Thomas Frank was dismissed after just eight months in charge following a 2-1 home defeat to Newcastle on Tuesday.

New Zealand are scouring the options for a coach to take charge of the All Blacks after Scott Robertson's sacking midway through his four-year contract last month.

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of their opening T20 World Cup match against Ireland in Colombo on Wednesday after being struck in the groin during training, with Steve Smith jetting in as cover.

Afghanistan were 187 all out after South Africa scored 187-6 in the Group D encounter in Ahmedabad.

Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton was airlifted to hospital with two neck fractures following a fall in training and is out of the Winter Olympics.