IPL 2016

Quinton de Kock smashed his ninth century and third in four innings as South Africa were thwarted by rain in Johannesburg. © AFP Quinton de Kock is in the midst of a purple patch with the bat. In his last four one-day international innings, he has hit three centuries. In the fourth Test against England in Centurion, he finally broke his drought by registering his first century. (Jos Buttler Leads…

A splendid 113-run fifth-wicket stand between captain Mehedi Hasan and Zakir Hasan steered Bangladesh Under-19s to the semi-finals after completing a six-wicket win against Nepal Under-19s in Dhaka. The pressure steadily built on the pair after Joyraz Sheikh was dismissed for a patient 38. However, they found the boundary, rotated the strike and compiled fifties in the process as Bangladesh reached the target with 10 balls to spare. Earlier in…

Ross Taylor is currently sidelined by a side strain which he suffered during the Twenty20 series against Pakistan. © AFP Ross Taylor has been ruled out of next week’s first Test against Australia, putting rising batting star Henry Nicholls in line for his debut. (Ross Taylor Out of ODI Series Against Australia Due to Injury) However, Tim Southee, who suffered a foot injury in the series against Sri Lanka, has…

Karim Janat smashed a 132-ball 156 to propel Afghanistan Under-19s to a massive 226-run victory against Fiji Under-19s in the ninth-place playoff in Cox’s Bazar. After being inserted to bat, Afghanistan piled on 340 for 9 and then bowled out Fiji for 114 in the 32nd over. Perwez Malakzai (74 off 69) combined with Janat to add 130 in a fourth-wicket stand to rescue Afghanistan from 47 for 3. The…

Usman Khawaja has been in fine form across all formats in the 2015/16 summer and his omission for the first ODI in Auckland took everyone by surprise. © AFP Usman Khawaja has been recalled to the Australian side as the world champions fight to stay alive in their one-day international series against New Zealand on Saturday. (NZ Pacers Destroy Australia to go 1-0 Up) Victory for New Zealand at their…

India have picked seamer Mohammed Shami for the World T20. Shami came back from Australia with a hamstring injury. He has not played for India since the 2015 World Cup. Virat Kohli, who was rested for the three T20Is against Sri Lanka, came back duly, replacing Manish Pandey in the 15. Shami took Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s place. The selection of Shami was a calculated risk. “We have 30 days to ascertain…

India T20 squad for World T20 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammed Shami, Pawan Negi. In: Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami Out: Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar India have picked seamer Mohammed Shami for the World T20. Shami came back from Australia with an injury. He has not…