Peter Siddle has been diagnosed with a serious back injury but has retained his Cricket Australia contract © Getty Images Peter Siddle has retained his Cricket Australia contract for 2016-17 despite the likelihood that he will be sidelined for a lengthy period of the year due to stress fractures in his back. The renewal of his contract is an encouraging sign for Siddle, whose international future appeared cloudy after the…
Dhoni blames no-balls, dew factor for loss
Play 02:38 Jayawardene: Ashwin no-ball is a crime R Ashwin is widely considered the leader of India’s bowling attack, particularly in home conditions. He has ended the World T20 – a tournament held in India, on pitches that have by and large helped the spinners – having delivered only 15 overs in five matches, the smallest workload of India’s four frontline bowlers. Ashwin bowled his full quota of overs in…
England better now than 2010 – Collingwood
England have a better side now than the one which won the ICC World Twenty20 in 2010 according to former captain Paul Collingwood. The 39-year-old, who remains the only England skipper to win an ICC global tournament – albeit possibly only until Sunday – believes the current squad are braver, bolder and better than the one he led to glory in the competition six years ago. Now the team’s batting…
Glamorgan bring in the pace of Tait
Shaun Tait’s return to Australia colours was brief but Glamorgan will hope for some rapid spells © Getty Images Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has signed with Glamorgan for the second half of the NatWest T20 Blast tournament. It means a return to the county where he spent time in 2010 playing T20 cricket. Tait was recalled to the Australia T20 side earlier this year against India but did not…
Vaughan – England performance remarkable
Michael Vaughan was in awe of England’s performance during their thrilling seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals. The death bowling of Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan combined with the brilliance of opener Jason Roy, who smashed 78 off 44 balls, lead England to their first World T20 final since their tournament truimph in 2010. The former England captain, writing in his cricket column for The…
Dhoni turns interviewer to quash retirement talk
Play 01:01 WATCH – Dhoni solves the retirement question In an unusual move India captain MS Dhoni invited a journalist to sit alongside him when asked if he was going to retire immediately after India were knocked out of the World T20 by West Indies. The journalist, an overseas correspondent, simply asked: “You have achieved virtually everything that a cricketer could. Are you keen to continue playing on?” Dhoni said…
'Home ground' helps Simmons feel wide awake
Play 01:15 Chappell: WI can always count on their power hitters It’s an amazing life Lendl Simmons leads. One day he is lounging at his home in the Caribbean, watching the World T20 from afar. Then last Sunday Clive Lloyd, West Indies’ chairman of selectors, calls him immediately after Andre Fletcher has done a hamstring while West Indies slip against Afghanistan. Lloyd is simple and direct with Simmons: are you…
West Indies power-hit their way to World T20 final
West Indies 196 for 3 (Simmons 82*, Charles 52) beat India 192 for 2 (Kohli 89*, Rohit 43) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:58 Highlights – WI gun down 193 to make WT20 final A man who was caught off a no-ball twice beat a man who should have been run out twice off a free hit. That was how comical – and spectacular – this World T20…
Simmons and Russell deny India
A remarkable all-round display from Virat Kohli was not enough to prevent West Indies booking a place in Sunday’s ICC World Twenty20 final against England at the expense of hosts India. Kohli took advantage of a huge slice of luck when he should have been run-out on one to score 89 from 47 deliveries in an imposing total of 192 for two. The 27-year-old then took a wicket with the…
Croft keen to defend Blast title
Steven Croft has set his Lancashire Lightning team the target of returning to the NatWest T20 Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston this August, and repeating their 2015 triumph – even though no county has retained world cricket’s oldest domestic T20 title since the trailblazing competition was introduced 13 years ago. The 2016 tournament will blast off in 50 days, on Friday May 20 – with Lancashire launching their defence against…