World Cricket News and Events Thread - 2017

I'll post regular updates on here of news / events in World Cricket in 2017 - please feel free to comment / add anything as we go along

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India's Supreme Court has ordered the country's cricket board chief to resign for failing to implement reforms.
The court on Monday told Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur to quit.
It had recommended sweeping changes in the BCCI following allegations of spot-fixing and betting in the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament

 

David Warner became only the 5th Batsmen to score a century before lunch on the first day of a Test. Warner became the latest to join Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney, Don Bradman and Majid Khan to achieve this feat. The last such instance was more than 40 years ago when Majid did it against New Zealand in Karachi in October 1976. The first three were all before World War II.

 

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets in the 1st T20 at Napier
New Zealand 143 for 4 (Williamson 73*, de Grandhomme 41*) - Bangladesh 141 for 8 (Mahmudullah 52, Ferguson 3-32)

 

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 282 runs in the 2nd Test at Cape Town
South Africa 392 (Elgar 129, de Kock 101, Kumara 6 for 122) and 224 for 7 dec (Elgar 55, Lakmal 4-69) - Sri Lanka 110 (Philander 4-27, Rabada 4-37) and 224 (Rabada 6-55, Philander 3-48)

South Africa lead 3 match series 2-0

 

MS Dhoni has stepped down as India's limited-overs captain ahead of the ODI series against England, which begins on 15 January.
The wicketkeeper will, however, remain available for selection for the three-match series and the three subsequent Twenty20 internationals

 

Australia beat Pakistan by 220 runs in the 3rd Test at the SCG
Australia 8 for 538 dec (Renshaw 184, Warner 113, Handscomb 110, Wahab 3-89) and 2 for 241 dec (Khawaja 79*, Smith 59, Warner 55) - Pakistan 315 (Younis 175*, Azhar 71, Hazlewood 4-55) and 244 (Sarfraz 72*, Hazlewood 3-29, O'Keefe 3-53)

Australia win series 3-0

 

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 27 runs in the 3rd T20 at Mount Maunganui
New Zealand 194 for 4 (Anderson 94*, Williamson 60, Rubel 3-31) - Bangladesh 167 for 6 (Sarkar 42, Shakib 41, Sodhi 2-22)

New Zealand win series 3-0

 

Former Test batsman Jimmy Adams has been appointed as West Indies' new director of cricket.
Adams, 49, stood down from his position as head coach of Kent in October, after spending five seasons with the county

 

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 118 runs in the 3rd test at The Wanderers
South Africa 426 (Duminy 155, Amla 134, Pradeep 4-78, Kumara 4-107) - Sri Lanka 131 (Philander 3-28, Rabada 3-44) and 177 (Karunaratne 50, Parnell 4-51, Olivier 3-38)
South Africa win series 3-0

 

Australia beat Pakistan by 92 runs in the 1st ODI in Brisbane
Australia 9 for 268 (Wade 100*, Maxwell 60, Hasan Ali 3-65) - Pakistan 176 (Faulkner 4-32, Cummins 3-33)

 

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first Test at Wellington
New Zealand 539 (Latham 177, Santner 73, Nicholls 53, Williamson 53, Rabbi 3-87) and 217 for 3 (Williamson 104*, Taylor 60) - Bangladesh 595 for 8 dec (Shakib 217, Mushfiqur 159, Mominul 64, Tamim 56, Sabbir 54*, Wagner 4-151) and 160 (Sabbir 50, Boult 3-53)

Bangladesh set a world record - the highest innings total (595) for a team that went onto to lose the test match

 

Pakistan beat Australia by six wickets in the 2nd ODI in Melbourne
Pakistan 4 for 221 (Hafeez 72, Malik 42*) - Australia 220 (Smith 60, Amir 3-47)

 

Monty Panesar has been recruited by Cricket Australia as a spin-bowling consultant for their tour of India next month, after spending his winter as a club cricketer in Sydney.

 

AB de Villiers has made himself unavailable for selection for the upcoming Test series in New Zealand in March though he has recovered from his elbow injury, but said that he was not retiring from Test cricket.
However, while squashing recent speculation that he was going to give up the longest format, AB de Villiers indicated that his priority was going to be limited-overs cricket in order to play the 2019 World Cup.

 

Desert T20 Challenge - Semi Final line-up:
Ireland v Scotland
Oman v Afghanistan

 

Australia beat Pakistan by 7 wickets in the 3rd ODI in Perth
Australia 3 for 265 (Smith 108*, Handscomb 82) - Pakistan 7 for 263 (Azam 84, Sharjeel 50, Hazlewood 3-32)

Australia lead series 2-1

 

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the 1st T20 at Centurion (reduced to 10 overs)
South Africa 126 for 5 (Miller 40) - Sri Lanka 107 for 6 (Dickwella 43, Ngidi 2-12)

 

Afghanistan beat Ireland by ten wickets in the final of the Desert T20 Challenge
Afghanistan 75 for 0 (Shahzad 52*) - Ireland 71 (Nabi 4-10)

 

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in the 2nd Test at Christchurch
New Zealand 354 (Nicholls 98, Taylor 77, Latham 68, Shakib 4-50) and 111 for 1 (Latham 41*) - Bangladesh 289 (Sarkar 86, Shakib 59, Southee 5-94, Boult 4-87) and 173 (Wagner 3-44, Southee 3-48, Boult 3-52)

New Zealand win series 2-0