Month: January 2016

Dimitri Mascarenhas has a month left with the New Zealand team © Getty Images New Zealand are set to lose their second bowling coach in as many years, after Dimitri Mascarenhas announced he will quit at the end of the home series against Australia in February. Mascarenhas had begun the role after Shane Bond quit as bowling coach following the 2015 World Cup, but cited family reasons for his decision…

Cameron Bancroft played nine of his ten T20s this summer for Perth Scorchers © Getty Images Cameron Bancroft will make his international debut in Sunday’s third and final Twenty20 against India in Sydney after being called in to replace Matthew Wade as wicketkeeper. Wade is one of five players in Australia’s T20 squad for the India series who will be unavailable for the final game as they fly to New…

Under Graham Ford, Surrey returned to the top tier of county cricket in England © Getty Images Graham Ford is set to begin his second stint as Sri Lanka’s new head coach after Surrey announced he was leaving the county to take up the position. Ford had already coached Sri Lanka for two years, beginning in early 2012. He had been linked to the Sri Lanka job since the middle…

File photo: More rain prevented Hong Kong and Scotland from taking the field at Mission Road © Getty Images The second ODI between Hong Kong and Scotland at Mission Road has been abandoned without a ball bowled due to consistent rain across the city. The match had been pushed into a reserve day but that mattered little as wet weather continued from Thursday into Friday and with no chance of…

Pakistan A set up the second decider of the winter against England Lions with a six-wicket victory in Dubai to square the 50-over series at 2-2. The Lions came from behind to win the T20 series between the teams before Christmas, with Tom Curran holding his nerve in a tense Super Over finish. Now it is the Pakistanis who will go into Saturday’s decider with confidence after coming back from…

Graham Ford has left Surrey after two years at the Kia Oval to rejoin Sri Lanka as head coach. The 55-year-old South African previously coached Sri Lanka from 2012 until 2014, before taking over the reins at Surrey. Ford was instrumental in bringing Kumar Sangakkara to the club, and last season guided Surrey to the Division Two title in the County Championship and the Royal London One-Day Cup final, where…

England started 2016 in fine style by knocking South Africa off their perch as the world’s top-ranked Test team. After winning back the Ashes last summer expectations are starting to rise around a blossoming England team and even Proteas skipper AB de Villiers has suggested Alastair Cook’s men could be “the team to beat” in Tests over the next couple of years. It is worth noting that England hold seven of…

[embedded content] James Taylor has shared the secrets behind his short-leg catching success during England’s Test series against South Africa.  Videos and vines of his two stunning catches during the third Test in Johannesburg were continuously displayed throughout social media and Taylor highlighted his preparation off the field as the sole reason for those moments of magic. The increasing regularity of these catches have seen many question the diminutive batsman’s methods…

[embedded content] Katherine Brunt admits reaching the milestone of 100 one-day international wickets would mean “everything” ahead of England women’s three-match series in South Africa. The Yorkshire seamer, fresh from helping Perth Scorchers reach the finals of the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League, needs just one more wicket to reach the landmark which could come when England face South Africa in Benoni next Sunday. Having made her debut against the…