IPL 2016

Brendon McCullum on the Australia series: “Certainly the one that we’ve been waiting for.” © Getty Images And so begins Brendon McCullum Month. It is not officially marked on calendars in New Zealand, probably only because they were already printed when he announced his decision just before Christmas. But expect February to be a month of celebration of McCullum’s career, beginning with his final ODI series, continuing with his 100th…

Brad Hodge was the first batsman to make 5000 runs in the T20 format © Cricket Australia Former Australia batsman Brad Hodge is set to be the head coach of the new Rajkot franchise for the 2016 season of the IPL. Hodge’s appointment is likely to be made on Tuesday when the franchise unveils its team name in Delhi. The franchise had also been in talks with former South African…

Adil Rashid believes he has returned to the England set-up as a better bowler following his successful Big Bash League. The Yorkshire leg-spinner was voted the tournament’s second-best player after his 16 wickets, and miserly economy rate, helped Adelaide Strikers top the table. While they would suffer a semi-final defeat to eventual champions Sydney Thunder for Rashid, who was released by the England and Wales Cricket Board to play in…

Aneurin Donald may have had to wait for his chance at the ICC Under-19 World Cup, but the Welshman in the England ranks certainly made an impact on his tournament debut in Sunday’s win against Zimbabwe. The Glamorgan batsman, who captained England in last summer’s Royal London One-Day Series against Australia, replaced George Bartlett at number five in the batting order when the Somerset youngster was ruled out by illness….

With England set to take on South Africa in five one-day internationals and two Twenty20s, ecb.co.uk looks at how they fared in their last away limited-overs series against the Proteas. One-day internationals in 2009 – South Africa 1 England 2 1st ODI – Match abandoned without a ball bowled in Johannesburg On the back of their semi-final defeat to Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy, England were looking to build…

[embedded content] Jonny Bairstow has entertained us with his insightful behind-the-scene diary blogs during the Test series and, in his last instalment, the Yorkshireman has revealed his top-three moments on, and off, the field during the past few weeks. The wicketkeeper-batsman will remain on with the limited-overs team – for five one-day internationals and two Twenty20s – but he will hand over his place in front of the camera to…

Giles Clarke, pictured with Cricket Ireland chairman Ross McCollum, faces opposition in his bid to become ICC chairman © Peter Della Penna Giles Clarke‘s hopes of becoming the next chairman of the ICC appear to be receding, with neither Australia nor South Africa expected to support his candidacy should he choose to stand for election later this year. In order to fulfil his long-held ambition and assume the most high-profile…