IPL 2016

Toss India opt to bowl v Bangladesh Heavy rain delayed the start of the Asia Cup final by two hours © AFP India’s captain MS Dhoni opted to bowl after heavy rain reduced the Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and India to a 15-overs per side match. Play was rescheduled to 9:30pm local time, exactly two hours after the scheduled start. Harbhajan Singh, Pawan Negi and Bhuvneshwar Kumar made way…

David Warner showed his versatility after the move down the order © Associated Press David Warner is excited with his new role in the middle order of Australia’s T20 side which has been handed to him ahead of the World T20 in India. Before this series against South Africa he had only ever opened in T20Is, but after batting at No. 3 in the opening match in Durban he compiled…

Dale Steyn picked up two wickets on his comeback but South Africa couldn’t seal victory © Associated Press Even though South Africa lost their first T20 in six matches, captain Faf du Plessis was impressed with their attempt at defending 204. Du Plessis identified the extras – South Africa sent down eight wides and two no-balls compared to Australia’s three wides and one no-ball – as the difference between a…

Dhaka – Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan scored a swashbuckling fifty to help his side crush Bangladesh by eight wickets and clinch the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket title on Sunday. Indian cricketers pose for a photo after winning the Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on March 6, 2016 © AFP Munir uz Zaman Full Scorecard: India vs Bangladesh Asia Cup 2016 Final Match…

Australia 205 for 5 (Warner 77, Maxwell 75) beat South Africa 204 for 7 (du Plessis 79, Faulkner 3-28) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner reached his fifty from 25 balls © Associated Press Australia levelled the three-match T20 series against South Africa with a five-wicket win from the last ball of the match in Johannesburg. A record fourth-wicket stand of 161 between David Warner and Glenn Maxwell…

Toss India opt to bowl v Bangladesh Heavy rain delayed the start of the Asia Cup final by two hours © AFP India’s captain MS Dhoni opted to bowl in the rain-reduced 15-overs a side Asia Cup final in Mirpur. Play was rescheduled to 9:30pm local time, exactly two hours after the scheduled start of play. Harbhajan Singh, Pawan Negi and Bhuvneshwar Kumar made way for R Ashwin, Ashish Nehra…

Ronnie Flanagan defended the ACU saying it didn’t have the “powers of the police force” and that its efficiency shouldn’t be judged by the number of people prosecuted © AFP An international team is under investigation for corruption, the ICC’s anti-corruption unit chairman has revealed at the outset of the World Twenty20 in India. Sir Ronnie Flanagan said the ACU had thwarted attempts to “manipulate” events in forthcoming matches to…

Ronnie Flanagan defended the ACU saying it didn’t have the “powers of the police force” and that its efficiency shouldn’t be judged by the number of people prosecuted © AFP Sir Ronnie Flanagan, chairman of the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU), has revealed that his organisation has thwarted attempts of an international team to “manipulate” events in forthcoming matches to facilitate betting, and that action has been initiated against “one or…

Ronnie Flanagan defended the ACU saying it didn’t have the “powers of the police force” and that its efficiency shouldn’t be judged by the number of people prosecuted © AFP Sir Ronnie Flanagan, chairman of the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU), has revealed that his organisation has thwarted attempts of an international team to “manipulate” events in forthcoming matches to facilitate betting, and that action has been initiated against “one or…