Month: April 2016

Worcestershire batsman Joe Clarke will be blogging exclusively for ecb.co.uk throughout the season. In the first instalment, he discusses James Taylor’s sudden retirement, Tom Fell’s positive attitude, and a damp start to the season.  It has been a tough start to the season for everyone in county cricket, because of the news we heard last Tuesday morning that James Taylor has been forced to retire. Your sympathies go out first…

Gujarat Lions 147 for 7 (Finch 67*, Raina 27, McClenaghan 4-21, Bumrah 2-32) beat Mumbai Indians 143 for 8 (Parthiv 34, Southee 25, Tambe 2-12, Kulkarni 2-19) by three wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Aaron Finch brought up his third half-century of the season and carried his bat through in a tense finish © BCCI It took one week for IPL 2016 to finally deliver a blockbuster. Gujarat Lions controlled the…

Match facts Sunday, April 17, 2016Start time 2000 local (GMT 1430) Chris Gayle will be looking to make amends after failing to click against Sunrisers Hyderabad © BCCI Big picture Sunday night will pit together two teams at opposite ends of the spectrum, at least in how they have built their roster. Royal Challengers Bangalore bulked up their star power, not to mention their sheer power, with the addition of…

Toss Gujarat Lions opt to bowl v Mumbai IndiansLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Krunal Pandya, older brother of Hardik, was handed an IPL debut Arun Venugopal / © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Gujarat Lions, the early pace-setters with two wins in as many matches , opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. They made one change with local boy Dhawal Kulkarni replacing Ravindra Jadeja, who is…

Toss Gujarat Lions chose to field v Mumbai IndiansLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Krunal Pandya, older brother of Hardik, was handed an IPL debut Arun Venugopal / © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Gujarat Lions, the early pace-setters with two wins in as many matches , elected to field against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. Suresh Raina, their captain, announced one change with local boy Dhawal Kulkarni replacing Ravindra Jadeja, who is…

Kolkata Knight Riders 146 for 2 (Gambhir 90, Uthappa 38) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 142 for 7 (Morgan 51, Ojha 37, Umesh 3-28) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Gautam Gambhir smashed his 28th IPL fifty, his second in succession © BCCI With an attack in which Piyush Chawla was the sixth bowling option, Kolkata Knight Riders stamped their authority on Sunrisers Hyderabad to keep them to 142 and then hunt…

Shahadat Hossain and his wife were arrested on charges of assaulting their housemaid in October © AFP The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s disciplinary committee has turned down Shahadat Hossain’s appeal to play in this season’s Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. Shahadat was temporarily suspended by the BCB in September 2015 after the Dhaka police registered a case against him and his wife on charges of assaulting their housemaid under the Women…

Nepal 197 for 5 (Vesawkar 50*, Bhandari 40*, Burger 2-22) beat Namibia 195 for 9 (Burger 38, Smit 26, Regmi 3-40) by five wicketsScorecard File photo – Sharad Vesawkar’s patient knock helped Nepal overcome a low chase © Peter Della Penna Left-arm spinner Basant Regmi’s 3 for 40 and Sharad Vesawkar’s unbeaten 99-ball 50 helped Nepal beat Namibia by five wickets in the ICC World Cricket League Championship fixture in…