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New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder will miss the one-off Bulawayo Test against Zimbabwe from November 1, after sustaining a right calf strain. New Zealand Cricket have not added any replacement to the squad that is down to 13 members, following injuries to Kyle Mills and now Ryder.

This bloke makes Shaun Tait look durable

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Adrian Barath has been included in West Indies' Test squad for their tour of India after recovering from a hamstring injury. Lendl Simmons, who replaced Barath for the Tests in Bangladesh after Barath injured himself during the ODIs, will return to the West Indies. There are no other changes to the squad currently in Bangladesh

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Zimbabwe v New Zealand 1st Test

Toss New Zealand chose to bat v Zimbabwe

In his first Test as New Zealand captain, Ross Taylor opted to bat on a firm Bulawayo wicket which had some cracks that were expected to open up later on. Keeping that in mind, New Zealand opted to play two spinners in Daniel Vettori and Jeetan Patel. They also handed Test debuts to Dean Brownlie and Doug Bracewell.

Zimbabwe picked Tatenda Taibu - who wasn't included in the original 15-man squad for the Test with a finger injury - as a batsman with Regis Chakabva making his Test debut as wicketkeeper. Also debuting were seamer Njabulo Ncube and allrounder Malcolm Waller.

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Opener Upal Tharanga and fast bowlers Dilhara Fernando and Lasith Malinga have been included in Sri Lanka's 15-man squad for the one-day series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. In all, Sri Lanka have made seven changes from the Test squad that currently trails Pakistan 0-1 in the three-Test series, with openers Tharanga Paranavitana and Lahiru Thirimane, and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath among those missing out.

ODI Squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeevan Mendis, Kosala Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dilhara Fernando, Suraj Randiv

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Bangladesh v West Indies
2nd Test
Mirpur

WEST INDEIS WON BY 229 RUNS

West Indies 355
KA Edwards 121 MAN OF THE MATCH
KOA Powell 72
KC Braithwaite 50
MN Samuels 48
SHakib Al Hasan 5/63 (34.4 overs)
Nasir Hossain 3/52
Bangladesh 231
Shakib Al Hasan 73
Naeem Islam 45
FH Edwards 5/63
D Bishoo 3/62
West Indies 5d/383
DM Bravo 195
KA Edwards 82
S Chanderpaul 59*
Suhrawadi Shuvo 3/73 (on debut)
Bangladesh 278
Tamim Iqbal 83
Mushfiqur Rahim 69
Shakib Al Hasan 55
D Bishoo 5/90

West Indies win 2 match series 1-0
Player of the series - Shakib Al Hasan (168 runs @ 56, 2 fifties, 10 wickets @ 22.9)

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Zimbabwe v New Zeland
Only Test
Bulawayo

Day 2 - Session 2

NZ 5/336
MJ Guptill 109
LRPL Taylor 76
KS Williamson 49

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Shahid Afridi, the former Pakistan captain, has been included in the Pakistan squad for the ODIs and Twenty20 against Sri Lanka. Afridi recently came out of his self-imposed retirement following Zaka Ashraf's appointment as PCB chairman in place of Ijaz Butt. On the day he took office, Ashraf said he would meet with Afridi to discuss the situation and that he believed the allrounder still had plenty to offer the national side. The pair met earlier today and following the meeting, Afridi was back in the national side.

Squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq

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Zimbabwe v New Zeland
Only Test
Bulawayo

Day 3 - Lunch

NZ 426
MJ Guptill 109
LRPL Taylor 76
DG Brownlie 63 (on denut)
KS Williamson 49
DL Vettori 40
CB Mpofu 4/92
Zimbabwe 3/193
V Sibanda 93
BRM Taylor 50*
DG Brownlie 1/9

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Pakistan v Sri Lanka
3rd Test
Sharjah

Day 1 - session 2

Sri Lanka 1/141
TM Dilshan 69*
KC Sangakkara 64*

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Zimbabwe 5/231
Sibanda 93
Waller 25*
Chakabva 12*

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Sri Lanka 2/198
Dilshan 92
Sangakkara 86*

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Zimbabwe 5/231
Sibanda 93
Waller 25*
Chakabva 12*

Zimbabwe all out 313
Vusi Sibanda 93
BRM Taylor 50
Malcolm Waller 72* on debut
Daniel Vettori 5/70 (43 overs)

NZ 2/28
STUMPS DAY 3

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Sri Lanka 2/198
Dilshan 92
Sangakkara 86*

Ended the day at 2/245
TM Dilshan 92
KC Sangakkara 112*
DPMD Jayawardene 32*

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Sri Lanka 5/320
Sangakkara 144

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New Zealand 3/71 leading by 184 runs.

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Zimbabwe v New Zeland
Only Test
Bulawayo

NEW ZEALAND WON BY 34 RUNS

NZ 426
MJ Guptill 109
LRPL Taylor 76
DG Brownlie 63 (on denut)
KS Williamson 49
DL Vettori 40
CB Mpofu 4/92
Zimbabwe 313
V Sibanda 93
MN Waller 72 (on debut)
BRM Taylor 50
DL Vettori 5/70 (43 overs)
NZ 8d/252
LRPL Taylor 76
KS Williamson 68
RA Young 35*
KM Jarvis 5/64
Zimbabwe 331
BRM Taylor 117
T Taibu 63
TMK Mawaoyo 52
DAJ Bracewell 5/85 (on debut)
DL Vettori 3/71

Player of the Match - DL Vettori

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Pretty good chase by Zimbabwe.

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Pakisatn v Sri Lanka
3rd Test
Sharjah


STUMPS - DAY 3

Sri Lanka 413
KC Sangakkara 144
TM Dilshan 92
Saaed Ajmal 4/132
Umar Gul 3/76
Pakistan 6/282
Younis Khan 122
Azhar Ali 53
Misbah-ul-Haq 50*
UWMBCA Welegedara 3/62

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India v West Indies 1st Test starts today...

Team news
Only two slots seem uncertain for India: No. 6 and the second fast bowler. Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane are contenders for the first, and Yadav and Aaron for the latter. Yuvraj is the favourite for the first, both the contenders have laid equal claim to the latter.

India (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Yuvraj Singh, 7 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 Umesh Yadav/Varun Aaron

The big question for West Indies revolves around Ravi Rampaul, who consistently provided them with early breakthroughs in the home season. He then had to make way for Kemar Roach in Bangladesh. However, they can't afford to play both of them because then he will have to take the place of a specialist batsman, the specialist spinner or the captain. Adrian Barath, fit again, should take his opening slot, which means either Kieran Powell or Kraigg Brathwaite will have to sit out.

West Indies (probable) 1 Adrian Barath, 2 Kieran Powell/Kraigg Brathwaite, 3 Kirk Edwards, 4 Darren Bravo, 5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 6 Marlon Samuels, 7 Darren Sammy (capt.), 8 Carlton Baugh (wk), 9 Ravi Rampaul/Kemar Roach, 10 Fidel Edwards, 11 Devendra Bishoo

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Pretty good chase by Zimbabwe.

Probably should of won.
Were 6/321
Lost their last 4/10