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Sri Lanka have defended scores of less than 250 only four times in their Test history. Every single time, Rangana Herath has been at the centre of it all

Herath and his fourth-innings heists

Lancashire pace bowler Saqib Mahmood and Surrey spinner Amar Virdi are two of the younger players included for the month-long stay in Australia

Westley and Wood included in England Lions squad

Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval solid in second innings but New Zealand A face fight for survival on final day

India A tighten grip with massive lead

A sparkling Nic Maddinson century, a late starburst of shots from Ed Cowan and a four-wicket breakout display by Mickey Edwards carried New South Wales to a comprehensive defeat of Tasmania

Maddinson's blazing ton sets up NSW's big win

Andy Hurry has been rushed back to Taunton as Somerset's director of cricket after the removal of Matthew Maynard

Somerset confirm Hurry appointment

The 18-year old batsman has been rewarded for his good returns with the India Under-19 team home and away against England Under-19

Shubman Gill gets India A call for NZ A one-dayers

Fast bowler Shardul Thakur and batsman Ajinkya Rahane are the ones to miss out from the squad for India's previous T20 international

India pick Nehra, Karthik for Australia T20s; Dhawan back

The bans handed out by SLC to the 22 players implicated in the Tier B match-manipulation case will be lifted, pending the result of an appeal process

SLC temporarily lifts Panadura, Kalutara bans

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Zimbabwe to host West Indies for two Tests in October

Zimbabwe likely to be strengthened by the inclusion of Brendan Taylor and Kyle Jarvis for series starting October 21

Iyer, Parthiv hit half-centuries as India A extend lead to 149 at stumps

Bawne ton extends India A domination

The part-timers low-slung spinners have accounted for some big names

Has Kedar Jadhav dismissed this batsman in ODIs?

A round-up of the third day's action at the JLT One-Day Cup

Shaun Marsh 88 hands Western Australia second win

There is "no point" England turning up in Australia if they don't believe they can without their star allrounder according to team-mate Moeen Ali

England start to face prospect of Ashes without Stokes

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Thakur and spinners trip up New Zealand A with pink ball

Jeet Raval, Colin Munro and Tim Seifert offered the only resistance for New Zealand A in the pink-ball day game

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Holland sidelined following knee surgery

The left-arm spinner has been replaced by Fawad Ahmed in Victoria's JLT One-Day Cup squad

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Dodgy Dukes, departmental domination, and Fawad Alam

Round-up of the first set of fixtures from the 2017-18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Toby Roland-Jones, the fast bowler, has become the first current England player to speak publicly since Ben Stokes' arrest for alleged assault in Bristol on Monday

'Lessons must be learned from Stokes situation' - Roland-Jones

Steve Magoffin has left Sussex to seek a swansong at New Road at 38

Worcestershire pin faith in veteran Magoffin

Avon and Somerset Police have issued an appeal for two witnesses to come forward to support the alibi offered by Ben Stokes, the England allrounder, in the wake of his arrest in Bristol

Police appeal for key witnesses in Stokes brawl investigation