World Cricket News and Events Thread - 2015

Australia's Test cricketers have been sent back to their state squads, with the Test tour of Bangladesh now almost certain to be cancelled due to safety concerns. Cricket Australia's security staff arrived home from Dhaka on Tuesday night and were to report to the Cricket Australia board and the Australian Cricketers' Association on Wednesday.
Although no official announcement is expected from Cricket Australia until at least Thursday, there appears little prospect of the two-Test tour proceeding. The 15 members of the Test squad have been told to resume training with their state squads, which are preparing for next month's Matador Cup one-day tournament.

 

West Indies will not take part in the 2017 Champions Trophy after Pakistan pipped them to eighth place in the International Cricket Council's one-day rankings at the 30 September cut-off.
Only the top eight teams on that date will compete in the tournament. As well as Pakistan, Australia, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will join hosts England.

 

Now Official - Australia have postponed their Test tour to Bangladesh this month because of security concerns. The two-Test series was due to begin in Chittagong on Friday, 9 October.
Cricket Australia (CA) say "an independent security assessment found a risk of terrorism in Bangladesh targeting Australian nationals".
"We have worked tirelessly to find a way for the tour to proceed, but in the end it was simply not possible," said CA chief executive James Sutherland.

 

Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 131 runs in the 1st ODI in Harare
Pakistan 259 for 6 (Rizwan 75*, Wasim 61) - Zimbabwe 128 (Yasir 6-26)

 

South Africa beat India by seven wickets in the 1st T20 in Dharamsala
South Africa 200 for 3 (Duminy 68*, de Villiers 51) - India 199 for 5 (Rohit 106, Kohli 43)

 

Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by five runs (D/L method) in the 2nd ODI in Harare
Zimbabwe 276 for 6 (Chibhabha 90, Chigumbura 67, Wahab 4-63) - Pakistan 256 for 8 (Malik 96*, Yamin 62)
Series level at 1-1 with one game to play

 

South Africa beat India by six wickets in the 2nd T20 in Cuttack
South Africa 96 for 4 (Duminy 30*, Ashwin 3-24) - India 92 (Raina 22, Rohit 22, Morkel 3-12)

 

India left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan has retired from international cricket.
The 37-year-old says he is not fit enough to deal with the demands of the modern game.
Zaheer took 311 wickets at an average of 32.94 in 92 Tests and 282 at 29.43 in 200 one-day internationals.

 

England's Sarah Taylor made history on Saturday by becoming the first woman to play Australian first-grade cricket.
Taylor, 26, made her debut keeping wicket for Northern Districts in the West End Premier Cricket Competition against Port Adelaide Magpies.
The two-day event is the highest level of cricket played in South Australia outside first-class cricket.

 

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by an innings and 6 runs in the 1st test at Galle
Sri Lanka 484 (Karunaratne 184, Chandimal 151, Bishoo 4-143) - West Indies 251 (Bravo 50, Herath 6-68) and (f/o) 227 (Blackwood 92, Herath 4-79)

 

Former India opener Virender Sehwag has announced his retirement from international cricket and the Indian Premier League on his 37th birthday.
Sehwag, who won the World Cup with India in 2011, played 104 Tests, 251 one-day and 19 Twenty20 internationals. He scored 8,586 Test runs at an average of 49.34 and is the only Indian batsman to score a triple century. He also scored 8,273 ODI runs at 35.05.

 

1st ODI: India v South Africa at Kanpur - Oct 11, 2015
South Africa won by 5 runs
South Africa 303/5 (50/50 ov); India 298/7 (50/50 ov)

2nd ODI: India v South Africa at Indore - Oct 14, 2015
India won by 22 runs
India 247/9 (50/50 ov); South Africa 225 (43.4/50 ov)

3rd ODI: India v South Africa at Rajkot - Oct 18, 2015
South Africa won by 18 runs
South Africa 270/7 (50/50 ov); India 252/6 (50/50 ov)

 

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 72 runs in the 2nd Test in Columbo
Sri Lanka 200 (Siriwardana 68, Warrican 4-67) and 206 (Mathews 46, Brathwaite 6-29) - West Indies 163 (Brathwaite 47, Prasad 4-34) and 171 (Bravo 61, Herath 4-56, Siriwardana 3-25)
Sri Lanka win series 2-0

 

South Africa beat India by 214 runs in the 5th ODI in Mumbai
South Africa 438 for 4 (du Plessis 133, de Villiers 119, de Kock 109) - India 224 (Rahane 87, Dhawan 60, Rabada 4-41)

 

India beat South Africa by 108 runs inside 3 days in the 1st Test in Mohali
India 201 (Vijay 75, Elgar 4-22) and 200 (Pujara 77, Tahir 4-48, Harmer 4-61) - South Africa 184 and 109 (Jadeja 5-21)

 

Former England cricketer Tom Graveney has died at the age of 88.
An elegant batsman, Graveney played 79 Tests for England, scoring 11 centuries and averaging 44.38. He scored more than 47,793 first-class runs - including 122 hundreds - in a career that stretched from 1948 to 1972 and included spells at Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Queensland.
I'm too young to have seen him play, but enjoyed his commentating for the BBC

 

Australia beat New Zealand by 208 runs in the 1st Test in Brisbane
Australia 4 for 556 dec (Khawaja 174, Warner 163, Voges 83*, Burns 71) and 4 for 264 dec (Burns 129, Warner 116, Craig 3-78) - New Zealand 317 (Williamson 140, Starc 4-57, Johnson 3-105) and 295 (McCullum, 80, Williamson 59, Lyon 3-63)

 

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 19 runs (D/L method) in the 3rd ODI
Sri Lanka 180 for 5 in 32.5 overs (Perera 50, Holder 2-44) - West Indies 206 for 9 in 36 overs (Samuels 110*, Chameera 2-39, Lakmal 2-40)
Sri Lanka win series 3-0

 

Shashank Manohar is set to replace N Srinivasan as chairman of cricket's world governing body for the remainder of his term.
Manohar's elevation to the role follows the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to remove Srinivasan as its ICC representative and name the 58-year-old in his place. Manohar will occupy the position until the end of June 2016

 

West Indies have reinstated Phil Simmons as head coach of their senior squads after he apologised for criticising team selection.
Simmons, 52, was suspended in September for questioning the continued omissions of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard.
He issued a public apology to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).