It is learnt that the BCB’s notice of review appealing Taskin Ahmed’s suspension is based on a procedural issue © Associated Press The BCB is filing a notice of review with the ICC to appeal against Taskin Ahmed‘s suspension due to an illegal action, the board’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said. The BCB’s move comes a day after it lodged an appeal with the ICC; board president Nazmul Hassan spoke…

Toss Australia chose to bowl v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – An unwell Tamim Iqbal was ruled out of the match against Australia, adding to Bangladesh’s woes © AFP Australia’s captain Steven Smith won the toss and chose to send Bangladesh in to bat in a vital World Twenty20 fixture for both sides at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Australia brought John Hastings in for Ashton…

MCC 282 for 6 (Foakes 83*, Clarke 56*, Burns 51, Bresnan 3-52) lead Yorkshire 275 by seven runsScorecard Karl Carver celebrates dismissing Ian Bell © Getty Images Ian Bell could not quite make the same early statement as Gary Ballance managed in Abu Dhabi but a lower-order fightback by Ben Foakes and Rikki Clarke lifted the MCC to a first-innings lead against Yorkshire. Bell was dropped from the England Test…

New Zealand Women 104 for 4 (Priest 34, Bates 23) beat Australia Women 103 for 8 (Perry 42, Jonassen 23, Kasperek 3-13, Bermingham 2-23) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Offspinner Leigh Kasperek tied Australia into knots © IDI/Getty Images Suzie Bates, the New Zealand Women captain, applied the same principle on a pitch where Kane Williamson and company pulled off a coup against India last week, by fielding three…

Shahid Afridi: “We are batting well, bowling well, but cricket matches are won by sides that make fewer mistakes.” © AFP Pakistan cricket team at a world event. Chaos. Defeat. Politics. Criticism. Over-reaction. The PCB chairman saying don’t expect much of this team. That the captain’s future is “evident”, that the coach’s contract ends in June, and that a reconsideration is imminent. In the meantime, on the field, Pakistan need…

Shahid Afridi: “We are batting well, bowling well, but cricket matches are won by sides that make fewer mistakes.” © AFP Pakistan cricket team at a world event. Chaos. Defeat. Politics. Criticism. Over-reaction. The PCB chairman saying don’t expect much of this team. That the captain’s future is “evident”, that the coach’s contract ends in June, and that a reconsideration is imminent. In the meantime, on the field, Pakistan need…

Match facts Tuesday, March 22, 2016Start time 1930 (1430 GMT) Corey Anderson has been used at No. 4 for New Zealand in the hopes of maintaining right-left batting combinations © Getty Images Big picture It was not that long ago that New Zealand were seen as dark horses at nearly every world tournament. In this one though, they’ve been a bit like chameleons, changing their colours to suit their surroundings…