World Cricket News and Events Thread - 2016

I think the winner will come form the sub-continent - hard to see past India?

 

The ICC is considering increasing funding for Associate and Affiliate nations as part of the on-going review into its governance and structure. The news will go some way to appeasing Associate representatives aggrieved by the effects of the ICC's 2014 financial and administrative restructuring, informally referred to as the Big Three takeover.
Funding for the 95 Associate and Affiliate nations from 2015-23 has currently been agreed at $299 million, only a slight increase in real terms from the $252 million awarded to Associate and Affiliate nations in the preceding media and commercial rights package from 2007-15. Had the ICC rights for 2015-23 been distributed according to the previous revenue model (2007-2015), Ehsan Mani, the former ICC President, estimates that the Associate nations could have received over $550 million.

 

Australia beat South Africa by six wickets in the 3rd T20 in Cape Town
Australia 181 for 4 (Smith 44, Tahir 2-38) - South Africa 178 for 4 (Amla 97*, Coulter-Nile 2-36)
Australia win series 2-1

 

India beat West Indies by 45 runs in a T20 at Eden Gardens (WT20 warm-up)
India 185-6 (Sharma 98*, Taylor 2-26) - West Indies 140 (Gayle 20, Negi 2-15)

 

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 74 runs in a T20 in Mumbai
New Zealand 226 for 4 (Munro 67, Anderson 60*, Shanaka 2-48) - Sri Lanka 152 for 7 (Thirimanne 41, Kapugedera 38, Milne 3-26)

 

England beat New Zealand by 6 wickets in a T20 (warm-up) in Mumbai
England 170-4 (Roy 55) - New Zealand 169-8 (Williamson 63, Rashid 3-15)

 

South Africa beat India by four runs in a T20 warm-up in Mumbai
South Africa 196 for 8 (Duminy 67, de Kock 56, Pandya 3-36) - India 192 for 3 (Dhawan 73, Raina 41)

 

West Indies beat Australia by 3 wickets in a T20 warm-up game in Kolkata
West Indies 162-7 (Sammy 50*, Hazelwood 3-13) - Australia 161-9 (Watson 60, Bravo 4-21, Benn 3-37)

 

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson will retire from all international cricket after the World Twenty20 in India.

 

West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared to resume bowling after his action was found to be legal by the International Cricket Council.
The 27-year-old was banned for a suspect action in November during the West Indies' tour of Sri Lanka and has not played for more than four months.

 

Waqar Younis has resigned as Pakistan head coach following his side's group-stage exit at the World Twenty20.

 

Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has announced his retirement from limited-overs cricket in order to focus on the remainder of his Test career

 

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the 2016 Indian Premier League after only four matches because of a torn calf muscle.
The 35-year-old faced one ball in Pune Rising Supergiants' match with Royal Challengers Bangalore before injuring himself setting off for a single.

 

Kane Williamson has officially been confirmed as New Zealand's captain in all three formats, and later this year is set to become the 29th man to lead the country in Test cricket.

 

Ireland's bid to flesh out their competitive engagements in between global events will take another step up next summer, when they host New Zealand and Bangladesh in a six-match tri-series in May 2017.
The tournament has been arranged to help New Zealand and Bangladesh acclimatise ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, which takes place in England next June and for which Ireland - currently ranked No. 11 in the world - failed to qualify.

 

Sad news that legendary West Indian commentator Tony Cozier has died at the age of 75.
A familiar and respected voice around the world, the Barbadian will be remembered for a career in TV, radio and journalism spanning 58 years.
Born in Bridgetown in 1940, he made his BBC Test Match Special debut in 1966 and also wrote several books.

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IPL Fixtures after Group Stage

Qualifier 1: Guj Lions v RCB at Bangalore on May 24, 2016
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)
Eliminator: Sunrisers v KKR at Delhi on May 25, 2016
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)
Qualifier 2: TBA v TBA at Delhi on May 27, 2016
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)
Final: TBA v TBA at Bangalore on May 29, 2016

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight runs to win the 2016 IPL Final
Sunrisers Hyderabad 208 for 7 (Warner 69, Cutting 39*, Jordan 3-45) - Royal Challengers Bangalore 200 for 7 (Gayle 76, Kohli 54, Cutting 2-35)

 

Promotion and relegation could be introduced into Test cricket as early as 2019, if ICC chief executive David Richardson has his way. Richardson admitted that Test cricket required added "meaning and context" if it is to survive and revealed that the ICC hopes to unveil plans for the introduction of two divisions and, potentially, a number of new Test nations within the next few weeks.
Richarson said that it offered the prospect of Test status to the likes of Nepal, Ireland and Afghanistan, but warned more established nations - notably West Indies - that they could find themselves playing Division Two cricket if they are unable to improve their red-ball form.

 

The ICC's cricket committee has recommended that the governing body make the latest British Safety Standard (BSS) helmets mandatory in international cricket, following a two-day meeting at Lord's. The committee also said it was of the view that the current playing conditions allow players who are struck on the field of play to receive the best possible medical attention, so there was no need to introduce innovations like concussion substitutes.