World Cricket News and Events Thread - 2016

Current and former England players in IPL auction

• Jos Buttler - INR 1.5 crore (£150,000)
• Chris Jordan - INR 1 crore (£100,000)
• Sam Billings - INR 30 lakh (£30,000)
• Kevin Pietersen - INR 2 crore (£200,000)
• Ravi Bopara - INR 1 crore (£100,000)
• Owais Shah - INR 1 crore (£100,000)

 

India beat Australia by seven wickets in the 3rd T20 at the SCG
India 3 for 200 (Rohit 52, Kohli 50, Raina 49*) - Australia 5 for 197 (Watson 124*)
India win series 3-0

 

England have qualified for the quarter final of the U19 World Cup where they will play the runners up of Group B on Sunday in Mirpur

 

Billings is a bargain for £30,000.

 

Ireland beat Papua New Guinea by 145 runs in Townsville to move top of the Intercontinental Cup standings. Boyd Rankin took 3-31 in PNG's second innings as Ireland maintained their 100% record to move 14 points ahead of nearest challengers the Netherlands.
Their next fixture in the competition is a home match against Hong Kong.
Ireland are the Intercontinental Cup holders, and retaining the trophy would mean they qualify for a play-off for Test status.

 

New Zealand beat Australia by 159 runs in the 1st ODI in Auckland
New Zealand 307 for 8 (Guptill 90, Nicholls 61) - Australia 148 (Boult 3-38, Henry 3-41)

 

A fine performance by Sri Lanka's spinners was capped by a stroke-filled 95 from opener Avishka Fernando as they brushed England aside by six wickets to move into the semi-final of the Under-19 World Cup.

 

Australia beat New Zealand by four wickets in the 2nd ODI in Wellington
Australia 283 for 6 (Warner 98, Marsh 69*, Santner 3-47) - New Zealand 281 for 9 (Williamson 60, Santner 45*, Hazlewood 3-61)
Series level at 1-1 with one to play

 

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Lord's have been named as venues for the ICC Women's World Cup in 2017.
It will be the first time that the tournament has been held in England since 1993, when the home side beat New Zealand in the final at Lord's.
The tournament, which starts on 26 June next year, consists of 31 matches, with Lord's hosting the final on 23 July.
It will feature eight teams and will be played in a round-robin format.

 

New Zealand beat Australia by 55 runs in the 3rd ODI in Hamilton
New Zealand 246 (Guptill 59, Elliott 50, M Marsh 3-34) - Australia 191 (Khawaja 44, Henry 3-60)
New Zealand win series 2-1

 

Sri Lanka beat India by five wickets in the 1st T20 in Pune
Sri Lanka 105 for 5 (Chandimal 35, Nehra 2-21) - India 101 (Ashwin 31, Rajitha 3-29, Shanaka 3-16)

 

Australia with 7 first innings wickets standing only trail New Zealand by 36 runs at the end of the 1st Day of the 1st Test in Wellington
Australia 147 for 3 (Smith 71, Khawaja 57*, Southee 2-22) - New Zealand 183 (Craig 41*, Hazlewood 4-42, Siddle 3-37)

 

Former Test umpire Asad Rauf has been banned for five years after being found guilty of corruption charges.
The Pakistani was sanctioned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after allegations of spot-fixing in the 2013 Indian Premier League

 

Australia with 4 1st innings wickets standing lead New Zealand by 280 runs at the end of Day 2 in Wellington
Australia 463 for 6 (Voges 176*, Khawaja 140, Smith 71) - New Zealand 183 (Craig 41*, Hazlewood 4-42, Siddle 3-37)

 

Adam Voges walked off the Basin Reserve after day two with a Test average of 100.33. He is one innings short of the usual "minimum 20 innings" quoted to avoid skewing statistics. If Voges is dismissed early on the third morning at the Basin Reserve. His Test average will then dip back below Don Bradman's 99.94, having risen above 100 in the last few overs of the day.
He went to stumps having scored 551 runs since his last dismissal, breaking the record of 497 set by Sachin Tendulkar in 2004.

 

India beat Sri Lanka by 69 runs in the 2nd T20 in Ranchi
India 196 for 6 (Dhawan 51, Rohit 43, Thisara 3-33) - Sri Lanka 127 for 9 (Kapugedera 32, Ashwin 3-14)

 

New Zealand trail Australia by 201 runs at the end of Day 3 in Wellington
New Zealand 183 and 178 for 4 (Latham 63) - Australia 562 (Voges 239, Khawaja 140)
Adam Voges sailed on through to a supremely efficient 239, a score that left his Test batting average at an eye-popping 97.46 after 19 completed innings.

 

India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in the 3rd T20 in Visakhapatnam
India 84 for 1 (Dhawan 46*) - Sri Lanka 82 (Ashwin 4-8, Raina 2-6)
India win series 2-1

 

Australia beat New Zealand by an innings and 52 runs in the 1st Test at Wellington
Australia 562 (Voges 239, Khawaja 140, Smith 71) - New Zealand 183 (Hazlewood 4-42, Lyon 3-32) and 327 (Latham 63, Nicholls 59, Lyon 4-91, Marsh 3-73)

 

United Arab Emirates entered the main draw of the Asia Cup after a convincing 71-run win against Oman in Dhaka. UAE won all three of their qualifying matches to finish first on the points table and book their berth