Month: April 2016

West Indies’ World T20 winners, Stafanie Taylor and Hayley Matthews, are among the overseas signings for the inaugural Women’s Super League © AFP The finalised squads for the inaugural Women’s Super League have been announced by the England & Wales Cricket Board, with a pool of more than 200 potential players having been narrowed down to six squads of 15. The tournament, sponsored by Kia, will feature a mix of…

Dharamsala will host all three of Kings XI’s matches that were shifted out of Nagpur © BCCI Dharamsala to host three matches Three of Kings XI Punjab’s home matches that were earlier scheduled in Nagpur will now be played in Dharamsala. The franchise shifted the games to Dharamsala following a Bombay High Court ruling last week that ordered all matches after April 30 to be moved out of Maharashtra due…

Dharamsala will host all three of Kings XI’s matches that were shifted out of Nagpur © BCCI Dharamsala to host three IPL matches Kings XI Punjab have chosen Dharamsala as their second home venue for the 2016 IPL. Kings XI were scheduled to play three of their seven home matches in Nagpur, with the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra stadium in Mohali hosting the remaining four. However, the prevalent water…

Marnus Labuschagne earned a Queensland contract for 2016-17 © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Queensland have looked to local youth to replenish their list for the 2016-17 season, upgrading five rookies from last summer and handing a contract to 21-year-old opening batsman Marnus Labuschagne. The Bulls have lost veterans James Hopes and Ryan Harris to retirement, while legspinner Cameron Boyce and allrounder Simon Milenko have moved to Tasmania. Fast bowler…

Shikhar Dhawan has managed scores of 8, 6 and 2 in three innings in the 2016 IPL © AFP VVS Laxman, the Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor, has dismissed concerns surrounding the form of Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan, who has endured a lean patch, hasn’t registered a single double-digit score, totalling just 16 runs in three innings in IPL 2016. “Shikhar’s form is not a worry for Sunrisers,” Laxman said on Wednesday. “He…

Sussex 360 (Nash 119, Joyce 61, Robinson) and 288 (Nash 92, Porter 5-82, Napier 5-92) drew with Essex 320 (Westley 86, ten Doeschate 51, Ryder 51) and 266 for 7 (Cook 127*)Scorecard After his first-innings failure, Alastair Cook was grateful for an early drop catch before easing to a hundred © Getty Images Alastair Cook rose to meet his particular challenge of recent days by scoring a second Championship hundred…

Lasith Malinga leaves hospital after more checks on his knee © AFP Sri Lanka Cricket’s doctors have confirmed a “substantial injury” to Lasith Malinga‘s left knee, after the bowler was ruled out of both the World T20 and the ongoing IPL. The SLC medical team has not advised surgery, but said the injury requires rest and periodic reassessment. For now, it appears that the bone bruise will rule Malinga out…

Mumbai Indians 172 for 4 (Rohit 62, Rayudu 31, Pollard 28*, Abdulla 3-40) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore170 for 7 (Head 37, Kohli 33, de Villiers 29, Bumrah 3-31, Krunal Pandya 2-27) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Rohit Sharma hit four fours and three sixes in his 44-ball 62 © BCCI Rohit Sharma returned to a familiar batting position that has brought him considerable success to thwart Royal Challengers Bangalore’s…