Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2014-15, Gold League

Imad Wasim, Zohaib rout Tigers

Dec 9, 2014: A round-up of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold League matches on December 9, 2014

Baroda v Bengal, Ranji Trophy, Group A, Vadodara, 3rd day

'Was confident I had it in me' - Hooda

Dec 9, 2014: As Deepak Hooda glided Iresh Saxena behind square on the leg side two balls before tea, the whole Baroda dressing room stood up to applaud the 19-year-old's feat of scoring a century on first-class debut

Baroda v Bengal, Ranji Trophy, Group A, Vadodara, 3rd day

Hooda hundred rescues Baroda

Dec 9, 2014: Bengal bowlers, led by Ashok Dinda's burst with the second new ball, dismissed the remaining seven Baroda wickets to help Bengal earn a healthy 101-run first-innings lead

Sri Lanka v England, 5th ODI, Pallekele

Pallekele offers best World Cup examination

Dec 9, 2014: Warming up for the World Cup with a seven-match series in Sri Lanka has given teams opportunity to hone their approach, but it is in Kandy over the next two games that conditions might have just a hint of New Zealand about them

Sri Lanka v England, 5th ODI, Pallekele

England set for another shuffle

Dec 9, 2014: Desperately seeking the ideal World Cup combination, England are likely to continue their player rotation as the ODI series shifts to Pallekele

England in Sri Lanka 2014-15

Herath injury allows Senanayake instant return

Dec 9, 2014: Rangana Herath has been ruled out of the fifth ODI against England, and is unlikely to play a further part in the series. He will be replaced by Sachithra Senanayake

Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Group A, 3rd day

Uthappa, Agarwal put Karnataka ahead

Dec 9, 2014: A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group A matches played on December 9, 2014

Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Group B, 3rd day

Yuvraj hundred puts Punjab on top

Dec 9, 2014: A round-up of the matches played in Group B of the Ranji Trophy on December 9, 2014

Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Group C, 3rd day

Krishna Das seven-for gives Assam bonus point

Dec 9, 2014: A round-up of the matches played in Group C of the Ranji Trophy on December 9, 2014

Australia v India, 1st Test, Adelaide, 1st day

India's bowling plans go awry

Dec 9, 2014: India began with plans that were off, and continued with them for too long. To add to that, their fielding was lethargic in that first hour

Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014-15

Tharanga dropped for New Zealand Tests

Dec 9, 2014: Upul Tharanga, the Sri Lanka opener, has been dropped from the team's squad for the upcoming two-Test tour to New Zealand

Western Australia v Victoria, Sheffield Shield, Perth, 1st day

Quiney leads solid Victoria effort

Dec 9, 2014: Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Finch and Matthew Wade all scored half-centuries in a solid Victoria batting effort on the first day against Western Australia at the WACA

NSW v Queensland, Sheffield Shield, Sydney, 1st day

Cowan hundred drives Tasmania

Dec 9, 2014: Ed Cowan scored his third century of the Sheffield Shield season as Tasmania moved steadily to 6 for 307 at stumps on the first day of their match against South Australia in Hobart

Australia v India, 1st Test, Adelaide, 1st day

'My little mate was down the other end'

Dec 9, 2014: Mere days after he was unable to bat in the nets, David Warner reckoned his first-day hundred against India the finest of his career, but admitted he will face further demons when the Test team returns in the new year to Sydney and the scene of Phillip Hu

Corruption in the IPL

Court gives Srinivasan option between BCCI, CSK

Dec 9, 2014: BCCI's sidelined president N Srinivasan was given an option by the Supreme Court to choose between standing for the board election scheduled for December 17 and protecting his investment in the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise

Picking Rabada and Bavuma a major stride for South Africa

Dec 9, 2014: The selection of the first pair of black Africans to figure in the Test squad in four years is a landmark

Australia v India, 1st Test, Adelaide, 1st day

Warner's blue sky hundred

Dec 9, 2014: No cricketer was closer to Phillip Hughes in the horrible hour between his collapse and conveyance to hospital than David Warner. The emotion of Warner's hundred in Adelaide was apparent all the way through

NSW v Queensland, Sheffield Shield, Sydney, 1st day

Abbott takes two as Queensland make 268

Dec 9, 2014: Sean Abbott returned to cricket at the SCG, bowling a bouncer in his first over and collecting two wickets as New South Wales dismissed Queensland for 268

Australia v India, 1st Test, Adelaide, 1st day

Warner most successful opener in 2014

Dec 9, 2014: Stats highlights from the first day of the first Test between Australia and India at Adelaide

ICC news

Senanayake, Williamson cleared to bowl

Dec 9, 2014: Sri Lanka offspinner Sachithra Senanayake and New Zealand's Kane Williamson have been cleared to resume bowling in international cricket by the ICC