IPL 2016

Perth Scorchers 5 for 175 (Bancroft 72, Agar 68, Russell 2-31) beat Sydney Thunder 9 for 145 (Russell 42, Tye 3-22, Behrendorff 3-26) by 30 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Cameron Bancroft was awarded the Man of the Match for his counterattacking 72 © Getty Images Despite their dominance of the BBL over the years, Perth Scorchers have repeatedly been written off. After they slumped to 2 for 1 in the…

Leicestershire hope to have floodlights installed at Grace Road for the start of the NatWest Blast © PA Photos Leicestershire have been granted planning permission to install floodlights at Grace Road, a development that has been viewed as vital to the club’s survival. Floodlit evening T20 matches have become increasingly important to driving gate revenue in the domestic game and Wasim Khan, Leicestershire’s chief executive, said the decision would help…

On the issue of whether the BCCI was bound to accept the reforms, RM Lodha, the chairman of the committee, had stated that it was not the committee’s job to suggest the course of action for the board © PTI Three days after the Lodha Committee submitted its report, the BCCI is yet to make its first public move, with no official statement being issued by the board and senior…

Match facts Friday, January 8, 2016Start time 2000 local (1600GMT) Sikandar Raza wasn’t among the runs in the ODI series, but a move up the order could help him find some form © AFP Big picture Over the course of one tour of Zimbabwe and a return series on neutral ground, Afghanistan have notched up a number of firsts: ODI and T20 series wins over a Test-playing opponent, and now…

07 January 2016 | Callum Dent    Tweet                 Leicestershire have been granted planning permission to install six floodlights at Grace Road. The Foxes submitted a planning application last November and were given the go-ahead to start work at a meeting at Leicester City Council last night. Leicestershire are hoping to have the lights in place for their first NatWest T20 Blast fixture of the season, against…

Former Warwickshire bowler Tom Allin has died at the age of 28. The county sent their condolences to the family of Allin, who represented them until 2013 before returning to his native Devon. A statement on Warwickshire’s website read: “Everyone at Edgbaston is immensely saddened by the news that former Warwickshire fast bowler Tom Allin has died.  The news of the death of Tom Allin is just so very sad….

Jason Holder and Steven Smith did not come to an agreement on a chase on the final day at the SCG © Getty Images The West Indies captain Jason Holder declined an offer to make a game of the rain-ruined third Test against Australia in Sydney because he did not think his side was ready to try to go for the win. In a scenario that the Caribbean side would…