Month: April 2016

Adam Lyth and Jonny Bairstow came to Yorkshire’s rescue by scoring centuries against Hampshire at Headingley on the first day of the home team’s Specsavers County Championship campaign. The pair, who experienced sharply contrasting fortunes last season, put on 205 in 44 overs after Yorkshire had been struggling on 41 for three with Hampshire opting to field first without a toss. The partnership came to an end when Lyth was…

Sussex 355 for 8 (Nash 119, Joyce 61, Robinson 51) v EssexScorecard In memory: All the Sussex players wore Matthew Hobden’s number © Getty Images Half an hour before play, at the end of a poignant memorial service for Sussex fast bowler Matthew Hobden, Chris Nash wiped away a tear from his eye and walked over to embrace Hobden’s mother. Half an hour after lunch, wearing Hobden’s No. 19 shirt,…

Derbyshire 242 for 3 (Hughes 96, Madsen 58*) v GloucestershireScorecard Chesney Hughes helped Derbyshire to a solid start © Getty Images Chesney Hughes fell four short of a hundred as Derbyshire posted 242 for three against some accurate Gloucestershire bowling on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship match in Bristol. The left-handed Hughes shared a century opening stand with Ben Slater (42) and had batted for four and…

The second round of Specsavers County Championship fixtures started on Sunday, with three matches in Division One and three in Division Two. Yorkshire begin their quest for a hat-trick of titles, England team-mates Stuart Broad and James Anderson go head-to-head at Emirates Old Trafford, while Essex veteran Graham Napier plays his maiden first-class match at Hove. For all the thrills and spills from the day’s action, check out our matchday centre….

Neil Wagner returned the best figures by a Lancashire bowler on first-class debut for the county since 1923 as the home side dominated a toughly-contested first day of their Specsavers County Championship Division One match against Nottinghamshire at Emirates Old Trafford. Wagner took 6-66 to help Steven Croft’s team dismiss Nottinghamshire for 242, with visiting skipper Chris Read offering predictably determined resistance with an innings of 52. In reply Karl…

Mumbai Indians have opted for Jaipur as an alternative venue; Kanpur and Raipur were their other options © BCCI Mumbai Indians have opted for Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium as their alternative home venue, following a Bombay High Court ruling to shift all IPL matches out of Maharashtra because of a severe state-wide drought. Rising Pune Supergiants, the other franchise based in Maharashtra, had listed Visakhapatnam as their alternative venue. The…

SL in England 2016 April 17, 2016 Andrew McGlashan and Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka last toured England in 2014, winning the Test series 1-0 © Getty Images Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed that the ECB has made a request for the upcoming series between the two teams to use a points-based system – following the lead of the women’s game – to decide a winner across all formats. England…

Chris Nash dedicated the 20th first-class hundred of his career to former team-mate Matt Hobden as Sussex shaded the first-day honours against Essex in Division Two of the Specsavers County Championship at Hove. Nash and his team-mates had attended a pre-match ceremony where Hobden’s parents and his two brothers planted a tree in memory of the 22-year-old, who died in January, before both teams stood in a minute’s silence at…

Mohammed Shami (R) is returning to competitive cricket from a hamstring injury © Delhi Daredevils Mohammed Shami returned to play his first IPL game in two seasons as Delhi Daredevils elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore on what is expected to be a flat batting track at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Shami, who hasn’t played a competitive fixture since the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in January because of a…