Month: April 2016

Sunil Narine will be available for selection from Wednesday © BCCI Sunil Narine will rejoin the Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday evening after a brief visit back home to Trinidad and Tobago following the death of his father. Narine will be available for selection for Knight Riders’ second fixture on Wednesday, against Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens. Narine, who opted out of the 2016 World Twenty20 to work on his…

Aravinda de Silva will step down as chief selector at the end of the month © AFP Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to retain outgoing chief selector Aravinda de Silva as an “advisor of cricket affairs” – a new loosely-defined position, in which he will be expected to work with the new selectors and national team management. De Silva will step down as chief selector at the end of the month…

SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala (right) is keen to tap talent from schools and youth cricket © AFP Sri Lanka Cricket has launched a ‘Super Under-19 Provincial Tournament’ to function as a sturdy link between schools cricket and senior cricket. The tournament will be contested between ten teams over three weeks, starting from April 19. Each side will play four two-day matches in the group stage, before the leaders in each…

Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik will lead Sindh and Punjab respectively in the new one-day tournamentt © AFP The PCB has introduced a revamped domestic one-day tournament, called the Pakistan Cup, to replace the existing Pentangular Cup. The tournament will be played between five provincial teams, starting April 19 in Faisalabad. The format will remain the same as the Pentangular Cup, but the process of picking players has been altered…

James Taylor retires April 12, 2016 ESPNcricinfo staff James Taylor has been forced to retire with a serious heart condition © Getty Images The cricket world is in shock following the news that James Taylor, the 26-year-old England batsman, has been forced to retire with a serious heart condition. Here is an outline of the condition arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a rare disease…

Martin Guptill has scored 821 runs from 28 CPL matches © Getty Images New Zealand opener Martin Guptill will captain Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2016 edition of the Caribbean Premier League, taking over the duties from Denesh Ramdin. Guptill was a part of the Guyana franchise in 2013 and 2014, before moving to St Kitts & Nevis Patriots for the 2015 season. In the 2016 CPL player draft, he…