IPL 2016

India Women 245 for 6 (Mandhana 55, Kaur 50, Siriwardene 2-31) beat Sri Lanka Women 138 (Weerakkody 69, Poonam 4-22) by 107 runsScorecard File photo – Smriti Mandhana top-scored for India with 55 © Getty Images Fifties from Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur, followed by Poonam Yadav‘s four-wicket haul shaped India Women’s 107-run rout of Sri Lanka Women in the first ODI in Ranchi. After being inserted, Mandhana anchored the…

Mark Pettini has switched Essex for Leicestershire and will lead the limited-overs sides © Getty Images Mark Pettini has been named as Leicestershire’s limited-overs captain for the 2016 season but Mark Cosgrove will remain as club captain and lead the County Championship team. Pettini, 32, joined Leicestershire from Essex after the 2015 season. In 2008, Pettini, who was the youngest captain on the county circuit when he replaced Ronnie Irani,…

David Richardson: ‘Probably more so than any previous event, absolutely no stone was left unturned in providing a secure environment’ © Getty Images ICC chief executive David Richardson has said that the governing body is satisfied with its decision to carry on with the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh despite Australia pulling out of the tournament due to security reasons. Richardson said that the security standard from this event will…

“I’m not just satisfied with success at Under-19 level, want to go up the ladder and give some moments of happiness to my nation.” © ICC Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Bangladesh Under-19 captain who led the team to a third-place finish, wants to improve his overall skills before he vies for a place in the senior team. Miraz, scored 242 runs in six innings and also picked up 12 wickets at…

Australia continued their surge towards reclaiming the number one Test ranking after a resounding innings-and-52-run first Test victory over New Zealand in Wellington. Despite a half-century from debutant Henry Nicholls, the tail end of New Zealand’s batting line-up failed to offer any resistance as the hosts succumbed to reverse swing. Tim Southee hit a quick-fire 48 off 35 balls, which included three sixes, but he soon fell to spinner Nathan…

Leeward Islands 155 (Cruickshank 51, Jacobs 5-50, Miller 4-63) and 368 (Hamilton 130*, Hodge 72, Miller 4-107, Jacobs 3-100) beat Jamaica 158 (Cottrell 37, Cornwall 5-74) and 280 (Edwards 93, Cornwall 7-131) by 85 runsScorecard File photo – Rahkeem Cornwall picked up career-best match figures of 12 for 205 © WICB Media/Ashley Allen Rahkeem Cornwall‘s career-best match figures of 12 for 205 along with Jahmar Hamilton‘s 130* in the second…