Month: April 2016

The first round of Specsavers County Championship fixtures start on Sunday, with three matches in Division One and three in Division Two. Here, ecb.co.uk takes a look at the team news.    To toss or not to toss… Sunday’s Championship games will see a little bit of history: https://t.co/KcHCtQNql1 pic.twitter.com/qRefSlCXUP — County Championship (@CountyChamp) April 8, 2016 Division One Durham v Somerset Chris Rogers will make his debut for his…

File photo: Rowan Richards finished with match haul of 8 for 103 © BCCI Titans were crowned South Africa’s first-class champions after a 10-run win over Cobras inside three days. Titans, who topped the points table going into the final weekend, ensured they stayed there despite an early scare in Paarl. Cobras were bowled out for 164 in their first innings after Wayne Parnell, who took 12 for 105 against…

File photo: Rowan Richards finished with match haul of 8 for 103 © BCCI Titans were crowned South Africa’s first-class champions after a 10-run win over Cobras inside three days. Titans, who topped the points table going into the final weekend, ensured they stayed there despite an early scare in Paarl. Cobras were bowled out for 164 in their first innings after Wayne Parnell, who took 12 for 105 against…

Match facts Sunday, April 10, 2016Start time 2000 local (14.30 GMT) T20 ‘Champion’: Can Andre Russell add the IPL title to his cabinet as well? © BCCI Big Picture Gautam Gambhir v Quinton de Kock. Robin Uthappa v Shreyas Iyer. Yusuf Pathan v Karun Nair. Andre Russell v Carlos Brathwaite. Shakib Al Hasan v Pawan Negi. T20 experience v T20 exuberance. An ensemble cast v a bunch of apprentices. Kolkata…

Toss: Mumbai Indians chose to bat v Rising Pune SupergiantsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mumbai Indians handed Jos Buttler his IPL debut © Getty Images Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians captain, sprung a surprise of sorts at the first toss of the IPL season, choosing to bat first at the Wankhede Stadium, where the chasing team won three out of four matches during the recently concluded World T20. MS Dhoni,…

Waqar Younis on Shahid Afridi: ‘He cannot sit for too long to highlight things, or absorb things and then go and implement them’ © AFP Waqar Younis does not think he was able to make much of a difference to Pakistan cricket in his recently concluded two-year stint as national coach. A big part of the problem, he told ESPNcricinfo in an interview, was a lack of proper direction at…