Durham’s ground will now be known as the Emirates Riverside after the club agreed a new seven-year contract with the Airline. The new deal will see Emirates sponsor the north-east county until the end of the 2022 season. Durham chief executive David Harker said: “We have enjoyed a fantastic partnership with Emirates over the past six years and are thrilled to be able to extend that to 2022. “Emirates is…
Bird's five-for edges Australia closer to series win
Australia require 131 runs on the final day in Christchurch to clinch a 2-0 series win over New Zealand and move to number one in the International Cricket Council Test rankings. David Warner was the sole batsman to depart as he was caught down leg side on 22 off Neil Wagner before Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja finshed on 27 and 19 respectively to help Australia close out day four on…
Bowlers, Ellis set up easy Canterbury win
File photo – Andrew Ellis smashed 143 in 170 balls © Getty Images Andrew Ellis smacked a fast-paced 143 in Canterbury‘s first innings to shape his side’s eight-wicket win over Northern Districts in Hamilton. Ellis also chipped in with the ball, taking five wickets in the match, including 3 for 43 in the second innings. Ellis’ 170-ball knock, which included 13 fours and eight sixes, reinforced Canterbury’s advantage after they…
Young trio land Warkwickshire academy deals
Warwickshire have handed Mark Adair, Sunny Singh and Ed Pollock academy development contracts for the 2016 campaign. All-rounder Adair made his first-class debut in the final County Championship Division One fixture of last term, against Somerset at Taunton. Left-arm spinner Singh, also 19, has been a regular in the club’s second XI for the past two seasons while 20-year-old Pollock, a middle-order batsman, has played first-class cricket for Durham MCCU…
Bird pleased to make impression after nervous return
Jackson Bird: ‘I was a little bit nervous on day one [in Wellington]. I don’t usually get nervous for cricket so that was something different’ © Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images Jackson Bird completed the first five-wicket haul of his Test career on the fourth day at Hagley Oval, but he thought the opportunity might never come. Before this series, Bird had last played Test cricket on the 2013 Ashes tour of…
Asia Cup: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Skips Practice as India Fret Over His Fitness
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s availability for the Asia Cup opener at Mirpur is not clear and a final call on his fitness will be taken before toss. © AFP Fatullah: Uncertain for Wednesday’s Asia Cup opener against Bangladesh, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni skipped the entire training session of the Indian cricket team here even though he accompanied the side to the ground. Nursing back spasms, Dhoni’s availability for the match at…
Brukner foreshadows concussion protocol changes
Steven Smith was hit on the helmet on the second day in Christchurch but continued playing after assessments showed he had not suffered a concussion © Getty Images Australia’s team doctor Peter Brukner believes cricket will eventually follow Australia’s football codes and introduce a system in which players leave the field for concussion assessment after blows to the head. The assessment process was the subject of attention on day two…
Jaggesar's match-haul of eleven powers T&T to win
Trinidad & Tobago 206 (Lewis 87, Miller 7-69) and 178 for 2 (Lewis 104) beat Jamaica 225 (Edwards 66, Thomas 64, Imran 4-73) and 155 (Miller 28, Jaggesar 8-58) by eight wicketsScorecard Jon-Russ Jaggesar ended with match figures of 11 for 111 © WICB Media/LMA Photography Offspinner Jon-Russ Jaggesar‘s 8 for 58 and Evin Lewis‘ 104 in the second innings, shaped Trindad & Tobago’s eight-wicket win over Jamaica at Sabina…
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh to Feature in Sixth Successive World Twenty20
Will Yuvraj Singh once again be Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s trump card at World Twenty20? © AP Mumbai: India’s limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, star opener Rohit Sharma and middle-order specialist Yuvraj Singh are set to make their sixth successive appearance at the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 tournament, which is scheduled to start in India next month. The 27-day tournament begins in Nagpur on March 8 with a total…
Mashrafe Mortaza to be United Nations Development Programme's Goodwill Ambassador
Mashrafe Mortaza currently captains Bangladesh’s ODI and T20I teams. © AFP Dhaka: Bangladesh’s cricket skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is going to be the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) “national goodwill ambassador for youth”. (Click here for latest Asia Cup stories) Mortaza currently captains the country’s One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International teams, reports bdnews24.com. The UN agency said it will hold an official signing ceremony and make a formal announcement…