The fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will take place from July 31 to August 22 this year, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed. If it goes ahead as planned, this will be the first LPL season held in its originally scheduled July-August window.Similar to last year, the five-team tournament will take place at three venues, likely to…

South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma will have a fitness test on Tuesday to make sure he has recovered from the hamstring niggle he picked up during his hundred in the second ODI against West Indies on March 18."We have named our strongest possible squad for these games given the importance of these matches in the context of qualifying for the…

Mike Hussey, Welsh Fire's new men's coach, has admitted that signing Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf in last week's Hundred draft was a "gamble" due to uncertainty over their availability, but one he believes could have "a huge pay-off".The limited availability of overseas players has been a constant issue across the Hundred's first two seasons, owing to clashes with…

Bangladesh's ability to bowl under pressure was put to the test in a rain-shortened first T20I against Ireland, and Taskin Ahmed helped them come through with flying colours. The visitors had raced to 32 for 0 in less than three overs. The target - 104 from eight - was well within range. And then suddenly it wasnt, because Taskin had…