Tom Latham scored an unbeaten 109 as New Zealand declared their second innings at 267-3 to set an improbable 405-run target for Sri Lanka. After that, Tim Southee picked up two wickets to reduce Lankans to 109 for three on rain-hit Day 4.

While the expectation is that either Shaun Marsh or Usman Khawaja will miss out in Melbourne, coach Darren Lehmann raised the prospect of one of them playing as opener, possibly at the expense of Joe Burns.

James Pattinson failed to take a wicket in the West Indies first innings with his new more front-on style but made adjustments and claimed five in the second innings to trigger a batting collapse.

England will play South Africa A in a second three-day game in Pietermaritzburg from December 20 before the first Test starts in Durban on December 26

The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala will add 5000 more seats to the existing capacity for the 2016 World Twenty20.

Ravi Shastri, who is the Team Director of the Indian Cricket Team, has hailed Virat Kohli's captaincy but has cautioned that India's batsmen need to improve big time against spinners.

Shreyas Iyer, who is the leading run-getter in the Ranji Trophy in the 2015/16 season, says that an interaction with Sachin Tendulkar before the start of the season helped him tremendously.

Dharamsala will host 10 matches in the 2016 World Twenty20, including the blockbuster between India and Pakistan on March 19.