Rohit Sharma: “I’ve been opening for a while – three years now – so I’d like to continue that for the remainder of the series” © BCCI Just over a month ago, Rohit Sharma had scored an unbeaten 98 at Eden Gardens. It was in India’s first warm-up match of the World Twenty20, against West Indies. Incidentally, Rohit had made the same score at the same ground in last year’s…
Durham 256 and 223 for 4 (Jennings 105*) lead Somerset 179 (Trego 45, Onions 4-62) by 300 runsScorecard “We sometimes forget that without Don Robson we wouldn’t have a ground on which to play” – Graham Onions © Getty Images Throughout this game Durham’s players are wearing black armbands as a mark of respect to a man without whose efforts, perhaps, few of them would be professional cricketers. Don Robson…
Ben Stokes has been an integral part of England’s resurgence across all formats © Getty Images England’s transformation from the timid, safety-first team who bombed out of the group stages of the 2015 World Cup to the swashbuckling, attacking band of cricketers who earlier this month reached the final of the World T20 has been described as “the most uplifting story in international cricket” in the 2016 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack,…
Essex go into the final day just 59 runs short of victory in their Specsavers Division Two clash with Gloucestershire at Chelmsford. After bowling the visitors out for 215 in their second innings, Essex reached 34 without loss by the close in pursuit of a target of 93 runs. Only a resolute 58 by Gareth Roderick, his second half-century of the match, and a swashbuckling 74 from 76 balls by…
Toss Sunrisers Hyderabad chose to field v Royal Challengers BangaloreLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mustafizur Rahman, who was signed for INR 1.4 crore, was handed an opportunity at the expense of Trent Boult © AFP David Warner called correctly as Sunrisers Hyderabad took the tried and tested route of chasing in their IPL opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore on what is generally a belter of a surface at the M…
Match facts Wednesday, April 13, 2016Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT) The irrepressible Brad Hogg will hope for another good night © BCCI Big Picture The first two matches of IPL 2016 were won by similarly large margins – nine wickets in hand and 30-odd balls to spare. The first game featured Mumbai Indians, at the Wankhede Stadium. The second had Kolkata Knight Riders playing at Eden Gardens. While Knight…
Sunil Narine will be available for selection from Wednesday © BCCI Sunil Narine will rejoin the Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday evening after a brief visit back home to Trinidad and Tobago following the death of his father. Narine will be available for selection for Knight Riders’ second fixture on Wednesday, against Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens. Narine, who opted out of the 2016 World Twenty20 to work on his…
Sunrisers Hyderabad chose to field v Royal Challengers BangaloreScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mustafizur Rahman, who was signed for INR 1.4 crore, was handed an opportunity at the expense of Trent Boult © AFP David Warner called correctly as Sunrisers Hyderabad took the tried and tested route of chasing in their IPL opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore on what is generally a belter of a surface at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium….
Match facts Wednesday, April 13, 2016Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT) The irrepressible Brad Hogg will hope for another good night © BCCI Big Picture The first two matches of IPL 2016 were won by similarly large margins – nine wickets in hand and 30-odd balls to spare. The first game featured Mumbai Indians, at the Wankhede Stadium. The second had Kolkata Knight Riders playing at Eden Gardens. While Knight…
No play was possible on the third day at Wantage Road meaning Northamptonshire opener Ben Duckett was made to wait for his chance to reach a triple century against Sussex. Rain seeped under the covers following heavy overnight rain leaving several very damp areas of the outfield, including the bowler’s run up at the Wantage Road end. The umpires gave the ground every chance to dry out but with temperatures…