Month: April 2016

Under Aaqib Javed, UAE gained ODI and T20I status and played the 2014 World T20 and the 2015 World Cup © ICC/Getty Images Former Pakistan fast bowler Aaqib Javed has stepped down as UAE coach and is considering taking up the role of director (cricket operations) with Pakistan Super League franchise, Lahore Qalandars. Javed, who has also served as Pakistan’s assistant coach, took up a three-year contract with UAE in…

Rising Pune Supergiants’ home game against Mumbai Indians will be held as scheduled © BCCI The IPL 2016 match between Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians will be held as scheduled on May 1 in Pune, the Bombay High Court ruled on Wednesday. Last week, the court had ruled that all matches after April 30 should be moved out of Maharashtra due to a severe state-wide drought, but it has…

AB de Villiers on the pink ball used in day-night Tests: “he pink ball has had some issues with how it responds to 80 overs of Test cricket.” © Getty Images AB de Villiers, South Africa’s Test captain, has voiced concerns over the day-night match in Adelaide and has suggested that a few Australia players may also be reluctant to go ahead with the game. His team-mate Dale Steyn, however,…

AB de Villiers on the pink ball used in day-night Tests: “he pink ball has had some issues with how it responds to 80 overs of Test cricket.” © Getty Images AB de Villiers, South Africa’s Test captain, has voiced concerns over the day-night match in Adelaide and has suggested that a few Australia players may also be reluctant to go ahead with the game. His team-mate Dale Steyn, however,…

Canberra Oval will become Australia’s tenth Test cricket venue © Associated Press Manuka Oval in Canberra will host Test cricket for the first time in 2018-19, when it will become Australia’s tenth Test venue. Sri Lanka are Australia’s likely opponent for the inaugural Canberra Test, a match that will provide Australia with its first new Test ground since 2003, when both Darwin and Cairns were added to the list for…

Nottinghamshire 242 and 175 (Wagner 5-45) lead Lancashire 332 (Livingstone 70, Davies 55, Ball 4-63) by 85 runsScorecard Neil Wagner finished with 11 for 111 on his Lancashire debut © Getty Images There was a point in the second hour of this day’s cricket when it was possible to believe that Brendon McCullum had never played the game, that the 20-over format was still an evening entertainment for club thrashers…

Chris Nash gets checked over by the physio after the blow to the helmet © Getty Images Sussex opener Chris Nash has credited wearing a helmet with a fixed grille from preventing a broken nose after he was hit on the head while batting in the County Championship match with Essex at Hove. The issue of ECB safety regulations requiring players to wear helmets that comply with a new British…