IPL 2016

Craig Wright has aimed a few throwdowns at cricket’s rulers © PA Photos Craig Wright has called time on a 19-year association with Cricket Scotland by appealing for cricket to become “a bigger, healthier, more meritocratic global game.” He will end his cricketing commitments after World Twenty20 in India next month. His comments come as the Big Three takeover of international cricket, with a resulting weakening of cricket’s expansionist philosophy,…

The cricketing winter of 2015-16 will always be associated with Ben Stokes, especially for that astonishing innings in Cape Town – even today, it has been confirmed that he will be the front cover star for the 2016 edition of Wisden. But Stokes has not been the only big-hitting Durham batsman to make an impression for the Three Lions of England. Jack Burnham is five years his junior, and has…

The ICC has ‘found no evidence to suggest [Raju Rijal’s] documents were not genuine’ © ESPNcricinfo Ltd The ICC has said it is “satisfied” that Nepal Under-19 captain Raju Rijal is eligible to play in the ongoing World Cup in Bangladesh. The ICC stated it “looked into the matter” and reviewed Rijal’s documents, which had been submitted by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) before the tournament, and concluded there…

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…