IPL 2016

Lancashire 228 and 155 for 4 (Bohannon 56, Potts 3-38) trail Durham 573 for 9 (Bedingham 279, Ackermann 186, Wells 4-69) by 190 runs Durham maintained their complete domination of their Vitality County Championship match against Lancashire on a day when David Bedingham became the highest individual scorer in the county’s first-class history. Bedingham’s 279 surpassed Martin Love’s 273 against Hampshire in 2003 and his innings was the bedrock of…

Toss England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs Australia Matthew Short has returned from paternity leave and will open the batting in Australia’s first of three T20Is against England at the Utilita Bowl near Southampton. Australia opted to leave out Jake Fraser-McGurk — who managed 0, 16 and 0 during their 3-0 clean sweep in Scotland — with Short due to open alongside Travis Head instead. Short…

Northamptonshire 219 (Zaib 90) and 211 (Keogh 63, Andersson 3-23) beat Derbyshire 165 (Reece 50, Chahal 5-45) and 132 (Keogh 5-44, Chahal 4-54) by 133 runs Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal starred with career-best match figures of 9 for 99 as he bowled Northamptonshire to their first Vitality County Championship victory of the season inside three days against Derbyshire. The experienced India white-ball international followed up his five-wicket tally from the first…

Warwickshire 128 (Davies 58, Taylor 6-28) and 171 for 3 f/o (Rhodes 72*, Davies 65) trail Worcestershire 307 (D’Oliveira 76, Waite 53) by eight runs Worcestershire all-rounder Tom Taylor produced a deadly spell with the ball on his way to career-best figures as Warwickshire were forced to follow on in the Vitality County Championship derby at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Taylor picked up five wickets in six overs this morning…

Kent 207 (Compton 51, Abbott 5-46) and 70 for 0 (Muyeye 46*) trail Hampshire 403 by 126 runs Kent battled hard to save their Division One status after being forced to follow on by Hampshire, on a rain-affected third day in the County Championship at Canterbury. The hosts could be relegated by the end of this round of fixtures, but they reached the close 70 without loss in their second…

Essex’s faint hopes of victory in this year’s County Championship are effectively over after the club was docked 12 points by the Cricket Discipline Commission, after one of their players, Feroz Khushi, was found to have used an over-sized bat during their opening match of the season in April. The sanction, which had been anticipated at Chelmsford for much of the season, has been accepted by the club in an…

Yorkshire 379 (Tattersall 126, Fisher 88, Scriven 4-103) beat Leicestershire 98 (Cox 51, Coad 5-15, Fisher 3-38) and 209 (Rehan 77, Hill 6-59) trail by an innings and 72 runs Yorkshire moved a step closer to securing promotion after completing a three-day victory over Leicestershire in Division Two of the Vitality County Championship despite more time lost to the weather. Leicestershire, who had trailed by 281 on first innings after…

Rovman Powell‘s Barbados Royals, one of two as yet unbeaten teams in CPL 2024 along with defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors, will be at full strength for their home leg, which kicks off against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in Bridgetown on September 11. The South African pair of David Miller and Keshav Maharaj has linked up with the side while batter Alick Athanaze has recovered from the finger injury that…

After the successful staging of the first Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup last year, another major tournament is set to appear on the women’s junior cricket calendar. The Asian Cricket Council has announced the launch of the Women’s Under-19 T20 Asia Cup, a tournament that is set to be staged bienially to help Asian teams prepare for the Under-19 World Cup. The ACC announced the launch of the tournament during…

Khaled Mahmud has resigned from his position as a BCB director on Wednesday. BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury confirmed the development. Mahmud, a former Bangladesh captain, becomes the latest board director to move on after Jalal Yunus and Naimur Rahman resigned over the past few weeks, and Ahmed Sajjadul Alam was removed from the post. Mahmud is understood to have informed the board through an email, bringing an end to his…