five wickets away from regaining the ICC Intercontinental Cup with two days to spare as defending champions Afghanistan still need 211 runs in Dubai

Ireland five wickets away from title

Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard will miss West Indies' one-day series in New Zealand because of fitness issues

Gayle, Pollard to miss NZ ODIs

Jonny Bairstow worked off some of his Ashes frustration with a century from the top of the order to set up victory for the England Performance Programme

Bairstow and Ballance work off Ashes frustration

Steve Tikolo, the former Kenya allrounder, has been named Kenya's interim head coach, replacing Robin Brown, who stood down after the side's failure to qualify for the 2014 World Twenty20

Tikolo named Kenya interim coach

Pakistan have left out Nasir Jamshed from their ODI squad for the series against Sri Lanka, and have brought in Sharjeel Khan and Umar Amin

Sharjeel, Haris Sohail in ODI squad

AB de Villiers, the South Africa captain, has regained the No. 1 spot in ICC's ODI rankings for batsmen after moving up one place at the end of the three-match series against India, which South Africa won 2-0

De Villiers regains No.1 spot in ODI rankings

England have confirmed they will not draft any more players into their Test squad, but Tymal Mills may have given Andy Flower a few things to consider after a lively burst for the EPP against a Western Australia XI

Ballance shows form and Mills fires

Bangladesh A held their nerve to beat Bangladesh by 12 runs in the first of three T20 matches

Kayes, Arafat Sunny star in Bangladesh A win

Luke Feldman plucked four wickets as Queensland secured their first outright points of the Sheffield Shield with a resounding 182-run victory over Victoria at the Gabba

Bulls secure first outright of summer

Allrounder John Mooney's maiden first-class five-for and an unbeaten half-century from Ed Joyce helped Ireland reach a strong position against Afghanistan

Mooney, Joyce put Ireland ahead

Katherine Brunt, Heather Knight and Anya Shrubsole, having recovered from injury, have all found a place in England's Test, ODI and T20 squads for the Women's Ashes in Australia, which begins in January

England's Brunt, Knight and Shrubsole back for Ashes