Month: March 2016

The Women’s Cricket Super League which starts this summer will be named the Kia Super League after the car manufacturer agreed a two-year deal to further support the game as the title sponsor of the competition. The new partnership, which was revealed by the ECB with the central competition logo today, represents the first ever standalone title sponsorship for a domestic women’s cricket competition in England. Under the terms of…

The Women’s Cricket Super League which starts this summer will be named the Kia Super League after the car manufacturer agreed a two-year deal to further support the game as the title sponsor of the competition. The new partnership, which was revealed by the ECB with the central competition logo today, represents the first ever standalone title sponsorship for a domestic women’s cricket competition in England. Under the terms of…

The on-field umpires talk to captain Matthew Wade before penalising Victoria for ball tampering © Getty Images Victoria’s bowling coach Mick Lewis is on his last behavioural warning from the Bushrangers after being fined $2,266 for tampering with the ball on day three of the Sheffield Shield final against South Australia at Glenelg Oval. In the 10th over of SA’s second innings Mark Cosgrove struck a boundary, and a Cricket…

England will have something like ‘home advantage’ over New Zealand in Wednesday’s World Twenty20 semi-final, says Ben Stokes. Stokes and his team-mates will play their third straight match at the Feroz Shah Kolta in Delhi, where they have been based for 11 days. New Zealand, by contrast, played their four groups games in Nagpur, Dharamsala, Mohali and Kolkata. Although the Black Caps won all four of those fixtures, Stokes believes…

Charlotte Edwards wants two England wins on Wednesday when the women’s and men’s teams play their ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals in a double-header. First at the Feroz Shah Kolta in Delhi Edwards’ side take on holders Australia in a repeat of the World T20 final two years ago. Later at the same venue Eoin Morgan‘s men face New Zealand, who won all four of their group games. Both matches on…

Toss South Africa chose to bowl v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Angelo Mathews did not take the field for Sri Lanka’s final game of the World T20 © Associated Press Faf du Plessis opted to chase in South Africa’s final match of the World T20, which they will play with Dale Steyn in the XI. Steyn was not part of the team for the last two matches but…

In the lead up to the 2016 domestic season, ecb.co.uk is running a series of features with all 18 first-class counties. Glamorgan all-rounder Craig Meschede is eyeing up the one available promotion spot in Division Two. Achieving promotion in the Specsavers County Championship will be that much tougher than normal in 2016 but all-rounder Craig Meschede is optimistic Robert Croft will lead Glamorgan back to the top flight. The former England…