IPL 2016

Match facts February 8, 2016Start time 1400 local (0100 GMT) Can Brendon McCullum and New Zealand fly once more, in his final ODI? © Getty Images Big Picture Brendon McCullum‘s one-day international career ends on Monday in Hamilton, and it ends with a chance to lift the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. The World Cup eluded McCullum and his men last summer but the Chappell-Hadlee would be some sort of consolation, a piece…

Alex Hales set up a chase of 263 with 99 before Jos Buttler finished the job in style to complete a five-wicket victory in Port Elizabeth that moved England 2-0 ahead of South Africa in the series. Hales, usually a free-scoring opening batsman, had successfully adjusted his game to suit the challenging St George’s Park pitch, displaying plenty of patience and graft during 42 overs at the crease. The 27-year-old…

Skipper Eoin Morgan believes the way England adapted to a challenging St George’s Park pitch bodes well for the future in one-day international cricket. The tourists, and in particular Alex Hales, successfully adjusted their approach to batting on a slow surface during their chase of 263 against South Africa in Port Elizabeth. Renowned as a free-scoring opening batsman, Hales showed another side to his game with a patient innings that…

Peshawar Zalmi 118 for 1 (Tamim 55*, Hafeez 43) beat Lahore Qalandars 117 for 6 (Bravo 32, Asghar 2-11) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Junaid Khan dismissed Chris Gayle off the first ball of the match © AFP Peshawar Zalmi’s bowling attack had another fine night as they smothered Lahore Qalandars to 117 for 6 to set up a nine-wicket victory. With Chris Gayle, Umar Akmal,…

Namibia’s Niko Davin helped give his team a strong start against India in the Under-19 quarter-final, but then the batting collapsed © ICC Rishabh Pant was making his way to the dugout having been dismissed for 111 off 96 balls. He threw his pads around, took off all the guards and grabbed a bottle of water to head towards the dressing room. But the Namibia players’ celebrations distracted him. Armaan…

ICC news February 6, 2016 Mohammad Isam and Nagraj Gollapudi BCB chief Nazmul Hassan has told TV reporters in Bangladesh: “Mr Shashank Manohar has said he wants to give away a percentage from India’s behalf.” © AFP At the recent ICC Board meeting in Dubai, chairman Shashank Manohar discussed the possibility of giving 6% of India’s 22% share of ICC revenues back to the world body, according to BCB president…