IPL 2016

Playing his first season for Bengal, Pragyan Ojha topped their bowling charts in the group stages with 33 wickets © PTI Bengal’s consistency this season can’t be overstated. They won two games in the league stage and lost none, and their only blip came in the first game against Karnataka when they dropped first-innings points. Bengal never conceded the lead thereafter, and eventually went on to finish second in Group…

Eoin Morgan and AB de Villiers with the one-day trophy © Getty Images Match facts February 3, 2016Start time 1330 local (1130 GMT) Big Picture In an act of typically perverse scheduling, the limited-overs leg of England’s tour of South Africa includes five ODIs and just two T20Is, despite the fact that the World Twenty20 is looming in barely a month’s time, and both sides would doubtless benefit from a…

West Indies Under-19 prevailed against Zimbabwe Under-19 in controversial circumstances © International Cricket Council “I didn’t watch the game. But I think Mankading should be looked at like any other dismissal. The batsman should not be leaving the crease before the ball is released. Simple. If he does he pays the price for it. Not the bowlers fault.” – Sanjay Manjrekar, one of the commentators at the World Cup, did…

Mohammad Asif has been registered for the CPL draft, as have Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir © AFP Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, who recently returned to competitive cricket after serving five-year bans for spot-fixing, have been registered for the Caribbean Premier League’s player draft, which will take place on February 11. The spot-fixing bans on Butt and Asif were lifted in September, and they made their comebacks in Pakistan’s…

Harry Podmore wants to add to his experience in coloured clothing © Getty Images Glamorgan have added to their seam bowling attack for the start of 2016 season by confirming a loan agreement with the Middlesex pace bowler Harry Podmore. Podmore, a graduate from the Middlesex Academy and former MCC Young Cricketer, is yet to appear in first-class cricket, but has featured for Middlesex in limited-overs cricket over the past…

Mignon du Preez will continue to captain South Africa in both the ODIs and T20Is © ICC/Solaris Images Mignon du Preez will lead 15-member ODI and T20I squads, after Cricket South Africa announced the women’s sides that will take on England at home later this month. South Africa are scheduled to play three ODIs and three T20Is between February 7 and February 21, with the ODI matches forming part of…

Faf du Plessis suffered a form dip during the Test series but hopes to battle back in the ODIs © AFP It’s just South Africa’s luck that, at a time when fifty-over cricket is the format they are feeling most comfortable in, there’s no major tournament on the horizon. The next World Cup is so far away that planning for it seems silly and even the Champions Trophy is too…