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A round-up of the first day's play from the second round of Group C Ranji trophy matches played on October 8, 2015

Prem hundred headlines slow day

A round-up of the first day's play from the second round of Group B Ranji trophy matches played on October 8, 2015

Pandya, Swapnil bundle Railways out for 166

A round-up of the first day's play of the second round of Group A games in the Ranji Trophy played on October 8, 2015

Khadiwale, Bawne fifties buoy Maharashtra

New South Wales defeated South Australia by 156 runs in their Matador Cup match at North Sydney Oval. Steven Smith top scored with 72 and Mitchell Starc collected four wickets

Starc and Smith steer NSW to another big win

08-Oct-2015•Daniel Brettig at North Sydney Oval

Vithanage ton in vain as NZ A win thriller

Sri Lanka A suffered a dramatic late collapse to lose by 15 runs against New Zealand A in the second one-dayer, as the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the four-match series

07-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Pattinson helps Victoria crush CA XI

Cricket Australia XI again found themselves out of their depth in their second Matador Cup match, and were crushed by Victoria by nine wickets at Hurstville Oval in Sydney

07-Oct-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Asalanka stars in draw against Pakistan Under-19

Sri Lanka Under-19 captain Charith Asalanka and their pacers starred in a drawn Youth Test they dominated against Pakistan Under-19 in Hambantota

Anam Amin, the 23-year old left-arm spinner, engineered a batting collapse that sealed Pakistan Women's 2-0 series victory over Bangladesh Women in Karachi

Anam Amin's 10-5-7-4 thumps Bangladesh

Moeen Ali collected three wickets against Pakistan A to boost his confidence ahead of what will be a vital role he has to play in the Test series

Moeen takes three but Iftikhar ensures hard work

A round-up of the NCL 2015-16 matches that ended on October 6, 2015

Junaid Siddique century caps Rajshahi victory

Jonny Bairstow was the biggest beneficiary on the opening day of England's first warm-up match against Pakistan A as he scored an unbeaten 66 to press his claims for retaining a spot in the middle order for the Test series

Bairstow boosts hopes of retaining Test berth

Albie Morkel celebrated a return to the South African side in his 50th T20I, after an absence of 18 months with a career-best haul of 3 for 12 and a starring role in a series win

All-round SA seal series after crowd interruption

05-Oct-2015•The Report by Firdose Moonda

Bilal Asif five-for gives Pakistan series

Offspinning allrounder Bilal Asif took five wickets to set up a seven-wicket win for Pakistan over Zimbabwe in the series decider in Harare

05-Oct-2015•The Report by Liam Brickhill in Harare

Head thumps one-day double-century

Travis Head became the third Australian to score a List A double-century as he led South Australia to victory in an enormous chase against Western Australia at Sydney's Hurstville Oval

Fast bowler Andrew Fekete had hoped for a Test debut on the tour of Bangladesh this week. But after the cancellation of that trip for security reasons, he instead found himself setting up a comfortable nine-wicket victory for Tasmania in their opening mat

Fekete, Dunk set up Tasmania victory

The first day of Cricket Australia's experiment with a seventh Matador Cup side ended with an Australian record victory for New South Wales, after Steven Smith and Nic Maddinson smashed centuries at Bankstown Oval

Smith, Starc set up record win for New South Wales