David Miller is looking at a big payday in the CPL after going second overall for ,000 to St Lucia © BCCI Lendl Simmons and David Miller were the big winners in the Caribbean Premier League 2016 draft on Thursday in Barbados, going first and second overall to fetch top tier $160,000 contracts. Simmons went to the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, having represented Guyana Amazon Warriors in 2015, while…
Tom Harrison (right) and Andrew Strauss may feel the proposals could have been worse © PA Photos England’s 18-team county system will survive in a revamped 20-over competition if recommendations from an ECB working party are accepted next month – but only if promotion and relegation is be the price the counties are asked to pay. The proposed rejection of franchise cricket comes with a recognition that the counties must…
Kyle Abbott is hoping South Africa can maintain their 100 per cent winning streak in their pink kit at the Wanderers tomorrow to ensure their one-day international series with England heads into a decider. The Proteas have won all three ODIs when they have worn Pink clothing, instead of their traditional green and yellow, in support of breast cancer awareness. Another win in Johannesburg tomorrow will level the five-match series…
Quetta Gladiators 118 for 3 (Sarfraz 51*, Shehzad 41, Russell 3-18) beat Islamabad United 117 (Watson 40, Elliott 3-25) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Grant Elliott foxed Islamabad United with his assortment of cutters and rollers © AFP After having been blown away by Umar Akmal’s blitz on Monday night, Quetta Gladiators rebounded with a punishing win against Islamabad United, their fourth of the tournament, in…
[embedded content] Amy Jones says England women will not be resting on their laurels when they take on South Africa in the second one-day international at Centurion tomorrow. Charlotte Edwards’ side started the three-match series with a comfortable seven-wicket win in Benoni last week, a victory which moved them level with the fourth-placed Proteas in the ICC Women’s Championship table. England can complete a series triumph at the first time…
Surrey all-rounder Natalie Sciver has recovered from the ankle injury that ruled her out of England women’s three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against South Africa. She will join the squad on Sunday (14th February), in time for the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series, which gets underway in Paarl on 18th February. England women will next be in action tomorrow, when they play the second ODI of the series against South…
File photo – Darren Sammy stressed that the players in the World T20 squad wanted an opportunity to negotiate the terms of their contract fairly. © Getty Images Darren Sammy, captain of West Indies’ World Twenty20 squad, has stressed that his side has never said they would strike or not take part in the tournament in India due to an ongoing contract impasse with the West Indies Cricket Board. Sammy…
Darren Sammy has urged the West Indies Cricket Board to compromise with the players © AFP The prospect of a full-strength West Indies squad boycotting the World Twenty20 due to a contracts impasse appears less likely after the team captain, Darren Sammy, informed the West Indies Cricket Board that the team wants to play the tournament, which starts in India from March 8. In an email sent to the board…
James Anderson and his wife Danielle at Buckingham Palace © PA Photos James Anderson has received an OBE from the Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, in recognition of his achievement in taking over from Ian Botham as the leading wicket-taker in England’s Test history. Anderson, who overhauled Botham’s mark of 383 wickets in the Caribbean last year, overtook Richard Hadlee during England’s Test series win…
AB de Villiers said he committed to playing CPL because the tournament does not appear to clash with South Africa’s international calendar © AFP AB de Villiers has signed up to play for the Barbados Tridents in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League despite an assertion that he will look to reduce his workload after the World T20. In a statement from the franchise, de Villiers confirmed he will not miss…