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South Africa will gamble on Quinton de Kock's fitness at the World Cup, having named him in their final fifteen

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group A matches played on January 7, 2015

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group C matches on January 7, 2015

More than 10 years ago, Devendra Bundela's knock of 139 in the second innings at the Wankhede Stadium had helped MP "beat" - as per the lingo of domestic cricket - Mumbai on the basis of first-innings lead

Naman Ojha and Devendra Bundela, the Madhya Pradesh batting mainstays, taught the young Mumbai team a batting lesson to take a firm grip on the third day

A blitzkrieg innings of 77 off just 37 balls from Ben Stokes propelled the Melbourne Renegades to a critical 36-run win against the Hobart Hurricanes at Bellerive Oval

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha would have preferred having a legspinner in his World Cup squad but his suggestion to pick Jubair Hossain was not taken into consideration as the selectors went for an all left-arm spin attack.

Lasith Malinga has been included in Sri Lanka's World Cup fifteen subject to fitness

Karnataka's seamers picked up three wickets each to bowl their side to an innings-and-30-run win over Jammu & Kashmir 20 minutes before tea on day three in Hubli

Zimbabwe batsman Hamilton Masakadza has been picked in a World Cup squad for the first time despite having made his ODI debut in 2001

Pakistan have picked 30-year old fast bowler Sohail Khan in their 15-man squad for the 2015 World Cup

Australia's captain Steven Smith admits he did not see Mitchell Starc's send-off to the Indian opener M Vijay in the first over of the visitors' innings on day two of the Sydney Test, but agrees the practice should be ended

A double-century from Kane Williamson helped turn the Wellington Test and his focus has impressed captain Brendon McCullum

Cricket Association of Nepal has instituted a central contract system for the first time, with 22 players split into four grades

Rahul Dravid has said that beneath his understated demeanour, Ajinkya Rahane has developed "real belief" in his ability and is forcing his way to be counted among the leading batsmen in the current India middle order

Everywhere you turned on the second day in Sydney there were stats, and Steven Smith was at the centre of most of them. But at the end of the day the only figure that really mattered was 501. That was the deficit India faced at stumps

Mark Craig ran through the Sri Lanka tail to complete one of New Zealand's most remarkable Test wins after they had conceded a heavy first-innings lead

South Africa are expected to name injured wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock in their World Cup squad although he is only expected to recover from an ankle ligament tear after the first two games in the tournament

Alviro Petersen has announced his retirement from international cricket following the series against West Indies and will take up a Kolpak deal in English county cricket

Sindh Knights were unable to get the 12 runs off the final over which would've given them their first win of the season, as Baluchistan Warriors hung on for an eight-run victory in Karachi