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Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj finished with a career-best match haul of 10 for 145 to help set up Dolphins' eight-wicket victory against Cape Cobras at Newlands

The two oldest men in the Ireland squad delivered when it mattered. The victory over Zimbabwe would not have happened without them. But the most encouraging thing was the maturity shown by one of their youngest men.

In the end, Zimbabwe's tournament - and this match - came down to a matter of millimetres with Sean Williams caught right on the boundary

Tamil Nadu coach WV Raman has defended his team's decision to prepare spinning wickets for their home matches in the Ranji Trophy, saying they were not left with much of a choice

The south Indian rivalry will come to the fore when defending champions Karnataka take on arch-rivals Tamil Nadu at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

Western Australia ended the penultimate day with a lead of 291 runs after Queensland declared with a trail of 138 runs in their first innings in pursuit of an outright win

Gurinder Sandhu, Steve O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon propelled New South Wales to a weighty first-innings score before striking with the ball to leave Tasmania in deficit of 10 runs with four wickets in hand

Peter Siddle ran through South Australia's tail and claimed 8 for 54 to make them follow-on on the third day in Adelaide

After what seems like months of sound and fury that have signified very little, England move into a different stage of the World Cup: from now on, every game they play is a must-win

Angelo Mathews suggested Sri Lanka's combination would not change a great deal on Sunday

As good as Sri Lanka feel following comprehensive victories against Bangladesh and England, Australia have appeared the more cohesive unit through the tournament

Worcestershire have recorded a post-tax profit for the fifth year in a row. The club announced a surplus of £58,772 for 2014

Australia's selectors appear to have been wrong-footed by a bone dry SCG surface forcing them to consider the recall of Shane Watson and the inclusion of the left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty for his first game of the World Cup

The Afghanistan squad could be forgiven for looking a little bleary-eyed as they ran around the outfield at McLean Park and it would have been no surprise if they weren't quite sure what the time was

Ireland hung on like they would for dear life, beating Zimbabwe by five runs in one of the most thrilling finishes in this World Cup

New Zealand are unbeaten after four matches and every expectation is that they will be unbeaten after six when the group stage is finished.

Defending only 231 in 47 overs at the small Eden Park, Pakistan's left-arm quicks turned it on like only the ones from that part of the world can to win by 29 runs

Former fast bowler Michael Holding was scathing in his criticism of West Indies, calling the team's batting against India "reckless and irresponsible"

Matebeleland Tuskers consolidated their position at the top of the table with a six-wicket win over the Mountaineers in Bulawayo

Karnataka enter the Ranji Trophy final as slight favourites according to their batting coach, but will have their work cut out against a Tamil Nadu side beaming with confidence and playing in their first final after two seasons