Month: March 2016

The Netherlands and Scotland are among the prominent Associate nations to have suffered an overall funding reduction © ICC The ICC is considering increasing funding for Associate and Affiliate nations as part of the ongoing review into its governance and structure. The news will go some way to appeasing Associate representatives aggrieved by the effects of the ICC’s 2014 financial and administrative restructuring, informally referred to as the Big Three…

To celebrate International Women’s Day, England and Lancashire bowler Kate Cross reflects on her cricketing journey. So today marks the day that women are celebrated worldwide. It’s up to you how you recognise the strides that women have made in all aspects of life but for me it’s a fantastic opportunity to reflect on the progress that has occurred in sport, particularly women’s cricket.  I remember being a scruffy little eight-year-old…

“It is cold at night and we have to play two matches at night. We haven’t had too many chances of playing in India, but there cannot be any excuses.” © AFP Bangladesh’s last tour of India was for the Champions Trophy in 2006. Mashrafe Mortaza, the captain, is just one of two surviving members – Shakib Al Hasan being the other – from that side. If Bangladesh were playing…

Mumbai 603 (Suryakumar 156, Bista 104, Jayant 4-132) and 2 for 1 lead Rest of India 306 (Nair 94, Nayar 3-35) by 299 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Abhishek Nayar picked up three wickets to derail Rest of India on a good batting surface at the Brabourne Stadium © PTI Mumbai took giant steps towards making it a grand double this season, as they bowled out Rest of India…

Former Sussex and England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior has been awarded an Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club. The 34-year-old represented England in 79 Tests, 68 one-day internationals and 10 Twenty20s before calling time on his playing career in 2015 due to a serious Achilles injury. Prior won three Ashes series and was part of Andrew Strauss’ side that rose to the top of the International Cricket Council Test rankings…

08 March 2016 | David Clark    Tweet                 Somerset have smashed their previous sales record as fans rushed to get their hands NatWest T20 Blast tickets. Over 5,500 tickets to witness Chris Gayle in action at the Cooper Associates County Ground were sold in the space of seven hours on Monday – the first day of sales. Commenting on the unprecedented numbers, Somerset’s head of commercial…