Brendon McCullum will become the first player to play 100 consecutive Tests if he plays the first match against Australia at the Basin Reserve. © AFP Brendon McCullum is acknowledged as New Zealand’s milestone man. His exploits with the bat, as well as his captaincy skills, have transformed New Zealand from table laggards to being one of the most exciting teams in the game. (Brendon McCullum Aims to Bid Adieu…
Play 02:43 ‘Dirty whites, sweaty black caps and a beer in hand’ From Mike Cowdrey back in 1968 to AB de Villiers in November last year, 63 men have reached the milestone of 100 Test appearances. None of those 63 has achieved what Brendon McCullum will achieve when he steps on to the Basin Reserve on Friday morning to take on the Australians: reaching 100 without missing a single Test….
Play 01:54 ‘Must adapt to conditions better’ – Smith Fifteen wickets fell on the first day of the most recent Basin Reserve Test. The time before that it was 12. This time, who knows? But a surface that was more pitch-tinged green than green-tinged pitch, combined with the knowledge that the track generally flattens out and becomes easier for batting, meant New Zealand’s captain Brendon McCullum had no hesitation in…
West Indies Cricket Board CEO Michael Muirhead stated that any player who had not confirmed their acceptance of the current contacts by February 14 would be presumed to have refused selection. © AFP Trinidad: West Indies is likely to send a second-string side to the World T20 as the top players failed to reach an agreement in their contract impasse with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). (West Indies Cricket…
The Caribbean Premier League will travel to USA this year © Caribbean Premier League Caribbean Premier League officials have announced that the league will stage six games in the United States in the 2016 season after receiving approval from the ICC. Though no cities or venues were mentioned by the CPL, multiple sources have told ESPNcricinfo that the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida will be hosting some if…
A majority of the selected 15-man squad are no longer members of West Indies Players Association, reflecting the deteriorating relationship between prominent players and the representative organisation. © AFP Trinidad: West Indies cricket was lurching towards another potentially damaging confrontation between the region’s top players and the game’s administrators on Wednesday. (Contract Crisis Rocks West Indies Cricket Ahead of ICC World Twenty20) With the deadline set at February 14 for…
Match facts February 12-16, 2016Start time 10.30 local (21.30 GMT) Usman Khawaja has the chance to prove himself against the moving ball © Getty Images Big Picture More than five years after their last cricket contact outside of ICC events, Australia and New Zealand resumed Test combat late last year. If a slow start by the tourists is discounted due to their ordinary preparation – including the Blacktown abandonment –…
Toss Bangladesh Under-19s chose to bat v West Indies Under-19sLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details West Indies Under-19s would look to Alzarri Joseph for a strong start in the semi-final © International Cricket Council Bangladesh Under-19s captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz opted to bat in their semi-final against West Indies Under-19s on an overcast and foggy morning in Mirpur. Miraz thought it was a good track to bat on and they would…
Jackson Bird’s last Test match was against England at at Durham in 2013 © Getty Images Jackson Bird will play his first Test since the 2013 Ashes tour after he was given the nod ahead of James Pattinson and Chadd Sayers for the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington. Australia’s selectors chose Bird, Peter Siddle and Josh Hazlewood as the three frontline fast bowlers, due to uncertainty that Pattinson’s…
[embedded content] Head Coach Trevor Bayliss thinks England can become the first nation to lift the World T20 trophy for a second time after the 15-man squad was announced this morning. Bayliss will lead England into a major tournament for the first time with a squad captained by Eoin Morgan and littered with match-winning talent such as Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Joe Root. The 53-year-old Australian knows how to…