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A round-up of the third match day of the Women's Quadrangular Series in Sri Lanka

A round-up of the second match day of the Women's Quadrangular Series in Sri Lanka

A round-up of the first match day of the Women's Quadrangular Series in Sri Lanka

Pakistan women won the final of the Twenty20 Quadrangular Series in Colombo, after a nine-over match against Netherlands

Co-hosts Australia want the 2015 World Cup to be contested by the 10 teams that most deserve to be there.

The Associate countries are confident of contesting the ICC's decision to block their access to the 2015 World Cup after receiving advice from prominent sports lawyers. They plan on mobilising opinion ahead of the ICC's meeting in June and have not ruled

Regan West, the Ireland left-arm spinner, has retired from international cricket due to a serious shoulder injury

Ozias Bvute, the managing director of Zimbabwe Cricket, has hit back at suggestions that his organisation reneged on an agreement to host Ireland for a ODI and first-class tour in late 2011

Ireland, who have been controversially excluded from the next World Cup, could still play up to 15 one-day internationals against Full Members each year between now and 2015

The Irish Government has offered its support to the cricket board as they consider how to respond to the ICC vote to make the 2015 World Cup a 10-team tournament

Ireland's coach Phil Simmons has joined the clamour of condemnation following the decision to limit the 2015 World Cup to just the ten Test-playing nations, describing the move as "despicable"

Ireland captain William Porterfield has described the ICC's decision to trim the next World Cup to just the ten countries as "an absolute joke"

Warren Deutrom, the Cricket Ireland chief executive, has slammed the ICC's decision to trim the next World Cup to just the 10 Full Members nations as "nothing short of outrageous".

Niall O'Brien is doing his best to get younger brother Kevin a Twenty20 contract in England, and has been in touch with all 18 first-class counties

Ireland will play Pakistan in a two-match ODI series in May this year

William Porterfield reflected proudly on Ireland's World Cup campaign after they complete their stay in the tournament with a six-wicket victory against Netherlands

George Dockrell, Ireland's 18-year-old left-arm spinner, has dislocated his shoulder during the World Cup match against Netherlands at Eden Gardens on Friday

Two sparkling centuries lit up Eden Gardens, Ryan ten Doeschate propping Netherlands up with his second ton of the tournament and Paul Stirling launching Ireland's pursuit of 306 with a 72-ball 101 in a six-wicket win

Ireland ought to play more often against the bigger teams because they've won their respect given how they've performed in this World Cup, coach Phil Simmons has said

ESPNcricinfo previews the Group B contest between Ireland and Netherlands in Kolkata