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The action comes thick and fast this festive time – not least on Christmas Day when we’ll bring you coverage of the opening day of the first Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka live on Sky Sports 2 from 9.30pm.
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All proceeds from Wednesday’s one-day international between Pakistan and New Zealand in Abu Dhabi will be donated to those affected by the Peshawar school massacre.
The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for opening fire on the Army Public School in the city on Tuesday, which resulted in the death of at least 140 people, most of them students, while also leaving scores injured.
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Jesse Ryder’s choice to pull away in the recent New Zealand ‘A’ tour of the Middle East cost him his possibility of playing at next year’s World Cup, in accordance with a national selector.
The 30-year old allrounder hasn’t played international cricket since being dropped in February for disciplinary reasons.
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Young fast bowler Harry Podmore has signed a one-year contract extension to his present deal at Middlesex.
The statement from Lord’s means the 20-year old remains in the team until at least the conclusion of the 2016 national season.
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England batsman Sam Robson has signed a fresh deal with Middlesex which will keep him with the county before the conclusion of 2016 at least.
Sydney-produced Robson, who played for Australia’s U19 side before qualfiying for England obligation in 2013, has scored nearly 4,000 runs for Middlesex since joining in 2008.
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Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate has signed a brand new contract that will keep him with the team until at least the ending of the 2016 season.
The 34-year old Netherlands international has been with Essex since making his debut in 2003 and has acquired a reputation as a hard hitting middle-order batsman along with a dependable seam bowler.
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Somerset all-rounder Peter Trego has signed a contract extension which will see him stay at the County Ground until at least the ending of the 2016 season.
Trego made his first class debut for Somerset in 2000 and has gone to develop into a vital performer for the Taunton-based team.
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Australia have called up Xavier Doherty for their one-day international series against Pakistan in the UAE.
The slow left-arm bowler has been summoned to the Middle East after Mitchell Marsh was ruled out with a hamstring injury.
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Middlesex batsman Dawid Malan has been rewarded for his good form with a new three-year contract which will keep him at the club until the end of the 2017 season at least.
The 27-year-old, who has played more than 260 first XI games for the club after joining in 2006, notched 1,137 runs last year at an average of more than 45.
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Warwickshire took partial payback for their defeat by Durham in last Saturday’s Royal London One Day Cup final having a devastating LV= County Championship triumph over the northeast county inside three days at Edgbaston.
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Warwickshire took partial payback for their defeat by Durham in last Saturday’s Royal London One Day Cup final having a devastating LV= County Championship triumph over the northeast county inside three days at Edgbaston.
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Shane Watson has suffered another injury setback after being ruled from Australia’s excursion to the United Arab Emirates to take on Pakistan.
The allrounder has a calf injury and certainly will miss the monthlong excursion to the Middle East.
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Leicestershire batsman Matthew Boyce and quick bowler Ollie Freckingham have agreed new contracts with all the team.
Boyce has signed a one-year expansion which keeps him at Grace Road until at least the end of next season and Freckingham has signed the same expansion which keeps him at the team before the conclusion of 2016.
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Hampshire started their penultimate regular as strong favourites to make certain of the next promotion place from Division Two of the County Championship, but their troubles at home to Kent and an Essex success have complicated the equations.
Opener Daniel Bell-Drummond batted for nearly seven-and-a-half hours in Southampton, taking his career-best to 153 after he and Sam Northeast (128) prolonged their fourth-wicket partnership to 244.
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