IPL 2016

Jos Buttler hopes to take his irrepressible one-day international form into the second match of the series against South Africa on Saturday. The wicketkeeper-batsman flogged 105 from 76 balls in a 39-run Duckworth-Lewis victory yesterday to put England one up in the five-match series, which now heads to Port Elizabeth. Remarkably Buttler’s fourth ODI ton was also his slowest, as he took 73 balls to reach the milestone, although that…

Quetta Gladiators 132 for 2 (Wright 86*) beat Islamabad United 128 for 7 (Misbah 41, Nawaz 4-13) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Mohammad Nawaz took 4 for 13 on a slow, turning pitch © Chris Whiteoak The Pakistan Super League has been hailed by many as a pipeline for young talent to break into the world stage and 21-year old left-arm spinning allrounder Mohammad Nawaz took the…

Timm van der Gugten helped Netherlands to victory over England at the 2014 World T20 © Getty Images Glamorgan have added to their seam-bowling options for 2016 by signing Netherlands quick Timm van der Gugten on a three-year contract. Van der Gugten, 24, was born in Australia and has played for New South Wales, Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes, as well as Northern Districts in New Zealand’s Georgie Pie Super Smash….

Ian Bell will captain Marylebone Cricket Club in the 2016 Champion County match against Yorkshire in Abu Dhabi. The 33-year-old will use the four-day annual curtain raiser as match practice ahead of the new County Championship season in which he will captain Warwickshire. The five-times Ashes winner was recently left out of the England squad for their tour of South Africa but will look to pile on the runs for…

Robbie Frylinck had been suspended by Dolphins last week © BCCI Dolphins allrounder Robbie Frylinck‘s suspension has been lifted, after the franchise confirmed that the player was available for immediate selection. Dolphins, however, did not elaborate on the outcome of the disciplinary hearing Frylinck faced on Thursday, nor the sanction meted out. Frylinck had been suspended by the franchise last week and sat out of Dolphins’ one-day cup matches against…

UAE 148 for 8 (Javed 76, Sharif 4-24) beat Scotland 139 for 9 (Mommsen 56, Naveed 2-16, Javed 2-19) by nine runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Amjad Javed struck five fours and sixes for his 79 © ICC UAE captain Amjad Javed slammed a 42-ball 79 and then picked up two wickets, as the hosts edged past Scotland by nine runs in the only T20I in Dubai. UAE, opting…