Stuart Law – “When I come to Dhaka and in Bangladesh in general, it has been a warm welcome” © AFP Stuart Law, the Bangladesh Under-19s’ technical advisor, believes the Australia Under-19 players will be disappointed to miss out on playing in the world stage, after Cricket Australia pulled the team out of the Under-19 World Cup. Law himself was due to arrive in Bangladesh last October, but he came…

Adil Rashid got the better of England and Yorkshire team-mate David Willey as Adelaide Strikers defeated defending champions Perth Scorchers to move two points clear at the top of the Big Bash League. Willey was threatening to fire the Scorchers to an unlikely victory, hitting three sixes and a four, but Rashid had him caught in the deep in the 17th over for 31 off 17 balls. Willey was the…

Some counties fear plans afoot at the ECB © ESPNcricinfo Ltd There is growing concern amid the first-class counties at what some of them claim is a “power grab” from the ECB designed eventually to pave the way to a city-based T20 competition. An ECB spokesman has dismissed the suggestion that a governance review and the ongoing debate over the restructuring of the county game are linked as “a conspiracy…

Soumya Sarkar is back in Bangladesh’s T20 squad after a side strain forced him to miss their series against Zimbabwe in November © AFP Bangladesh have named the uncapped trio of Shuvagata Hom, Abu Hider and Nurul Hasan in their 14-man squad for the first two T20s against Zimbabwe, to be played on January 15 and 17. Shakib Al Hasan and Soumya Sarkar also return to the fold after missing…

Match facts Monday, January 6, 2016Start time 1500 local (1100GMT) Zimbabwe’s bowling attack has shown better adaptability on slow Sharjah decks, with Nevill Madziva and Graeme Cremer being central to their plans © Chris Whiteoak Big picture The series was nearly dead and buried when Afghanistan, cruising high and happy on a 2-0 lead, reduced Zimbabwe to 45 for 7 shortly into the third ODI. Then Afghanistan took their foot…

Bangladesh and Zimbabwe played three ODIs and two T20Is in November © Associated Press Zimbabwe will take on hosts Bangladesh in a four-match T20 series to be held in Khulna from January 15, the BCB announced on Tuesday. This will be Bangladesh’s longest T20 series, and used as preparation for the upcoming Asia Cup T20s and World T20. The BCB had been saying for the past couple of weeks that…

Dale Steyn suffered a shoulder injury during the Durban Test © Getty Images Dale Steyn gave South Africa’s pace pack a boost ahead of the third Test in Johannesburg by resuming bowling on Tuesday. However, Vernon Philander remains a doubt as he is still recovering from torn ankle ligaments. Steyn, who injured his shoulder during the Boxing Day match and sat out the current Test at Cape Town, tweeted his…

Adelaide Strikers 174 for 2 (Jayawardene 57, Head 51*) beat Perth Scorchers 138 (Rashid 3-23) by 36 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Travis Head struck one four and three sixes in his unbeaten 31-ball 51 © Getty Images After a 24-hour period where the BBL was muddied by scandal, the Adelaide Strikers’ dominant performance over the previously white-hot Perth Scorchers ensured the focus reverted on-field. The Scorchers would have been confident…