IPL 2016

It has been quite a summer, across formats, for Usman Khawaja © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Australia’s captain Steven Smith admits it will be difficult to fit Usman Khawaja into Australia’s limited-overs teams despite his dominant recent performances across all formats of the game. Khawaja’s unbeaten century in Adelaide on Thursday night, to guide the Sydney Thunder into their first Big Bash League final appearance, was the latest standout…

Sydney Sixers Women 0 for 55 (Healy 32*) beat Hobart Hurricanes Women 8 for 86 in 14 overs (Burns 26, Sthalekar 3-9) by 10 wickets (D/L method)Scorecard Lisa Sthalekar ended with 3 for 9 to halt the Hurricanes’ charge © Getty Images Not even the rain could stop Sydney Sixers. Inspired by the bowling of veteran Lisa Sthalekar, they romped to their ninth consecutive victory to set up a Sydney…

Toss: Someone chose to do something v Someone elseLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammad Rizwan replaced Sohaib Maqsood in Pakistan’s middle order © AFP With the series tied 1-1, Pakistan chose to bowl in the deciding third T20 at the Westpac Stadium. Pakistan had batted first both in Auckland, where they successfully defended 171, and in Hamilton, where New Zealand gunned down a target of 169 with all their wickets…

Martin Guptill is an Auckland native, but Wellington Regional Stadium, where New Zealand and Pakistan play their third and final Twenty20 International on Friday (January 22), holds fond memories for him, a fact that won’t be lost on anyone in attendance come game day. It was at Wellington Regional Stadium that Guptill made 237* in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup quarter-final – AFP It was at this venue that…

Match facts January 23, 2016Start time 1420 local (0320 GMT) Virat Kohli has 373 runs from 373 balls in this series to lead the run charts going into the final game, but is yet to finish on the winning side © Getty Images Big Picture The first three matches in this one-day series were remarkably similar but in Canberra, Australia found a new way to win. Or India found a…

Alastair Cook does not expect complacency to creep into England’s game despite heading into the fourth and final Test against South Africa at Centurion with the series already secured. The tourists’ convincing victory in Johannesburg gave them a 2-0 unassailable series lead, made possible by Stuart Broad’s devastating spell, meaning tomorrow’s match is effectively a dead rubber. But Cook believes there is still a lot at stake for his team, who…

South Africa captain AB de Villiers believes the key to winning the fourth Test and ending the series on a high is to keep the pressure on England throughout the five days in Centurion. Alastair Cook‘s men took an unassailable 2-0 lead with a thrilling seven-wicket win in Johannesburg which extended South Africa’s winless streak to nine Test matches. De Villiers has urged his side to take control from the first ball tomorrow in a…