IPL 2016

[embedded content] Georgia Elwiss will be blogging exclusively for ecb.co.uk during England women’s tour of South Africa. In the second instalment she reveals the identity of her new room-mate in Pretoria, what the girls get up to on their days off and her thoughts on the opening one-day international. We arrived in Pretoria last Sunday, which meant a change of hotels and the changeover of room-mates. Fortunately (or maybe not!)…

Shaharyar Khan has said that the PCB will seek the government’s stance before travelling to India for the World Twenty20 © AFP PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has hinted that the decision to play Pakistan’s World T20 matches at Indian venues will only be taken after consulting with the central government and ESPNcricinfo understands that the PCB has written to the government in this matter. He said that if the central…

Sri Lanka 105 for 5 (Chandimal 35, Nehra 2-21) beat India 101 (Ashwin 31, Rajitha 3-29, Shanaka 3-16) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kasun Rajitha had an impressive T20I debut, striking twice in his first over. © BCCI Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dasun Shanaka – Sri Lanka’s lanky seam-bowling labour force – came upon a thoroughly surprising green Pune deck, and wound up delivering their team a surprisingly…

Shaharyar Khan has said that the PCB will seek the government’s stance before travelling to India for the World Twenty20 © AFP PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has hinted that the decision to play Pakistan’s World T20 matches at Indian venues will only be taken after consulting with the central government. He said that if the central government in Islamabad refuses to allow the team to travel to India for the…

Shaharyar Khan has said that the PCB will seek the government’s stance before travelling to India for the World Twenty20 © AFP PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has hinted that the decision to play Pakistan’s World T20 matches at Indian venues will only be taken after consulting with the central government. He said that if the central government in Islamabad refuses to allow the team to travel to India for the…

Sri Lanka opted for spin as early as the 11th over, which helped India get off the hook in the Under-19 World Cup semi-final © Getty Images Charith Asalanka smiles at you whether it is just after leading Sri Lanka Under-19s to a quarter-final win over England or a semi-final defeat to India. He smiled when the Indian bowlers and fielders tried to sledge him; the exchange was completely harmless…

Hamid Hassan has not represented Afghanistan in an international match since the 2015 World T20 Qualifier in July last year © ICC Afghanistan have recalled the pace pair of Shapoor Zadran and Hamid Hassan for the World Twenty20 in India, which starts in March. Hassan, though, is not a part of the squad for the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, which will be played in February. Hassan’s place in the squad…

Under Heath Streak’s guidance, Bangladesh have got a lot from the likes of Rubel Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman © AFP Heath Streak is likely to be appointed bowling coach of Gujarat Lions, the new IPL franchise based in Rajkot. Streak, the former Zimbabwe seamer and bowling coach, currently fulfils a similar role with the Bangladesh team but ESPNcricinfo understands that his contract is not exclusive and the BCB do not…