Australia opener Matt Renshaw is a doubt for the series-opening test against Pakistan after suffering a head injury in a tour match in Dubai.

Sep 30 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of 1st odi between South Africa and Zimbabwe on Sunday at Kimberley, South Africa South Africa win by 5 wickets Zimbabwe 1st innings Hamilton Masakadza c Reeza Hendricks b Andile Phehlukwayo 25 Solomon Mire c Reeza Hendricks b Lungi Ngidi 0 Craig Ervine c Heinrich Klaasen b Willem Mulder 7 Brendan Taylor c Reeza Hendricks b Kagiso Rabada 9 Sean Williams

India will rest bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for next month's two-test series against the West Indies, with selectors calling up pace bowler Mohammed Siraj to their 15-man squad announced on Saturday.

India made heavy weather of a modest target before prevailing in a nerve-shredding final against Bangladesh by three wickets to defend their Asia Cup title on Friday.

Sep 28 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of final between India and Bangladesh on Friday at Dubai, United Arab Emirates India win by 3 wickets Bangladesh 1st innings Liton Das st MS Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav 121 Mehedi Hasan c Ambati Rayudu b Kedar Jadhav 32 Imrul Kayes lbw Yuzvendra Chahal 2 Mushfiqur Rahim c Jasprit Bumrah b Kedar Jadhav 5 Mohammad Mithun Run Out Ravindra Jadeja

England all-rounder Sam Curran has been awarded a first central contract after his stellar display in the 4-1 test series win over India, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Friday.

County champions Surrey could not make it a blemish-free season but their audacious bid for a record-breaking victory against Essex ensured a magnificent finale at the Oval.

Pakistan have dropped out-of-sorts pace bowler Mohammad Amir from their 17-man squad for next month's two-test series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates, with left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz earning a recall.

Western Australia opener D'Arcy Short clobbered 23 sixes in a blistering 257 against Queensland to register the highest score by an Australian in one-day cricket on Friday.

The last barrier to a 365-day professional sporting calendar in Australia looks set to come down with a report in the local media on Friday saying cricketers had agreed to play Twenty20 matches on Christmas Day.

Sep 27 (OPTA) - Standings of the County Championship Div1 on Thursday P W L T Ded RR PTS Surrey 14 10 1 0 0 254 Somerset 14 7 2 1 0 208 Essex 14 7 4 0 0 187 Yorkshire 14 5 5 0 0 158 Hampshire 14 4 5 0 0 144 Nottinghamshire 14 4 8 0 0 133 Lancashire 14 3 7 1 1 133 Worcestershire 14 2 10 0 0 104 Note: Ded-Dedu

Sep 27 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play on the fourth day of between Surrey and Essex on Thursday at London, England Essex win by 1 wicket Surrey 1st innings Rory Burns c Simon Harmer b Matthew Quinn 19 Mark Stoneman c Adam Wheater b Jamie Porter 2 Jason Roy lbw Jamie Porter 5 Ollie Pope c Ravi Bopara b Sam Cook 26 Ben Foakes lbw Matthew Quinn 0 Will Jacks b Sam Cook

Paceman Josh Hazlewood and all-rounder Mitch Marsh were named joint vice-captains of the Australia test team on Thursday under a new leadership structure installed in the wake of this year's ball-tampering scandal.