IPL 2016

Worcestershire 447 (D’Oliveira 97, Roderick 63, Brookes 50, Jordan 5-97) and 102 for 2 (Kashif 52*) beat Kent 171 (Muyeye 56, Leach 6-52) and 376 (Muyeye 211, Taylor 4-99) by eight wickets Worcestershire secured their second successive win in the Vitality County Championship to bolster their hopes of retaining Division One status as they overcame bottom-placed Kent by eight wickets at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Tom Taylor and Joe Leach…

Durham 531 for 7 dec (Lees 145, McKinney 129, Turner 114*, de Leede 79) beat Nottinghamshire 229 (James 56, McCann 51, Wagner 4-68) and 285 (Haynes 69, Slater 53, Hogg 7-66) by an innings and 17 runs A sensational seven-wicket haul from first-class debutant Daniel Hogg propelled Durham to a dominant Vitality County Championship win against Nottinghamshire. Hogg, who already had three second-innings wickets, mopped up the Notts tail on…

Derbyshire 429 (Dal 94, Came 84, Madsen 70, Crane 3-43, Kellaway 3-59) and 27 for 0 beat Glamorgan 168 (van der Gugten 46*, Chappell 6-47) and 287 (Carlson 56, Ingram 53, Morley 3-46) by 10 wickets Derbyshire finally celebrated a red-ball victory at their County Ground headquarters when they beat Glamorgan by 10 wickets in the Vitality County Championship Division Two match at Derby. They bowled the visitors out for…

Yorkshire 326 (Luxton 59, Bairstow 57, Carson 5-48) and 103 for 6 (Lyth 40, Carson 4-37) beat Sussex 189 (Alsop 86*, Hughes 53, Revis 3-38, Thompson 3-46) and 239 (Simpson 67, Alsop 61, Coad 5-69) by four wickets Yorkshire dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s on a four-wicket Vitality County Championship victory over Division Two pacesetters Sussex at Scarborough during the fourth morning to boost their hopes of promotion….

The ICC could introduce a dedicated fund from 2025 in an attempt to reinforce Test cricket and allow boards outside the Big Three to compete with more lucrative franchise leagues to ensure they can call upon a bigger pool of their talent. The initiative, driven primarily by Cricket Australia chair Mark Baird and with the support of the BCCI and ECB, is aimed at creating a central fund to provide…

Josh Hull, the Leicestershire left-arm seamer, has been added to England’s squad for the final two Tests against Sri Lanka, following confirmation that Mark Wood will play no further part in the series after suffering a thigh injury. Hull, 20, is one of the most exciting young players on the county circuit, although his first-class record is modest with 16 wickets at 62.75. Standing at 6ft 7in, he played a…

Lunch Pakistan 448 for 6 dec and 108 for 6 (Rizwan 22*, Shaheen 1*, Shakib 2-24, Mehidy 1-5) trail Bangladesh 565 by nine runs Bangladesh’s bowlers picked up five wickets in the first session of the last day to push for a rare away Test victory. They rode on the confidence that Mushfiqur Rahim’s 191 drilled into their campaign on Saturday to give them the upper hand with two sessions…

This will be 22-year-old Fatima’s first time as Pakistan captain in T20Is and at any ICC event. She has previously led the national team twice in ODIs, which included a famous Super Over win against New Zealand at Hagley Oval when she was standing in for the concussed Dar. Apart from the captaincy switch made by the national selection committee, the Pakistan side is fairly settled, with only one change…

Australia A 212 (Voll 71, Mani 5-58) and 260 (Darke 105*, de Broughe 58, Mani 6-92) beat India A 184 and 243 (Chetry 47, Knott 3-34, Flintoff 3-39) by 45 runs Two wickets in four balls from Tess Flintoff made the difference on the final day between Australia A and India A after the visitors had threatened to close down their target. Raghvi Bist and Uma Chetry built a seventh-wicket…

Nottinghamshire 229 (James 56, McCann 51, Wagner 4-68) and 212 for 6 (Haynes 59*, Slater 53, Hogg 3-40) trail Durham 531 for 7 dec (Turner 114*, de Leede 79) by 90 runs Daniel Hogg took his first four wickets in first-class cricket as Durham edged towards victory in their Vitality County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire despite some gritty resistance from Matt Montgomery and Jack Haynes. Durham picked up the last…