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Victoria have handed contracts to allrounder Ian Holland and batsman Travis Dean for the 2015-16 season

Sam Harper's rapid century and Patrick Page's 104-ball 99 shaped Australia Under-19s five-wicket win over New Zealand Under-19's in Dubai.

Western Australia batsman William Bosisto will captain the Cricket Australia XI in next month's Matador Cup, with former Test player Brad Hodge named as the side's coach

Ashton Agar smashed 47 off 19 balls to set up victory for Western Australia in a severely rain-shortened match against the Cricket Australia XI at Hurstville Oval in Sydney

Victoria reached 6 for 263 on the second day at the MCG in reply to South Australia's 405

Victoria wicketkeeper Sam Harper was hospitalised with a heavy concussion after being hit on the head by Jake Lehmann's bat in the Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide

After Harris gave the Renegades a usefully rapidfire start, Harper and Cooper needed only to keep their heads, something they did with the help of dropped catches by the Heat

The two shared seven wickets to restrict the Sixers to 115, a total that proved inadequate in the face of some fine strokeplay from Tom Cooper and Sam Harper

In a match of twists, turns and subplots the experience of Dan Christian proved the decisive factor amid tension and umpiring controversy

Stoinis scored his third consecutive fifty this Shield season, leading Western Australia's strong reply to Victoria's 341

They chased down 170 with two balls to spare as the Renegades made a number of fielding errors

Jhye Richardson and Mitchell Marsh took five wickets between them before the Scorchers openers aced the chase

Despite a late wobble in defence, a solid all-round show broke a sequence of nine consecutive defeats

Mohammad Nabi threatened to pull off a steep chase but Ellis held his nerve in the final over in a game where Sam Harper was subbed out for concussion

A round-up from the opening day of the latest Sheffield Shield round as teams push to play NSW in the final

Win helps Stars move up to third spot, while Renegades continue to languish at the bottom

Sam Harper gave the Renegades hope in the chase but the Heat attack did a good job closing out the game

Victoria a turned a likely deficit into a lead then claimed early wickets to set up the chance of victory

The dismissal occurred when he moved to block a throw at the stumps from bowler Dan Worrall

New head coach David Saker has the task turning around the club after two miserable seasons

Handscomb declared with him unbeaten on 281 after a record stand of 338 alongside Sam Harper

Tasmania will still be confident of the chase but need much more than looked likely

Hopes are high for a resurgence from Renegades with the help of new overseas players including Andre Russell, Martin Guptill, Akeal Hosein and Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Hurricanes in sixth place with three wins from eight games after six-wicket defeat

Australia legspinner didn't quite know the Law while Sydney Thunder secured a big win out west

Matt Short's first over included two deliveries which should have been a no-ball but only one was called

Zampa, who was Stars' stand-in captain last season, requested a trade to Renegades back in February

The wicketkeeper put on an astonishing display to lift Victoria from 67 for 5 on a dramatic rain-shortened day

The batter was initially given caught at slip before returning to the crease on another action-packed day

He suffered a laceration to his chin and neck but scans cleared him of a fracture

The wicketkeeper was injured in a nasty incident at training early in January

One-time Test batter suffered symptoms after a blow to the head in a 2nd XI game last week

Kellaway has combined with Sam Harper for a match-winning partnership in Victoria's three-wicket victory

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