Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody and captain David Warner in an intense discussion on Thursday. (Image credit: Indian Premier League/Twitter) © Twitter Highlights Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner feels he has got a balanced team to work with going into the Indian Premier League, beginning on Saturday. (Mumbai Indians- Rising Pune Supergiants Opener to Go Ahead As Planned) “Obviously, on the back of what (team mentor VVS) Laxman said,…
Lewis to assist Davis at Sussex
Former England bowler Jon Lewis has been appointed assistant head coach at Sussex. Having finished his playing career at Hove in 2014, Lewis was initially appointed bowling coach but will now work under Mark Davis in what is a new-look coaching set-up for the county. Having also represented Gloucestershire and Surrey, Lewis took a total of 849 wickets in 251 first-class matches and hopes to draw on this wealth of…
Injured Joel Paris ruled out of IPL season
Joel Paris suffered a shin stress reaction during a Sheffield Shield game in Perth early last month © BCCI Australian fast bowler Joel Paris has been ruled out of the IPL due to a shin injury. Paris had been hoping to make his IPL debut this season after being purchased by Delhi Daredevils for his base price of INR 30 lakh (US$ 44,400 approximately). However, his home state of Western…
Sunny, Taskin named in Dhaka Premier Division roster
Taskin Ahmed has been named in the ‘A’ category of the “players by choice” roster of the upcoming Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League © AFP The Bangladesh Cricket Board has named Arafat Sunny and Taskin Ahmed in the “players by choice” roster of the 2015-16 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League which is scheduled to begin later this month. The draft system will take place on April 10 when 215 other…
Kia Super League excites Sciver and Marsh
[embedded content] England all-rounders Natalie Sciver and Laura Marsh believe the Kia Super League will bridge the gap between domestic and international cricket. Sciver was today named skipper of a Surrey Stars side that will compete in the inaugural Super League this summer along with Lancashire Thunder, Loughborough Lightning, Southern Vipers, Western Storm and Yorkshire Diamonds. Each side were today also allocated England players to represent them, with Sciver joined…
Davies may leave Surrey to restate Test case
Play 01:10 Davies refuses to rule out leaving Surrey Steven Davies has conceded he may need to leave Surrey to fulfil his England ambitions after it was confirmed that Ben Foakes will be preferred as the club’s wicketkeeper for the start of the County Championship campaign. Davies made his international debut as a wicketkeeper-batsman when he just 22 and soon left Worcestershire for Surrey in a high-profile move. But, having…
USACA debt surpasses $4.3 million
File photo – USACA’s federal tax filings list a loan from president Gladstone Dainty worth but the documents also state that there were no written agreements for loans made by USACA board members © Peter Della Penna The USA Cricket Association’s federal return filings for the tax year 2014 show a 5% increase in the amount of organisational debt, amounting to a total of $4,319,414. The latest figure was recently…
Green shoots promise much for Worcestershire
Vice-captain Joe Leach will relish the extra responsibility © Getty Images Head coach: Steve Rhodes Captain: Daryl Mitchell Last season Specsavers Championship: 9th in Div 1; NatWest Blast: Quarter-finals; Royal London Cup: 8th in Group A In: Out: Gareth Andrew, Shaaiq Choudhry (both released), Alex Gidman (retired), Richard Oliver (declined new contract) Overseas: Matt Henry (Apr-June), Kyle Abbott (Jul-Sep), Mitchell Santner (T20) 2015 in a nutshell Encouraging. While no season…
Thakur says state associations should earn their dues
‘Don’t say we haven’t done anything. We have done something that’s why you love the game of cricket. BCCI has taken many, many steps in the right directions’ – board secretary Anurag Thakur © AFP A day after the Supreme Court criticised the BCCI’s method of disbursing funds to state associations, board secretary Anurag Thakur has suggested it would be untenable to treat all state associations alike. He believed “democratisation…
WACA set to open Australian Test summer
Cricket Australia is intent on hosting two day/night Tests in 2016-17 © Getty Images Perth is in the frame to hold the opening Test of summer for the first time in more than 20 years as Cricket Australia moves towards dual day/night Tests for 2016-17, one each against South Africa and Pakistan. Brisbane has hosted the first Test of the season every year since 1994, but ESPNcricinfo understands that the…