IPL 2016

Alzarri Joseph’s hostile spell of fast bowling earned him four wickets as West Indies clinched a thriller in Chittagong © International Cricket Council Group C West Indies Under-19 edged out Zimbabwe Under-19 in controversial circumstances in Chittagong to enter the quarter-final. Keemo Paul, having three runs to defend off the final over with one wicket standing, effected a mankad on Richard Ngarava, whose bat was on the line when the…

Namibia Under-19 have had a memorable tournament so far, including victory against defending champions South Africa © ICC Namibia Under-19s may have slumped to an eight-wicket defeat, but Norbert Manyande, the team’s coach, was happy that Bangladesh Under-19 took his side seriously. Manyande claimed that the grass had been shaved off from the pitch at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in order to counter Namibia’s pace attack. “Bangladesh knew…

Glamorgan have added Middlesex bowler Harry Podmore to their seam attack after confirming a loan deal until the end of May. The 21-year-old will join the Welsh county on April 4 and will be available for their first six County Championship matches of the season, starting against Leicestershire in Cardiff on April 17, as well as the Cardiff MCCU fixture the week before at SSE SWALEC. The highly-rated youngster, who…

Australia Women 6 for 275 (Blackwell 114, Perry 90, Pandey 3-32) beat India Women 175 (Kaur 42, Perry 4-45) by 101 runsScorecard Alex Blackwell slammed 112 off 114 balls © Getty Images Australia Women shrugged off the disappointment of losing the T20I series by handing India Women a 101-run thrashing in the first ODI in Canberra. Australia, opting to bat, rode on a 180-run stand for the third wicket between…

The West Indies Under-19 team made the quarter-finals in a controversial finish to their group match against Zimbabwe © BCB West Indies Under-19 entered the quarterfinal of the World Cup in controversial and tense circumstances, as Keemo Paul effected a mankad to claim the last Zimbabwe Under-19 wicket – that of Richard Ngarava – with three runs needed off the final over. Paul ran through the bowling crease without entering…

Mustafizur Rahman had picked up a shoulder injury during Bangladesh’s second T20I against Zimbabwe in Khulna © Associated Press The BCB has said that a shoulder injury Mustafizur Rahman picked up during Bangladesh’s second T20I against Zimbabwe in Khulna is preventing the seamer from playing for Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League, which begins on February 4 in the UAE. Mustafizur was picked in the PSL draft and would…