West Indies to host first day-night Test

Roy smashes 78 as England march into final

Opening batsman Jason Roy struck a career-best 78 as former champions England stormed into the World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket romp against New Zealand on Wednesday. Electing to field, England staged a strong comeback in the second half of New Zealand?s innings to restrict their opponents to a modest 153 for eight at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Roy and Alex Hales (20) then provided a flying start to their reply and Jos Buttler smacked a six to seal semi-final victory with 17 balls to

31 Mar, 2016

Shane Watson retires from international cricket

Shane Watson has announced his retirement from international cricket, 14 years to the day after he first played for Australia. Watson had retired from Test cricket at the end of last year’s Ashes tour of England, and he has not played ODIs since September last year; he will now officially depart from Australia’s international setup at the end of the ongoing World Twenty20 in India. Watson’s retirement is effectively the final cutting of ties to Australia’s dominant era of the early 2000s; he wa

24 Mar, 2016

Lanka look to surprise defending champions Australia

Entering the better half of the tournament with every game being of vital significance, one would expect the competitiveness to be top notch. With just two spots in each group up for grabs, each match hereafter counts. While Australia will come into the Group A clash of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 on Thursday (Match 24) wounded after having been hammered by New Zealand women by a comfortable six-wicket margin in their second game, Sri Lanka are coming off their first win in the competition –

24 Mar, 2016