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Victoria have included Ian Harvey, the allrounder, and Jason Arnberger, the opening batsman, in their 12-man squad for the Pura Cup final against Queensland, starting at the MCG on March 12

Sri Lanka were 3 for 162 at lunch on the second day, just 58 behind the Australian first-innings total of 220

A magnificent burst of bowling by Warren McSkimming almost set up a win for Otago, but they eventually had to settle for a draw against Sri Lanka A

Tillakaratne Dilshan followed Muttiah Muralitharan's first-day heroics with a superb hundred, the third of his career and certainly the best, as Sri Lanka tightened their grip on the first Test at Galle.

A magnificent burst of bowling by Warren McSkimming almost set up a win for Otago, but they eventually had to settle for a draw against Sri Lanka A

Tillakaratne Dilshan followed Muttiah Muralitharan's first-day heroics with a superb hundred, the third of his career and certainly the best, as Sri Lanka tightened their grip on the first Test at Galle

Until the end of the Indian tour of Pakistan, we will be running a daily Paper Round of what newspapers in India and Pakistan, and from around the world, are saying about this series

Jacques Kallis fell a couple of muscular drives short of becoming the first man since Donald Bradman to score centuries in five consecutive Test matches as South Africa dominated the opening day of the series against New Zealand at Westpac Park in

Sri Lanka took the honours on day one

Until the end of the Indian tour of Pakistan, we will be running a daily Paper Round of what newspapers in India and Pakistan, and from around the world, are saying about this series

Ehsan Mani, the president of the ICC, said today that he believed England should be allowed to stage the Champions Trophy in September as planned

Ticket sales for the opening ODI of the five-match series between Pakistan and India at Karachi had to be suspended when fans broke through security cordons causing mayhem, and ending with police having to restore order

An interesting final day is on the cards in the first match of Sri Lanka's A tour of New Zealand, after two enterprising declarations on the second day at Alexandra

West Indies have named a 13-man squad for the first Test against England, which starts at Sabina Park in Kingston on Thursday (1505 GMT)

Sri Lanka took the honours on day one

Mithun Manhas proved to be the secret weapon as North Zone triumphed by 59 runs after dismissing East Zone for 349 in an absorbing contest at Mohali

Osman Samiuddin introduces Pakistan's new medium-pacer, Rao Iftikhar Anjum

You did not need Nostradamus to predict what the lucky winner of the tosswould do

Muttiah Muralitharan burst out of blocks in the race to 500 wickets, ripping through Australia's formidable batting order to leave Sri Lanka in pole position in the opening Test in Galle.

As Sri Lanka and Australia prepare to lock horns at Galle, the pitch for the first Test promises to take spin almost from the first ball