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New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has said that pacers Trent Boult and Tim Southee will sit out parts of the limited-overs series against Bangladesh at home in a bid to keep them fresh through a lengthy home summer

Boult, Southee to sit out parts of Bangladesh series

India's batting coach Sanjay Bangar has said that India's lower order batsmen were making good contributions after being exposed to the same amount of practice as the frontliners

Lower order gets same amount of practice as top order- Bangar

Auckland's late surge was in vain as Wellington defended their total of 182 to win off the last ball

Wellington defend 182 in last-ball win

Sanjay Bangar, currently India's batting coach, joined Kings XI Punjab as an assistant coach in 2014 before being promoted to head coach

Bangar steps down as Kings XI coach

Half-centuries from opener Himanshu Rana and No. 3 Shubman Gill provided India Under-19s with a total of 273, which they were able to defend successfully thanks a middle-overs squeeze by their spinners Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Chahar

Spinners Abhishek and Chahar seal title for India

The Greater Noida Sports Complex ground can now stage international matches between Full Members

ICC approves Greater Noida for Full Member games

A round-up of the first day's play from the quarter-finals of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy season

Lad, Tare rescue Mumbai after early jolt

Daniel Vettori, the former New Zealand spinner, has joined Middlesex on a three-year contract to serve as the club's head coach for the T20 Blast

Vettori signs as Middlesex T20 coach

Hong Kong allrounder Nizakat Khan's bowling action has been cleared by the International Cricket Council, following remedial work after his action was found to be illegal in July 2015

Nizakat Khan cleared to bowl legspin

Former West Indies coach Phil Simmons, has been appointed as the new head coach of the St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots for the 2017 edition of the Caribbean Premier League)

St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots rope in Phil Simmons and Gayle

A Round up of the Super Smash matches held on December 23, 2016

Hilfenhaus five-for too good for Otago

The pair were released from their contracts after Cricket Wellington's chief executive Peter Clinton said the "team was unhappy about how they prepared" for their match on December 18

Wellington release Dernbach, Gulbis after late night out

New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi said his exclusion from the ODI team for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy was justified given his poor form in the lead-up

Omission from ODI team needed to happen - Ronchi

Yorkshire fast bowler Matthew Fisher has been named as England Under-19s captain for their five-match one-day series in India

Fisher back to captain England U-19s

Aaron Finch, the Australia opener, will return to Surrey for the whole of the 2017 NatWest T20 Blast

Surrey bring Finch back for 2017

A wrap of all the first round matches of the National Cricket League held across Bangladesh

Imran's record-breaking ton gives Khulna full points

Having posted 173 for 5 after electing to bat, Wellington bowled Auckland out for 140 with four balls left

Papps, Ronchi help Wellington break deadlock

Unless you went to school with him

Five things you didn't know about R Ashwin