Royal Challengers Bangalore are sweating on the fitness of pace spearhead Mitchell Starc © Getty Images Vettori talks up Watson, Binny inclusions Daniel Vettori, the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, believes that the inclusion of new recruits Shane Watson and Stuart Binny in the XI has given his team “a real luxury” going into the 2016 IPL season. Royal Challengers are yet to win an IPL title – they…
West Indies Cricket Board Most Unprofessional: Dwayne Bravo
Footballing great Luis Figo does the ‘Champion Dance’ with Dwayne ‘DJ’ Bravo. © PTI Highlights Bridgetown: Star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has launched a scathing attack on West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), calling it as the “most unprofessional” in the world and its president Dave Cameron an “immature and small-minded arrogant” person. (Disrespect From West Indies Cricket Board Was Out of Order, Says Darren Sammy) Bravo, who has had several run-ins…
Indian Premier League 9: Gujarat Lions Aim to Make Big Impression in Debut Season
Suresh Raina will be playing for a new franchise for the first time in his Indian Premier League career after Chennai Super Kings was suspended. © PTI Highlights With the suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals because of the spot-fixing scandal, two new teams Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants were given the opportunity to pick five players each (from both these banned teams) in the pre-auction player…
St Lucia renames stadium in honour of Darren Sammy
Darren Sammy became the only captain to win two World T20 titles © Getty Images The Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia will be renamed as the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, following West Indies’ dramatic World Twenty20 title win in India.The announcement was made in St Lucia at a welcome reception organised by the prime minister Kenny D Anthony to honour locals Darren Sammy and Johnson Charles. In addition…
Board and players need to compromise – WICB president
WICB president Dave Cameron had recently said that he would meet the West Indies players for negotiations after the IPL © Getty Images West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron has said that both the board and players need to “compromise” and have discussions to resolve the longstanding feud that has existed between the two parties ever since he got elected in March 2013. Despite the deep distrust between the…
James Anyon calls time on career
James Anyon has retired after a 13-year career © Getty Images James Anyon, the Sussex fast bowler, has retired from first-class cricket due to persistent injury problems. Anyon missed all of 2015 and much of the 2014 season and has agreed not to have his contract renewed. Anyon, 32, took 199 first-class wickets for Sussex after joining from Warwickshire in 2010. With an increasingly muscular frame, he topped 50 wickets…
James Anyon calls times on career
James Anyon has retired after a 13-year career © Getty Images James Anyon, the Sussex fast bowler, has retired from first-class cricket due to persistent injury problems. Anyon missed all of 2015 and much of the 2014 season and has agreed not to have his contract renewed. Anyon, 32, took 199 first-class wickets for Sussex after joining from Warwickshire in 2010. With an increasingly muscular frame, he topped 50 wickets…
Smith welcomes new beginnings
Olawale Kuponipe In the lead up to the 2016 domestic season, ecb.co.uk is running a series of features with all 18 first-class counties. Lancashire all-rounder Tom Smith reflects on a memorable promotion campaign, the breed of youngsters coming through, and an off-season highlighted by a new arrival. Ending their 17-year wait for silverware was a special moment for Lancashire in 2015, but the icing on the cake was winning promotion…
Supreme Court slams BCCI's method of disbursing funds
The BCCI’s method of distributing funds to member state associations came in for scathing criticism from the Supreme Court © PTI India’s Supreme Court has heavily criticised the BCCI’s method of disbursing funds to state associations saying it was being done without any particular mechanism. In a brief hearing related to the implementation of the Lodha panel recommendations that lasted less than 90 minutes, the court also turned down the…
Root remains ahead in MVP rankings
Joe Root remains top of the overall England MVP Rankings after completing a brilliant winter with an impressive ICC World Twenty20. The Yorkshireman, third in the Test and second in the T20 and MVP standings, is 83 points ahead of Ben Stokes overall. Root’s innings of 54 off 36 balls and two-wicket haul in the final defeat to West Indies on Sunday was the second-best T20 performance in the history…