Month: April 2016

Match facts Saturday, April 23, 2016Start time 2000 local (14.30 GMT) Glenn Maxwell has not scored an IPL fifty in 24 innings © BCCI Big Picture Having started with back-to-back defeats, Sunrisers Hyderabad recovered to post back-to-back victories. Kings XI Punjab started similarly slowly and recovered briefly with a win against Rising Pune Supergiants before faltering again in their next game against Kolkata Knight Riders. As a result, they are…

File photo – South Africa chinaman Tabraiz Shamsi was handed his IPL debut by Royal Challengers Bangalore © Caribbean Premier League Rising Pune Supergiants captain MS Dhoni opted to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their first home game of the season. They made one change with Rajat Bhatia replacing Irfan Pathan. Royal Challengers made two changes. Mandeep Singh got a game in place of Travis Head, who made 37…

Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium was originally supposed to host the IPL 2016 final, on May 29 © AFP The Mumbai Cricket Association and Maharashtra Cricket Association have moved the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order that ruled that all IPL 2016 matches scheduled to be played in Maharashtra in May should be moved out. The Mumbai Cricket Association’s plea, according to PTI, was put before a bench comprising Justices…

Mark Wood is expected to remain out of action for up to eight weeks © Getty Images Durham and England fast bowler Mark Wood has undergone second surgery on his left ankle. The surgery was to address issues at the back of his left ankle, five months after a successful surgery to the front of the same ankle in November. Wood will now undergo a rehabilitation period and begin his…

Shikhar Dhawan scored only his third double-digit score in eight innings © BCCI Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Shikhar Dhawan has said that he did not put too much pressure on himself during his recent lean patch. He made three single-digit scores this IPL before scoring an unbeaten half-century in Sunrisers’ ten-wicket win over Gujarat Lions on Thursday. In the World T20 last month, he had managed only 43 runs in four…

Martin Guptill’s 237 is the highest score in a World Cup match © Getty Images Lancashire have signed New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill for the 2016 NatWest T20 Blast season. It is anticipated that Guptill, the first New Zealander to hit an ODI double-century and a member of the team that reached the 2015 World Cup final, will be available for six Lancashire games between his commitments with Mumbai Indians…

There is a chance Indian spectators might not get to watch next year’s IPL at home © BCCI Governing council to discuss moving tenth IPL outside India BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur has said that members of the IPL governing council will consider moving the next edition of the tournament outside India because of the drought situation in a few states in the country. “The IPL governing council will be looking…

New Zealand had played the inaugural day-night Test against Australia last November © Getty Images A day after BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said India would host a day-night Test against New Zealand later this year, New Zealand Cricket has stated that a number of factors were yet to be finalised before the match could be confirmed. Head of cricket operations at NZC, Lindsay Crocker, said that the board had hardly…

Jonathan Wells debuted for Western Australia last season after moving from Tasmania © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Fast bowler Ryan Duffield and batsman Jonathan Wells are among the inclusions in Western Australia’s contract list for the 2016-17 season. Opening batsman Jake Carder and fast bowler Josh Nicholas have also earned deals after making their first-class debuts last summer, while fast bowler Jhye Richardson and spinner Liam O’Connor have been upgraded from…