Construction of the indoor facility at the Khettarama has been suspended © Sri Lanka Cricket The recently elected Sri Lanka Cricket board has suspended work on indoor nets at the Khettarama, Pallekele and Dambulla stadiums, citing the previous board’s failure to obtain government approval for the projects. That claim has since been strongly disputed, however, by former SLC head Sidath Wettimuny, under whose leadership construction had begun. The new board,…
Thunder claim inaugural WBBL title in tense finish
Sydney Thunder 116 for 7 (Haynes 37, Blackwell 30, Aley 2-19) beat Sydney Sixers Women 115 for 7 (Reakes 23*, Osborne 3-21) by three wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Sydney Thunder won by three wickets and three balls to spare in a manic conclusion © Getty Images Sydney Thunder beat their crosstown rivals Sydney Sixers by three wickets to win the inaugural WBBL title, in a tense and scrappy game which…
Depleted NZ look to resume home domination
Match facts January 25, 2015Start time 1100 local (2200 GMT) Play 01:10 Pakistan look to bounce back after T20s Big Picture Injuries have hampered New Zealand’s seam attack over the recent limited-overs series. Key batsmen have been sidelined by niggles. They will be without their three most experienced ODI cricketers on Monday, but still, so good have they been at home, New Zealand still appear the more dynamic team. Of…
Azhar, Amir 'move on' from differences
‘Hopefully we will all be united and with Amir, and we will allow him to bowl really well and get wickets for Pakistan’ – Azhar Ali © AFP Azhar Ali has said he and Mohammad Amir had “moved on” from the complications that beset Amir’s reintegration to the Pakistan team, in the approach to the New Zealand tour. He said he would focus on captaining Amir, and helping create an…
Azhar, Amir 'move on' from reintegration episode
‘Hopefully we will all be united and with Amir, and we will allow him to bowl really well and get wickets for Pakistan’ – Azhar Ali © AFP Azhar Ali has said he and Mohammad Amir had “moved on” from the complications that beset Amir’s reintegration to the Pakistan team, in the approach to the New Zealand tour. He said he would focus on captaining Amir, and helping create an…
Depleted New Zealand look to resume home domination
Match facts January 25, 2015Start time 1100 local (2200 GMT) Play 01:10 Pakistan look to bounce back after T20s Big Picture Injuries have hampered New Zealand’s seam attack over the recent limited-overs series. Key batsmen have been sidelined by niggles. They will be without their three most experienced ODI cricketers on Monday, but still, so good have they been at home, New Zealand still appear the more dynamic team. Of…
Smith critical of Australian pitches
Steven Smith would like to have seen a greater variety in pitches during the ODI series © Getty Images Australia’s captain Steven Smith has criticised the nature of home pitches this summer, arguing that the Gabba and the WACA Ground in particular have work to do to ensure they regain their natural characteristics in the future. Following the loss of the fifth and final ODI against India in Sydney, Smith…
Women's game not just Twenty20
Play 03:37 Brettig : Women cricket needs two format to be strong and vital Women’s cricket will never lose its longer form components under James Sutherland’s watch, despite murmurings beneath him at Cricket Australia about exploiting the commercial gains of the inaugural WBBL by making the female game an exclusively Twenty20 affair. ESPNcricinfo has learned of discussions that open up the possibility of the 50-over and Test match formats being…
T&T crush Barbabos for back-to-back titles
Trinidad & Tobago 270 for 7 (Bravo 97, K Hope 34, C Brathwaite 2-54) beat Barbados 198 (S Hope 50, C Brathwaite 46, Emrit 3-46) by 72 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Darren Bravo’s 97 gave Trinidad & Tobago a platform for comfortable victory © LatinContent/Getty Images Darren Bravo‘s hot bat put Barbados on ice as Trinidad & Tobago secured their second straight Nagico Super50 title with a 72-run…
Cook leads from the front to frustrate Proteas
23 January 2016 | David Clark Tweet Alastair Cook’s first half-century of the series steadied England’s reply to South Africa’s 475 all out as the tourists closed on 138 for two at Centurion. Captain Cook requires another 50 runs tomorrow to become the first Englishman to 10,000 in Test cricket – a feat only 11 players have achieved in the history of the game. Of…