IPL 2016

File photo: Nurul Hasan scored 113 out of Central Zone’s 219 in the second innings © AFP Sunzamul Islam‘s nine-wicket haul in the second innings helped North Zone crush Central Zone by an innings and 50 runs in Chittagong. The left-arm spinner’s 9 for 80 are the third-best bowling figures by a Bangladeshi bowler in first-class cricket. Sunzamul, bowling unchanged for 27.4 overs, ran through the Central Zone batting line-up…

Ben Stokes is among the top bracket of players expected to go under the hammer for the IPL © AFP England’s Ben Stokes, Eoin Morgan and Chris Woakes are among the seven players who have listed themselves at the highest base price of INR 2 crore (approx US $298,000) for the IPL player auction scheduled in Bangalore on February 20. India fast bowler Ishant Sharma, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews,…

South Africa have met Afghanistan twice in World T20 matches © Associated Press JP Duminy would welcome an ODI league and the addition of two extra Test teams, as proposed by the ICC’s Chief Executives Committee (CEC) at the latest round of board meetings last week. If approved, international cricket could run on a new schedule with a two-year Test league, a three-year, 13-team ODI league, culminating in qualification for…

Morne Morkel is targeting a comeback in the Test series in New Zealand, while Dale Steyn hopes to return for the Tests in England in July-August © Getty Images Dale Steyn brought seven-week-old Chobe, a Border Collie puppy, and nine-year-old Sadie, a golden retriever, to Newlands on Monday. Morne Morkel was there too, and had his 17-month old son Arias in tow. But this was not a play date for…

Australia are the current holders of the Women’s World Cup © AFP It is an anomaly that the qualifying event for a World Cup in England is being played in Sri Lanka, but that, perhaps, will be the last thing on the minds of the 10 teams fighting to be a part of the biggest event in women’s cricket. In principle, identifying four more contenders to join Australia, England, New…

Match facts February 7, 2016Start time 1330 local (1130 GMT) Dinesh Chandimal will hope for some runs to redeem what has been a disastrous tour so far © Getty Images/Sportsfile Big Picture It has got to that point in the series where the dominant side is starting to wonder if its opposition will ever turn up. “Have Sri Lanka even sent a team?” was one of the questions asked when…

Imrul Kayes has been replaced in Bangladesh’s squad by Mossadek Hossain © AFP Bangladesh opening batsman Imrul Kayes has been ruled out of contention for the one-off Test against India, which starts on Thursday in Hyderabad. Imrul injured his left thigh while fielding on day two of the Bangladeshis’ tour match against India A at the Gymkhana ground. According to BCB media manager Rabeed Imam, it is a recurrence of…

Josh Little is putting his education first © Peter Della Penna Josh Little, Ireland’s 17-year-old left-arm quick, has put his education ahead of his cricket and pulled out of Ireland’s squad for a T20I series against Afghanistan in India next month. He has been replaced by Peter Chase, the Malahide seamer. Little has already interrupted his studies for an Under-19 tournament in Bangladesh last year, as well as two T20s…

‘There is no president, and no secretary, so those offices are not functional’ – Diana Edulji © AFP The Supreme Court-appointed committee of administrators has shut down the offices of Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke after deeming them to be non-functional. Considering how both of them had been removed from the BCCI, the committee asked their staff in Delhi and Pune respectively to leave as well. Diana Edulji, a member…

‘There is no president, and no secretary, so those offices are not functional’ – Diana Edulji © AFP The Supreme Court-appointed committee of administrators has shut down the offices of Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke after deeming them to be non-functional. Considering how both of them had been removed from the BCCI, the committee asked their staff in Delhi and Pune respectively to leave as well. Diana Edulji, a member…