Thursday, September 1, 2016

Mathews in serious doubt for final ODI, T20I series

George Bailey's unbeaten 90 combined with John Hastings' six-wicket haul handed Australia a massive six-wicket win over Sri Lanka to take the One-Day International series at Dambulla with one to play.

Mini IPL plans to be put on hold: Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, has stalled the plans of having a mini Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United States of America, following the response that the Twenty20 Internationals between India and West Indies received.

Walsh named Bangladesh's bowling coach

West Indian legend and former captain Courtney Walsh has been appointed Bangladesh's new bowling coach until the 2019 World Cup, replacing Heath Streak who fulfilled the responsibilities of the role for two years until May.
Jason Gillespie, the departing Yorkshire coach, has declared he will not pursue an international coaching role despite an imminent return to Australia.

The former Australian paceman, who claimed 259 wickets from 71 Tests, will step down from his role at Yorkshire in the coming weeks heightening speculation of a return to the Australian national set-up. Earlier this year, Darren Lehmann, Australia's coach, tried to woo his former teammate to apply for the full-time bowling coach's position that eventually went to David Saker.

James Sutherland believes review will question CA's high-performance system

James Sutherland, Cricket Australia chief executive, says a review into Australia's travails in the subcontinent will question the organisation's 'high-performance systems'.

Sri Lankan tracks aren't ideal to promote limited-overs cricket, feels Warner

David Warner feels the kind of tracks being prepared in the Sri Lanka series aren't ideal to promote limited-overs cricket. Warner wasn't pleased with the turning surfaces that have been prepared in the Test series and in the four One-Day Internationals so far, even as Australia clinched the five-match series 3-1 with one game to go.

Dale Steyn becomes No. 1 Test bowler

Dale Steyn has reclaimed the top spot in ICC Test bowler's ranking after his match figures of 8 for 99 against New Zealand in the second Test in Centurion, the International Cricket Council announced on Wednesday (August 31).