India news

The Lodha committee's recommendations on the BCCI

Jan 5, 2016: A sequence of events starting from the IPL 2013 spot-fixing scandal reached its conclusion when the three-member Lodha panel submitted its report on the functioning of the BCCI to the court on January 4, 2016. Here's what the panel recommended

Lodha panel has delivered, over to the BCCI

Jan 5, 2016: There is now a detailed pathway for how the BCCI can reform all aspects of its governance. It is up to the Supreme Court to decide exactly how

India news

BCCI defers decision on Chandila, Hiken Shah

Jan 5, 2016: The BCCI has deferred its decision on possible sanctions against offspinner Ajit Chandila and batsman Hiken Shah until January 18

India news

India explores day-night options for Duleep Trophy

Jan 5, 2016: The BCCI tours and fixtures committee has recommended to its technical committee to consider playing day-night games with the pink ball in the Duleep Trophy

The quickest ODI chases, and wobbly Test openers

Jan 5, 2016: Plus: South Africans carrying their bat, and the best figures by a bowler in his final Test

Australia news

Australia pull out of U-19 World Cup

Jan 5, 2016: Australia have pulled out of the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh starting in January due to security concerns

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI, Mount Maunganui

Henry's explosive start in ODIs

Jan 5, 2016: Stats highlights from the fifth and the final ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Mount Maunganui

India news

Mumbai teenager scores record 1009*

Jan 5, 2016: Pranav Dhanawade, a 15-year-old cricketer from Mumbai, smashed an unbeaten 1009 not out off 327 deliveries

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI, Mount Maunganui

Taylor's throwback shot, Dilshan's failed scoop

Jan 5, 2016: Plays of the day from the fifth ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Mount Maunganui

Big Bash League 2015-16

Gayle avoids suspension over interview

Jan 5, 2016: Chris Gayle has been fined $10,000 by the Melbourne Renegades for his comments during an interview with Channel Ten journalist Mel McLaughlin during Monday night's BBL match in Hobart

Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test, Sydney, 3rd day

Third day washed out in Sydney

Jan 5, 2016: A draw in the third Test between Australia and West Indies at the SCG appears almost inevitable after the third day's play was abandoned without a ball being bowled

Remembering James Logan

Jan 5, 2016: On the parallels between cricket in pre-Boer War times and now

Big Bash League 2015-16

Renegades under pressure to sanction Gayle

Jan 5, 2016: Chris Gayle's BBL paymasters, the Melbourne Renegades, are under pressure to discipline their highest profile player after what the Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland called "borderline harassment" of the Ten Network presenter Mel McLaughl

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI, Mount Maunganui

New Zealand's big guns fire

Jan 5, 2016:

'My most important goal is to win the fans back'

Jan 5, 2016: Mohammad Amir opens up about his impending return to the highest level of the game, and what his exile taught him

Serene Sarkar looks past the honeymoon

Jan 5, 2016: The young strokemaker has the temperament to become a top-order mainstay as Bangladesh look to improve on their success of last year

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI, Mount Maunganui

Guptill and Henry seal series for New Zealand

Jan 4, 2016: Martin Guptill's measured hundred helped drive New Zealand to 294 for 5, but it was Matt Henry, in his third outstanding turn in the series, who clinched the match and the series for New Zealand

Quaid-e-Azam trophy 2015-16 final

Misbah 85 gives SNGPL slender lead

Jan 4, 2016: Misbah-ul-Haq's third consecutive half-century and 88th in first-class cricket proved crucial, as Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited collected a 30-run lead against United Bank Limited in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final

South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Cape Town, 3rd day

England drops compound day's grind

Jan 4, 2016: Despite bowling with discipline and control, England's efforts were undermined by lapses in the field

India news

Manohar, Thakur in potential conflict situations

Jan 4, 2016: Every member of the BCCI's top brass, including its president and secretary, could potentially be involved in situations of conflict of interest, going by the Lodha Committee's yardstick