IPL 2016

New Zealand played the inaugural day-night Test in Adelaide © Getty Images Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain, has suggested day-night Tests may need to be viewed as a different format if conditions vary significantly from the day game as New Zealand prepare to host their first pink-ball international next summer against England at Eden Park. In preparation, New Zealand’s domestic teams are playing the current round of Plunket Shield…

New Zealand played the inaugural day-night Test in Adelaide © Getty Images Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain, has suggested day-night Tests may need to be viewed as a different format if conditions vary significantly from the day game as New Zealand prepare to host their first pink-ball international next summer against England at Eden Park. In preparation, New Zealand’s domestic teams are playing the current round of Plunket Shield…

Gautam Gambhir: “I could not have let this man (Bhaskar) play with careers of young players like Unmukt Chand and Nitish Rana.” © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Batsman Gautam Gambhir has criticised Delhi coach KP Bhaskar for “creating an atmosphere of uncertainty” among the youngsters in the side. Gambhir admitted he had an argument with Bhaskar after Delhi’s Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh on Monday, but insisted that he was…

Lunch Sri Lanka 443 fo 6 (Perera 30*, Herath 1*) v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sri Lanka lost Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella in the first session but not before they had stretched their partnership to 110 © AFP Sri Lanka lost their overnight pair to impulsive shots, but continued to stride towards a mammoth score on the second morning at Galle. Kusal Mendis will chastise himself for squandering…

New South Wales 4 for 333 (Cowan 125*, Maddinson 70, Henriques 54, Patterson 52) lead South Australia 229 (Ferguson 75, Carey 56, Cummins 4-57) by 104 runsScorecard File photo – Ed Cowan scored his third hundred in four games © Getty Images Ed Cowan‘s dominance of the Dukes ball in the Sheffield Shield continued as he plundered his third century in four matches to help New South Wales into a…

New South Wales 4 for 333 (Cowan 125*, Maddinson 70, Henriques 54, Patterson 52) lead South Australia 229 (Ferguson 75, Carey 56, Cummins 4-57) by 104 runsScorecard File photo – Ed Cowan scored his third hundred in four games © Getty Images Ed Cowan‘s dominance of the Dukes ball in the Sheffield Shield continued as he plundered his third century in four matches to help New South Wales into a…

Ramachandra Guha has called KSCA’s decision to boycott the functions “foolish and petty” © Toronto Star via Getty Images Ramachandra Guha, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), has appealed to the KSCA to reconsider its “ill-advised” decision to boycott the annual BCCI awards and the MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture on Wednesday evening (March 8) in Bengaluru. Guha further said the state body would insult the awardees…

Tea Bangladesh 31 for 0 (Tamim 17*, Sarkar 14*) trail Sri Lanka 494 ((Mendis 194, Gunaratne 85, Dickwella 75, Perera 51, Mehedi 4-113) by 463 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Dilruwan Perera struck a handy half-century to steer Sri Lanka towards 500 © AFP Bangladesh wiped out the Sri Lanka tail in little over an hour after lunch, then made it unscathed to 31, in response to the 494 the…

Tea Bangladesh 31 for 0 (Tamim 17*, Sarkar 14*) trail Sri Lanka 494 ((Mendis 194, Gunaratne 85, Dickwella 75, Perera 51, Mehedi 4-113) by 463 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Dilruwan Perera struck a handy half-century to steer Sri Lanka towards 500 © AFP Bangladesh wiped out the Sri Lanka tail in little over an hour after lunch, then made it unscathed to 31, in response to the 494 the…

Victoria 5 for 106 (Stoinis 46) trail Western Australia 146 (Turner 59, Fawad 3-14) by 40 runsScorecard File photo – Fawad Ahmed took 3 for 14 in his first Sheffield Shield game for nearly a year © Getty Images Fawad Ahmed enjoyed his return to Sheffield Shield cricket for the first time in nearly a year, collecting 3 for 14 as Victoria skittled Western Australia for 146 in Alice Springs….