IPL 2016

Dan Christian (second from right) takes over from James Taylor in Nottinghamshire’s T20 side © Getty Images Dan Christian, the Australian allrounder, has taken over as Nottinghamshire’s captain for the NatWest T20 Blast after James Taylor decided to stand down due to his England commitments. Chris Read, the club captain who leads the side in the County Championship, will take charge for the Royal London Cup. Taylor has played in…

India 82 for 1 (Rohit 39, Yuvraj 25*) beat UAE 81 for 9 (Shaiman 43, Bhuvneshwar 2-8) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Bhuvneshwar Kumar suffocated UAE with returns of 4-2-8-2 © AFP India versus UAE was a no contest. There was precious little intent from the UAE batsmen and all India had to do was go through the motions to gain a nine-wicket victory. It was India’s biggest win…

Match facts March 4, 2016Start time 1930 local (1330 GMT) Mohammad Amir’s form in the tournament has been one of the few positives for Pakistan © AFP Big Picture With tails between their legs, two of the better nations in T20 history prepare to play out a dead rubber, two years after they had contested the final of this tournament. Their routes to this match were similar enough. Both teams…

Match facts March 4, 2016Start time 1930 local (1330 GMT) Mohammad Amir’s form in the tournament has been one of the few positives for Pakistan © AFP Big Picture With tails between their legs, two of the better nations in T20 history prepare to play out a dead rubber, two years after they had contested the final of this tournament. Their routes to this match were similar enough. Both teams…

Shaharyar Khan – “If they won’t give a public statement, then I see it’s very difficult to go to India” © AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has threatened pulling out of the World Twenty20 if they did not get a clear message about the security situation from the Indian government. Shaharyar Khan, the PCB chairman, called for India to publicly acknowledge Pakistan’s participation in the tournament and to also…

In January, the Lodha panel had proposed a series of sweeping changes to the BCCI’s administrative and governance structures © AFP India’s Supreme Court has told the BCCI that it might be inclined to send a few of the recommendations proposed by the Lodha committee back to the three-member panel for review. The two-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah, did not, specify, however, which recommendations…

Toss UAE chose to bat v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Pawan Negi was handed an international debut © BCCI UAE had made it “scary” for Pakistan on the very same pitch, and they were hoping for a repeat against India as Amjad Javed won the toss and opted to bat again. They had one change – new-ball bowler Qadeer Ahmed had recovered from an injury and…

The gasholder looms over an England fielding drill during the 2015 Ashes Test at The Oval Gareth Copley / © Getty Images The future of the iconic Victorian gasholder outside The Oval in South London has been secured after the structure was granted Grade II listed status. Gasholder No.1, as it was known when it was first built in 1847, was the largest of its type in the world before…