Surrey all-rounder Natalie Sciver has recovered from the ankle injury that ruled her out of England women’s three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against South Africa. She will join the squad on Sunday (14th February), in time for the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series, which gets underway in Paarl on 18th February. England women will next be in action tomorrow, when they play the second ODI of the series against South…
Saurabh Tiwary, Albie Morkel Join Pune Supergiants for 2016 Edition of Indian Premier League
Albie Morkel is the most capped player in Twenty20s and he featured for Delhi Daredevils in the 2015 edition of the Indian Premier League. © BCCI Pune Supergiants have added South African allrounder Albie Morkel and Jharkhand’s Saurabh Tiwary in the team for the 2016 edition of the Indian Premier League. (IPL 2016 Auction: Pawan Negi Steals the Show, Shane Watson Gets Top Billing) Both Morkel and Tiwary, who were…
Canada U-19s thump Fiji to register easy win
Canada Under-19s routed Fiji Under-19s by eight wickets in a comfortable win in their 15th place playoff game in Cox’s Bazar, after bowling them out for 83. Canada needed 20 overs to knock off the target of 84. Fiji got off to a solid start after being inserted to bat, with the openers putting on 26 in 34 balls. Things fell apart thereafter, and they were soon bundled out for…
Under-19 World Cup: West Indies Defeat Bangladesh By Three Wickets to Set Up Summit Clash Against India
Shamar Springer’s unbeaten 62 was the key in West Indies reaching the final of the Under-19 World Cup for the first time since 2004. © ICC West Indies recorded a hard-fought three-wicket win over hosts Bangladesh to set up a final against India in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Dhaka on Thursday. (Latest Cricket News) All-rounder Shamar Springer orchestrated the win with an unbeaten 62 off 88 balls and…
Brendon McCullum Eyes Several Records in Milestone Test Against Australia
Brendon McCullum will become the first player to play 100 consecutive Tests if he plays the first match against Australia at the Basin Reserve. © AFP Brendon McCullum is acknowledged as New Zealand’s milestone man. His exploits with the bat, as well as his captaincy skills, have transformed New Zealand from table laggards to being one of the most exciting teams in the game. (Brendon McCullum Aims to Bid Adieu…
'The last 15-20 Tests an incredible part of my life'
Play 02:43 ‘Dirty whites, sweaty black caps and a beer in hand’ From Mike Cowdrey back in 1968 to AB de Villiers in November last year, 63 men have reached the milestone of 100 Test appearances. None of those 63 has achieved what Brendon McCullum will achieve when he steps on to the Basin Reserve on Friday morning to take on the Australians: reaching 100 without missing a single Test….
Green Basin Reserve pitch central to captains' planning
Play 01:54 ‘Must adapt to conditions better’ – Smith Fifteen wickets fell on the first day of the most recent Basin Reserve Test. The time before that it was 12. This time, who knows? But a surface that was more pitch-tinged green than green-tinged pitch, combined with the knowledge that the track generally flattens out and becomes easier for batting, meant New Zealand’s captain Brendon McCullum had no hesitation in…
West Indies Likely to Send Second-String Team for World Twenty20
West Indies Cricket Board CEO Michael Muirhead stated that any player who had not confirmed their acceptance of the current contacts by February 14 would be presumed to have refused selection. © AFP Trinidad: West Indies is likely to send a second-string side to the World T20 as the top players failed to reach an agreement in their contract impasse with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). (West Indies Cricket…
USA to host six CPL matches in 2016
The Caribbean Premier League will travel to USA this year © Caribbean Premier League Caribbean Premier League officials have announced that the league will stage six games in the United States in the 2016 season after receiving approval from the ICC. Though no cities or venues were mentioned by the CPL, multiple sources have told ESPNcricinfo that the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida will be hosting some if…
West Indies Cricket Board Set February 14 as Deadline For Players to Agree Contract Terms
A majority of the selected 15-man squad are no longer members of West Indies Players Association, reflecting the deteriorating relationship between prominent players and the representative organisation. © AFP Trinidad: West Indies cricket was lurching towards another potentially damaging confrontation between the region’s top players and the game’s administrators on Wednesday. (Contract Crisis Rocks West Indies Cricket Ahead of ICC World Twenty20) With the deadline set at February 14 for…