IPL 2016

Mushfiqur Rahim had to retire hurt midway through his batting stint during the second T20I on Sunday because of a hamstring injury © AFP Bangladesh have included domestic batting sensation Mosaddek Hossain and pace bowlers Mohammad Shahid and Muktar Ali in their 14-man squad for the third and fourth T20s against Zimbabwe, in Khulna. While Shuvagata Hom, Al-Amin Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman were rested for the last two games, Mushfiqur…

Glenn Maxwell – “It’s going to have to be a slow grind. It’s going to have to be trying to change a lot of people’s perceptions of how I’m seen” © Getty Images By his own admission, this was the kind of innings that the old (or young) Glenn Maxwell could not have played. Chasing 295, he came in at almost precisely the halfway point with almost exactly half the…

Mosaddek Hossain slammed two double-hundreds in first-class cricket last year © ICC Bangladesh have included domestic batting sensation Mosaddek Hossain and pace bowlers Mohammad Shahid and Muktar Ali in their 14-man squad for the third and fourth T20s against Zimbabwe, in Khulna. The hosts have rested Shuvagata Hom, Al-Amin Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman for the last two games, on January 20 and 22. The call-ups are a first for Mosaddek…

Bangladesh 167 for 3 (Sarkar 43, Sabbir 43) beat Zimbabwe 125 for 8 (Masakadza 30, Waller 29, Sabbir 3-11) by 42 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Sabbir Rahman became only the second Bangladesh cricketer to score 40 runs and take three wickets in a T20I © AFP Sabbir Rahman gave an account of his allround abilities in Bangladesh’s 42-run win over Zimbabwe in the second T20 in Khulna. He smacked an…

England Under-19s continue their World Cup countdown tomorrow when they face the reigning champions, South Africa, in the impressive surroundings of the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The 15-man squad arrived in Dubai on Thursday to finalise their preparations before flying on to Bangladesh this week for two more warm-up games ahead of the tournament opener against Fiji on January 27. For Aneurin Donald of Glamorgan, arriving in Dubai continued a…

Kane Williamson – ” It was important that Guptill and I communicated and played some smart cricket” © AFP Twenty fours and four sixes were struck between them, but “smart cricket” was the cornerstone of the searing opening stand between himself and Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson said. The pair hit a world record 171 in each other’s company, to make light work of Pakistan’s 168 for 7. Williamson said it…

Australia 7 for 296 (Maxwell 96, S Marsh 62) beat India 6 for 295 (Kohli 117, S Dhawan 68, Rahane 50, Hastings 4-58) by 3 wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Glenn Maxwell timed the chase well enough to give himself a shot at a hundred. © Getty Images In Perth 309 was insufficient, and in Brisbane 308 was inadequate. But for a short while it looked like India’s 295 in Melbourne…