Grace Road will be revamped ahead of the 2017 Women’s World Cup © PA Photos Leicestershire County Cricket Club has secured a £1 million loan from the city council to improve its facilities in time for next year’s Women’s World Cup. The loan, which will be repaid in full from Leicestershire’s ECB grant in 2018, will be serviced at a 5% interest rate and secured by a formal legal agreement…
Notts suffer major Siddle blow
25 February 2016 | Callum Dent Tweet Nottinghamshire are on the lookout for a new overseas player for the 2016 campaign after a serious back injury ruled Australia paceman Peter Siddle out for “a significant amount of time.” The 31-year-old signed a two-year deal to return to Trent Bridge last November, but is now unable to fulfill his commitment this term after suffering stress fractures…
Harmison leaves Kent
25 February 2016 | Callum Dent Tweet Kent have announced the departure of all-rounder Ben Harmison. The 30-year-old, the younger brother of former England paceman Steven Harmison, arrived at the Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence from Durham in 2011. The former England Under-19 international registered four centuries for Kent, including two in an impressive 2013 campaign that saw him amass 712 County Championship runs at an…
England well represented at World T20
Six Englishmen will be among the 31 match officials at next month’s World Twenty20 in India, the International Cricket Council have announced. Match referee Chris Broad, the father of England paceman Stuart Broad, will be joined by umpires Michael Gough, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough and Nigel Llong at the global event. Former Durham batsman Gough is one of 12 umpires set to make their World T20 debuts. Gould…
SA Women name unchanged squad for WT20
The same South Africa squad that will play three T20Is against West Indies in March will travel to compete in the Women’s World T20 in India next month. Squad Mignon du Preez (capt), Trisha Chetty (wk), Odine Kirsten, Moseline Daniels, Marizanne Kapp, Dane van Niekerk, Dinesha Devnarain, Chloe Tryon, Sune Luus, Shabnim Ismail, Masabatha Klaas, Ayabonga Khaka, Marcia Letsoalo, Lizelle Lee, Yolani Fourie More to follow … © ESPN Sports…
Unchanged UAE opt to bowl against Sri Lanka
Toss UAE chose to bowl v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:59 ‘Lucky to have this kind of practice before WT20’ – Herath UAE captain Amjad Javed decided to field after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the second match of the Asia Cup, in Mirpur on Thursday. The teams will play on a bare pitch, compared to the greener track used in the Bangladesh-India contest on…
Saurashtra hit back after Shreyas Iyer's ton
Mumbai 262 for 8 (Iyer 117, Suryakumar 48, Rathod 3-44, Jani 2-46, Unadkat 2-55) lead Saurashtra 235 (Vasavada 77, Mankad 66, Kulkarni 5-42, Thakur 3-89) by 27 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shreyas Iyer continued his excellent form and stroked his sixth first-class century © John Michel There are those who take the pitch out of the equation when they bat. Then there are others whose presence makes the pitch look…
Saurashtra hit back after Shreyas Iyer ton
Mumbai 262 for 8 (Iyer 117, Suryakumar 48, Rathod 3-44, Jani 2-46, Unadkat 2-55) lead Saurashtra 235 (Vasavada 77, Mankad 66, Kulkarni 5-42, Thakur 3-89) by 27 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shreyas Iyer continued his excellent form and stroked his sixth first-class century © John Michel There are those who take the pitch out of the equation when they bat. Then there are others whose presence makes the pitch look…
Asia Cup: Ashish Nehra Has Proven Age is Just a Number, Says Sunil Gavaskar
Ashish Nehra gave India their first breakthrough by removing Mohammad Mithun in the 3rd over. © AFP India started their Asia Cup 2016 campaign with a resounding 45-run win over Bangladesh at Mirpur. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar applauded batsman Rohit Sharma’s effort but reserved special praise for veteran pacer Ashish Nehra, saying he has proven “age is just a number”. (Highlights) Nehra started Bangladesh’s woes by removing Mohammad Mithun…
Leicestershire set to improve Grace Road facilities
Leicestershire have been granted a £1million loan from Leicester City Council to improve the Fischer County Ground, Grace Road. The club will use the loan, which the council will charge five per cent interest on and is due to be repaid in full in 2018, to enhance the facilities at the ground ahead of the Women’s World Cup in 2017. Leicestershire chief executive Wasim Khan said: “We have a robust…