IPL 2016

Chandika Hathurusingha: ‘This experience will help Bangladesh cricket and will help these players to do much better in the future’ © Getty Images Bangladesh’s coach Chandika Hathurusingha has warned against overreacting to the team’s winless tour of New Zealand by making drastic changes to the side. The visitors lost all eight international matches despite dominating parts of a number of the games. Hathurusingha said that the likes of Kamrul Islam…

Perth Scorchers women 1 for 125 (Villani 52*, Bolton 36) beat Brisbane Heat women 5 for 124 (Short 39, Kimmince 25*, King 2-17) by nine wicketsScorecard Emma King bowled a tight spell during the Scorchers’ convincing win © Getty Images Perth Scorchers romped to a comprehensive victory – by nine wickets and with 4.2 overs to spare – over Brisbane Heat to book their place in the final of the…

Rest of India 226 (Pujara 86, Gaja 4-60) and 379 for 4 (Saha 203*, Pujara 116*) beat Gujarat 358 (Gandhi 169, Kaul 4-86, Pankaj 4-104) and 246 (Panchal 73, Gandhi 70, Nadeem 4-64, Kaul 3-70) by six wicketsScorecard Wriddhiman Saha became the first batsman in score a double century in the fourth innings of the Irani Cup © AFP Wriddhiman Saha completed his maiden double hundred and Cheteshwar Pujara his…

Andre Russell has continued to play while awaiting a verdict from the JADCO tribunal © Cricket Australia/Getty Images The anti-doping tribunal hearing West Indies allrounder Andre Russell‘s case is set to deliver its verdict on January 31. The independent tribunal is looking into whether he breached the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) code by being negligent about filing his whereabouts three times between January and July 2015. If found guilty, Russell…

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has taken over as caretaker head after its president Anurag Thakur was removed by the Supreme Court © Sajjad Hussain/AFP The Supreme Court is likely to finalise a committee of administrators to run the BCCI on Tuesday, and amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium has asked for this committee to be given the power to run the IPL, appoint the board’s representative to ICC meetings and take over…

Andre Russell has continued to play while awaiting a verdict from the JADCO tribunal © Cricket Australia/Getty Images The anti-doping tribunal hearing into whether West Indies allrounder Andre Russell was guilty after allegedly failing to file his whereabouts three times between January and July 2015 will deliver its verdict on January 31. If the charge is proved Russell faces the danger of being banned for two years. According to the…

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has taken over as caretaker head after its president Anurag Thakur was removed by the Supreme Court © Sajjad Hussain/AFP The Supreme Court is likely to finalise a committee of administrators to run the BCCI on Tuesday, and amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium has asked for this committee to be given the power to run the IPL, appoint the board’s representative to ICC meetings and take over…

Carlos Brathwaite left the Big Bash League to play domestic cricket in West Indies, which also clashes with the PSL © Getty Images West Indies allrounders Dwayne Bravo and Carlos Brathwaite as well as England batsman Alex Hales are among the prominent players who have been ruled out of the second season of Pakistan Super League which begins on February 9. Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh and…

Afghanistan have never lost a bilateral series to Zimbabwe © ICC/Getty Images Zimbabwe have successfully negotiated a five-match ODI series with Afghanistan to plug the gap in their cricket calendar. They last played internationals in November – a 50-over tri-series with West Indies and Sri Lanka – but were looking at a six-month hiatus before their next assignment – a tour of Sri Lanka. This has now changed with Afghanistan…

Max Holden can anticipate a county debut with Northants © Getty Images Max Holden, who will skipper England Under-19s on their impending tour of India, has been loaned by Middlesex to Northants for the first half of the 2017 season. Holden, a correct opening batsman who has yet to make a first XI debut for Middlesex, will take part in Northants’ pre-season tour of the Caribbean and remain with the…