IPL 2016

File photo – Returning to action after recovering from a foot injury, Tim Southee sent down 23 overs across two innings for Northern Districts © Getty Images Michael Bates‘ 5 for 48 followed by Colin de Grandhomme‘s unbeaten 106 in the second innings shaped Auckland‘s comfortable five-wicket win over Canterbury in Christchurch. After conceding a 15-run lead in the first innings, Donovan Grobbelaar removed Canterbury’s openers early, after which Bates…

Scott Borthwick made a first-innings hundred and bagged three wickets in the fourth innings as Wellington crushed Otago by 102 runs © Getty Images Michael Bates‘ 5 for 48 followed by Colin de Grandhomme‘s unbeaten 106 in the second innings shaped Auckland‘s comfortable five-wicket win over Canterbury in Christchurch. After conceding a 15-run lead in the first innings, Donovan Grobbelaar removed Canterbury’s openers early, after which Bates helped topple the…

New Zealand 246 (Guptill 59, Elliott 50, M Marsh 3-34) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Brendon McCullum hit 47 off 27 © Getty Images Brendon McCullum’s farewell ODI cameo was to be overshadowed by a hectic late-innings collapse as Australia restricted New Zealand to a mere 246 in the deciding ODI of the Chappell-Hadlee series in Hamilton. The hosts lost their last six wickets for 23 after McCullum, Martin…

Under Aaron Finch, Australia performed poorly in the T20s against India © AFP Aaron Finch is expected to be unceremoniously dumped as Australia’s Twenty20 captain when the squad for the World T20 is named on Tuesday. The Test and ODI captain Steven Smith is set to be installed as leader in all three formats following Australia’s 3-0 series hiding at the hands of India in their recent T20 series, according…

Toss Australia chose to bowl v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Brendon McCullum was leading New Zealand for the final time in limited-overs games © Getty Images Australia’s captain Steven Smith won the toss and chose to send New Zealand in to bat in Brendon McCullum’s last ODI, the third Chappell-Hadlee Trophy match at Seddon Park in Hamilton. New Zealand left out Trent Boult due to illness, while Mitchell…

Alex Hales was pleased with his man-of-the-match performance in the second one-day international against South Africa despite the disappointment of falling one run short of a century. The Nottinghamshire opener shelved his usual big-hitting style to accumulate 99 from 124 balls as England completed a five-wicket victory to go 2-0 up in the five-match series. Hales’ innings was his second half-century in as many games, and the 27-year-old has enjoyed…

[embedded content] Anya Shrubsole highlighted the importance of England starting their one-day international series against South Africa strongly as they attempt to climb the ICC Women’s Championship. The seamer was influential in helping her side advance into a 1-0 lead in Benoni today, returning figures of 4-29 in a seven-wicket Duckworth-Lewis win. With a victory worth two points, England moved level with fourth-placed South Africa in the Women’s Championship table…