A round-up of the third day's play from the seventh round of Ranji Trophy games in Group B

A round-up of the third day of Group A matches in the seventh round of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy

Nicole Bolton and Meg Lanning scored unbeaten fifties to put on an unbroken 161-run stand for the second wicket to lead Australia to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in Sydney

The ICC's technical committee has awarded full points to Pakistan women for the three-match series against India women that was not played in October

Hyderabad opener Tanmay Agarwal was taken to hospital after being struck on the head while fielding at forward short leg during the Group C Ranji Trophy match against Chhattisgarh, in Valsad

Ross Taylor has been cleared by eye specialists to play the Hamilton Test against Pakistan, which is set to begin on November 25

Whether the Sneddon Park pitch will aid the quicks or the spinners remains to be seen, but the balance is tilting towards the quicks: two days out from the game, the track is green, and much of the grass will be retained

Cricket South Africa's chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, has called on the ICC to clarify the laws around polishing the ball in the wake of the Faf du Plessis case

Australia have named uncapped allrounder Hilton Cartwright in their squad for next month's ODI series against New Zealand

Rob Andrew, the former England rugby union fly-half and long-term professional rugby director at the RFU, has been unveiled as the new chief executive of Sussex

Shoaib Malik struck 63 off 30 balls before taking a wicket to stud Chittagong Vikings' 78-run win in their BPL 2016-17 clash against Barisal Bulls

A round-up of the second day of Group C matches in the seventh round of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy

The fuss over Faf du Plessis allegedly using a sweet to help shine the ball is distracting from Australia's bigger problems

Business as usual, it would appear, for India and England in the ongoing five-Test series. A crushing victory, by 246 runs in the second Test, has given India a 1-0 lead with three games to come

A round-up of the second day's play from the seventh round of Ranji Trophy games in Group A

A round-up of the second day's play from the seventh-round matches from Group B of the Ranji Trophy

India have brought Bhuvneshwar Kumar back into their squad for the last three Tests against England, and dropped Gautam Gambhir

Shane Warne, Kevin Pietersen and Michael Slater have been fined by Tasmanian police for failing to wear seatbelts in a moving car, after being ticked off by viewers of their Facebook video

West Indies defended 139 to beat India by 15 runs in Vijayawada to sweep the three-match T20I series

Sri Lanka fast bowler Suranga Lakmal has been fined 50% of his match fee for an incident involving Zimbabwe opener Chamu Chibhabha during Monday's washout