MELBOURNE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Opening batsman Aaron Finch will lead Australia in the absence of regular captain Steve Smith in next month's three-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka, the country's cricket board said on Tuesday.

WELLINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - New Zealand opening batsman Martin Guptill has been ruled out of the second one-day international against Australia in Napier on Thursday due to concerns over a hamstring injury.

NEW DELHI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A historian, a retired auditor and a financial executive were among four people named by India's highest court on Monday to run the country's cricket board (BCCI).

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Pakistan will host the final of its domestic Twenty20 tournament on home soil in March, the country's cricket board (PCB) said on Monday, a big lift for a nation which has largely been shunned by international teams since 2009 due to security risks.

MUMBAI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Eoin Morgan has lashed out at the umpiring standards in England's five-run loss to India in a Twenty20 international on Sunday, the captain saying his side would report their concerns to the match referee.

AUCKLAND, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Marcus Stoinis scored his maiden one-day century but it was not enough to give an undermanned Australia an astonishing victory in the opening match of their one-day series against New Zealand at Eden Park on Monday.

Jan 30 (Gracenote) - Scoreboard in the first One Day International between New Zealand and Australia on Monday in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand Innings M. Guptill b Stoinis 61 T. Latham c Handscomb b Starc 7 K. Williamson c Maxwell b Stoinis 24 R. Taylor b Head 16 N. Broom c Starc b Faulkner 73 C. Munro