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A round-up of the Syed Mushtag Ali Trophy matches on March 24, 2015

Describing New Zealand's run to their first ever World Cup final as an "incredible ride," Brendon McCullum has said his players are having the best time of their lives

South Africa wept. Together, separately, on camera, off camera, with 40,000 people chanting or in the complete silence inside themselves, they wept. They wept because that was all they had left to do.

Colin Munro set a new world record when he struck 23 sixes in a first-class innings as he celebrated New Zealand's qualification for the World Cup final in a rampant innings for Auckland against Central Districts

Opener Marcus Harris scored his third first-class century to give Western Australia a strong lead at stumps on day four of the Sheffield Shield final in Hobart

An oddly familiar face peered down the SCG net containing Aaron Finch on Monday, his fiery red hair accentuated by the choice of a cap of the same colour. After a few minutes of speculation, the figure was proven to be Andrew McDonald

Regardless of conditions and skill and Australia playing on a home venue, former England captain Michael Vaughan said the Sydney semi-final is a "50-50 call" because of a single factor. "MS Dhoni knows how to win World Cups and that goes quite a long way.

Matthew Mott has been named as the new head coach of the Australia women's team, replacing Cathryn Fitzpatrick, who stepped down earlier this month

A round-up of the Professional Cricket League matches that ended on March 23, 2014

Amid scenes of rare passion, of the like New Zealand has never seen for a cricket match, Grant Elliott played the innings of his life to carry his adopted country into the World Cup final against the land of his birth

Adam Lyth to become Alastair Cook's next opening partner in Test cricket grew stronger as Yorkshire continued to dominate in Abu Dhabi

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said that the team's quarter-final finish in the 2015 World Cup was largely due to the fact that the players had bought into the changes he had suggested

Somerset have made the most high-profile signing to date for this year's NatWest T20 Blast by agreeing a short-term deal with Chris Gayle between his IPL and CPL commitments

Australia's allrounder James Faulkner believes instances of sledging will be inevitable in Thursday's high-stakes World Cup semi-final against at the SCG

Victoria significantly boosted their chances of claiming the Sheffield Shield title by batting through day three in Hobart, where play was shortened due to bad light and rain

Before AB de Villiers and Brendon McCullum attempt to bat their opposition away, literally, before they have to set a field or decide on a bowling change, even before they toss the coin, they will have to perform another, and perhaps more important job

India's fast bowlers are on a roll but they may not have the same impact on Australia's batsmen as Wahab Riaz had, Joe Dawes, the former India bowling coach, has said

Darren Berry's tenure as coach of South Australia has ended, with the state confirming they and Berry "have agreed to terms to end the appointment of his position as state coach"

Both New Zealand and South Africa are no strangers to World Cup semi-finals, but neither has ever made it through to the biggest game in cricket yet

New Zealand will be without Adam Milne for the rest of their World Cup campaign after the fast bowler suffered a heel injury in the quarter-final win over West Indies