Month: February 2016

Match facts Friday, February 26, 2016Start time 1930 local (1330 GMT) Taskin Ahmed has coped well with the extra responsibility placed on him by Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza © AFP Big Picture Careful when you research recent form with regard to this match. You’ll find Bangladesh have lost three Twenty20 internationals on the bounce, while UAE have won three of their last four T20Is. The condensed nature of T20 cricket…

Grace Road will be revamped ahead of the 2017 Women’s World Cup © PA Photos Leicestershire County Cricket Club has secured a £1 million loan from the city council to improve its facilities in time for next year’s Women’s World Cup. The loan, which will be repaid in full from Leicestershire’s ECB grant in 2018, will be serviced at a 5% interest rate and secured by a formal legal agreement…

25 February 2016 | Callum Dent    Tweet                 Nottinghamshire are on the lookout for a new overseas player for the 2016 campaign after a serious back injury ruled Australia paceman Peter Siddle out for “a significant amount of time.” The 31-year-old signed a two-year deal to return to Trent Bridge last November, but is now unable to fulfill his commitment this term after suffering stress fractures…

25 February 2016 | Callum Dent    Tweet                 Kent have announced the departure of all-rounder Ben Harmison. The 30-year-old, the younger brother of former England paceman Steven Harmison, arrived at the Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence from Durham in 2011. The former England Under-19 international registered four centuries for Kent, including two in an impressive 2013 campaign that saw him amass 712 County Championship runs at an…

Six Englishmen will be among the 31 match officials at next month’s World Twenty20 in India, the International Cricket Council have announced. Match referee Chris Broad, the father of England paceman Stuart Broad, will be joined by umpires Michael Gough, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough and Nigel Llong at the global event. Former Durham batsman Gough is one of 12 umpires set to make their World T20 debuts. Gould…

Mumbai 262 for 8 (Iyer 117, Suryakumar 48, Rathod 3-44, Jani 2-46, Unadkat 2-55) lead Saurashtra 235 (Vasavada 77, Mankad 66, Kulkarni 5-42, Thakur 3-89) by 27 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shreyas Iyer continued his excellent form and stroked his sixth first-class century © John Michel There are those who take the pitch out of the equation when they bat. Then there are others whose presence makes the pitch look…

Mumbai 262 for 8 (Iyer 117, Suryakumar 48, Rathod 3-44, Jani 2-46, Unadkat 2-55) lead Saurashtra 235 (Vasavada 77, Mankad 66, Kulkarni 5-42, Thakur 3-89) by 27 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shreyas Iyer continued his excellent form and stroked his sixth first-class century © John Michel There are those who take the pitch out of the equation when they bat. Then there are others whose presence makes the pitch look…