Daniel Bell-Drummond underlined his potential with a high-quality century to deny Leicestershire complete control of the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match against Kent. The 22-year-old batsman made 124 in an innings spanning four hours and 20 minutes as Kent recovered from 48 for four to close on 227 for seven . His opening partner Sean Dickson had provided the other story of the day when…
Hamish Marshall hit his 27th first-class century as Gloucestershire recovered from a poor start to post 336 for five on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Worcestershire. The 37-year-old New Zealander went in with his side struggling on 57 for three and batted for the rest of the day to finish the day unbeaten on 123, having hit 15 fours in his 196-ball innings. Marshall received…
Will Bragg bathed in the warmth of a career-best 129 in bitterly cold conditions as Glamorgan took the first-day honours in their Specsavers County Championship Division Two contest at Derbyshire. The 29-year-old celebrated his fifth first-class century and his first in 22 innings before Andy Carter struck twice with consecutive balls to leave Glamorgan on 308 for six at the close. It was not an ideal day for watching cricket,…
File photo – Kaushal Silva was left dazed after being hit on the head while fielding at short leg © AFP Sri Lanka batsman Kaushal Silva has been airlifted to a Colombo hospital, after being struck on the head during a practice match at Pallekele. Initial CAT scans suggested Silva was out of danger, but he will continue to be monitored as a precautionary measure. Silva was wearing a helmet…
Gujarat Lions v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2016, Rajkot April 24, 2016 The Report by Sirish Raghavan Gujarat Lions 182 for 4 (Karthik 50*, McCullum 42) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 180 for 2 (Kohli 100*, Rahul 51*) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details © BCCI Dinesh Karthik’s unbeaten fifty steered Gujarat Lions to a tense six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in Rajkot, as the hosts held their nerve to…
Gujarat Lions v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2016, Rajkot April 24, 2016 The Report by Sirish Raghavan Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bat v Gujarat LionsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Yuzvendra Chahal returned for RCB in a spin-heavy bowling attack © BCCI Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss for the first time in IPL 2016 and opted to bat. Kohli explained that the pitch looked somewhat…
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bowl v Rising Pune SupergiantsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Albie Morkel makes his debut for Rising Pune Supergiants, his fourth IPL franchise © BCCI Kolkata Knight Riders have won three out of three games when they have chased this season, and their captain Gautam Gambhir had no hesitation in choosing to bowl against Rising Pune Supergiants. Both sides had to make forced changes, with…
File photo – Taijul Islam made 17 not out off 10 balls, after taking figures of 0 for 39 © AFP Taijul Islam‘s last-ball six guided Legends of Rupganj to a tie against Victoria Sporting Club in BKSP. Having left to defend 12 off the last over, Rabbi began with a dot to Abu Hider. His next ball was a wide and the next four balls went for only five…
Gujarat Lions v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2016, Rajkot April 24, 2016 The Report by Sirish Raghavan Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bat v Gujarat LionsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Yuzvendra Chahal returned for RCB in a spin-heavy bowling attack © BCCI Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss for the first time in IPL 2016 and opted to bat. Kohli explained that the pitch looked somewhat…
David Warner explained that Mustafizur Rahman’s role was to come in in the last over of the Powerplay and try not to give the opposition momentum going into the middle period © BCCI For the second time in as many matches, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowlers put up a solid performance, this time reining in Kings XI Punjab in a five-wicket win in Hyderabad on Saturday. Pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman led the…