IPL 2016

Islamabad United 132 for 8 (Latif 39, Sharjeel 28, Bopara 2-25) beat Karachi Kings 130 for 9 (Bopara 32*, Ajmal 3-27) by two runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Saeed Ajmal’s three-wicket haul played a key role in Islamabad United’s tense win © AFP Saeed Ajmal, playing only his second competitive match since November 2015, struck with his first ball and then produced a double-strike in his last over…

Brad Taylor reflected on a poor England batting performance that resulted in a heavy defeat by Sri Lanka in the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup. England had piled up big totals in each of their three group games, but lost two early wickets and were unable to recover against a Sri Lanka attack including six spinners. They were all out for 184 in the 50th over and Sri…

Yasir Shah clarified before the ICC that he had inadvertently taken his wife’s blood pressure medicine © AFP Pakistan legspinner Yasir Shah has been handed a three-month suspension by the ICC after he pleaded guilty to breaching the ICC’s Anti-Doping Code that relates to the presence of a banned substance in a player’s sample. The bowler will be available to play again from March 27, once the retrospective penalty ends….

India Women 234 for 5 (Raj 89, Mandhana 55) beat Australia Women 231 for 7 (Blackwell 60, Perry 50, Pandey 3-50) by five wickets.Scorecard Mithali Raj hit 12 fours in her 113-ball 89 as India won by five wickets in Hobart © Getty Images Mithali Raj and Shikha Pandey were the architects of India’s consolation win in the third and final ODI in Hobart to round off their limited-overs tour…

Avishka Fernando scored his first fifty of this Under-19 World Cup © ICC Sri Lanka had done most of their job before the umpires called for the lunch break. They hadn’t just bowled England out for 184 runs in 49.2 overs, with the bat they had reached 51 for no loss in eight overs. While some bowling sides struggle to fit in 50 overs in three-and-a-half hours, Sri Lanka got…

The Supreme Court had given the BCCI a deadline of March 3 to respond to the Lodha Report © AFP The BCCI has called for a Special General Meeting later this month to prepare a response to the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee. While BCCI president Shashank Manohar refused to comment following a meeting of the legal committee in Mumbai, it is understood that the SGM is likely to…